UPEI Ancillary Services would like to gather feedback from clients who have ordered catering on campus in the past year. The information will be used to inform our planning for the coming school year. Please complete this form if you have been a catering client in the past year. Please submit your response by May 15.
 

Thank you!

Registration is now open for UPEI Summer Studios 2024, a five-day chamber music experience for motivated young brass, woodwind, percussion, and piano students aged 14-18, taking place Tuesday, July 2, to Saturday, July 6 in the UPEI Steel Building. Students participate in private lessons, small ensembles, workshops, masterclasses, and performances under the guidance of our world-class faculty. The days run from 9 am to 3 pm; participants will need to bring a lunch.

More information and registration is available at https://www.upei.ca/programs/bachelor-music/summer-studios

Please contact nstrum@upei.ca with any questions.

Canadian criminal defence lawyer James Lockyer, CM, will speak about wrongful convictions in Canada during the Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell Lectureship in Law presentation on Thursday, May 9, 2024, at The Guild, 111 Queen Street, Charlottetown, at 4:30 pm. All are welcome to attend.

A partner in the Toronto office of Lockyer Zaduk Zeeh, Mr. Lockyer is a founding director of Innocence Canada (formerly known as the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted), a Canada-wide organization that advocates for the wrongly convicted. In this capacity, he has been involved in more than 30 high-profile wrongful conviction cases including those of Guy Paul Morin (1995), David Milgaard (1997), Clayton Johnson (2002), Steven Truscott (2007), Robert Baltovich (2008), William Mullins Johnson (2008), Romeo Phillion (2010), Tammy Marquardt (2011), Leighton Hay (2014), John Salmon (2015), Maria Shepherd (2016), Frank Ostrowski (2018), Joyce Hayman (2021), Jacques Delisle (2021), Bernard Doyle (2023), Brian Anderson and Allan Woodhouse (2023), and Robert Mailman and Walter Gillespie (2024).

Co-sponsored by the University of Prince Edward Island and the Law Foundation of Prince Edward Island, the Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell Lectureship in Law honours Thane A. Campbell, Rhodes Scholar, former premier of Prince Edward Island, and first chancellor of the University of Prince Edward Island.

For more information, please email artsadmin@upei.ca.

The Lab2Market Validate (L2M Validate) event, previously scheduled for May 2 at 10 am, will now take place on May 13 at 9:30 am.

Lab2Market Validate (L2M Validate) gives researchers the opportunity to critically test and evaluate their ideas in the entrepreneurial landscape by speaking to customers about their ideas. This carefully curated 16-week experience is complemented by funding, workshops, and mentorship from industry experts – all with market exploration at its core.

Applicants must be masters, PhD, or postdoctoral students within Atlantic Canada, applying with a supervisor. Each team will receive $15,000 in funding. 

Please consider joining us for a live information session. For further details or to access the application forms, visit lab2market.ca or contact our L2M Validate program manager, Dr. Michael Carew (Mwcarew@dal.ca).

Additionally, if you're a primary investigator, post-doc, or graduate student looking to learn about the entrepreneurial potential of your research, please reach out to UPEI’s Office of Commercialization, Industry, and Innovation (OCII) for assistance. Email: OCII@upei.ca or call 902-566-6095.

Date:  Monday, May 13, 9:30 am

Location: AVC 286B N

To register, go to https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/lab2market-validate-information-session-upei-tickets-890212969957

There will be a basic biosafety training session on May 15, 2024, at 1:00 pm in AVC 287N. Topics will include basic biosafety principles and how they are applied at the University of Prince Edward Island, as well as biosecurity training. This session is open to everyone, including graduate students.

To attend, you must pre-register by contacting Jacky Buell by the end of the day on May 10, 2024, by email (hse@upei.ca) or by phone (902-566-0901). Please provide your name, department, your supervisor’s name (if applicable), email address, and phone number in your email or voice message. Please indicate if you are a graduate student. 

NOTE: An online basic biosafety training refresher course is available for those who need it. 

The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, June 7, for the June meeting. 

Please note that as of June 1, 2020, all animal user protocols must be submitted through UPEI Researcher Portal at https://upei.researchservicesoffice.com/Romeo.Researcher/

For new protocols, select "applications" and for renewal or amendment protocols. select "events."

TUPEI ACC SOPs and Codes of Practice can be accessed through myUPEI at https://portal.upei.ca/facultystaff/administrativeservices/AVCAnimalCare/Pages/default.aspx. 

Those protocols received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month. The committee requires at least one month for processing applications.

Note:  All investigators are reminded that any deviations in animal use, including unexpected mortality, must be reported to the ACC and University Veterinarian Jonathan Spears at 902-620-5026.

UPEI Ancillary Services would like to gather feedback from clients who have ordered catering on campus in the past year. The information will be used to inform our planning for the coming school year. Please complete this form if you have been a catering client in the past year. Please submit your response by May 15.
 

Thank you!

Staff and faculty are invited to learn more about UPEI Connect by joining our upcoming Office Hour event on May 7 at 11:30 am. Join us for an informal conversation with Dayle Carmody and Shawn Murphy who will share their experiences connecting with UPEI students. Register here.

Canadian criminal defence lawyer James Lockyer, CM, will speak about wrongful convictions in Canada during the Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell Lectureship in Law presentation on Thursday, May 9, 2024, at The Guild, 111 Queen Street, Charlottetown, at 4:30 pm. All are welcome to attend.

A partner in the Toronto office of Lockyer Zaduk Zeeh, Mr. Lockyer is a founding director of Innocence Canada (formerly known as the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted), a Canada-wide organization that advocates for the wrongly convicted. In this capacity, he has been involved in more than 30 high-profile wrongful conviction cases including those of Guy Paul Morin (1995), David Milgaard (1997), Clayton Johnson (2002), Steven Truscott (2007), Robert Baltovich (2008), William Mullins Johnson (2008), Romeo Phillion (2010), Tammy Marquardt (2011), Leighton Hay (2014), John Salmon (2015), Maria Shepherd (2016), Frank Ostrowski (2018), Joyce Hayman (2021), Jacques Delisle (2021), Bernard Doyle (2023), Brian Anderson and Allan Woodhouse (2023), and Robert Mailman and Walter Gillespie (2024).

Co-sponsored by the University of Prince Edward Island and the Law Foundation of Prince Edward Island, the Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell Lectureship in Law honours Thane A. Campbell, Rhodes Scholar, former premier of Prince Edward Island, and first chancellor of the University of Prince Edward Island.

For more information, please email artsadmin@upei.ca.

The Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, invites all to attend Milann Mitchell’s public dissertation defence presentation of her PsyD research titled The Role of Awe in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy: A Phenomenological Investigation.

Please join us on Tuesday, May 7, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm ADT via Zoom at https://upei-ca-healthcare.zoom.us/j/62795587759?pwd=QjcxWlk1Z2VIeGNvRDA2aWFOazUvdz09

Meeting ID: 627 9558 7759
Passcode: 784669

There will be a basic biosafety training session on May 15, 2024, at 1:00 pm in AVC 287N. Topics will include basic biosafety principles and how they are applied at the University of Prince Edward Island, as well as biosecurity training. This session is open to everyone, including graduate students.

To attend, you must pre-register by contacting Jacky Buell by the end of the day on May 10, 2024, by email (hse@upei.ca) or by phone (902-566-0901). Please provide your name, department, your supervisor’s name (if applicable), email address, and phone number in your email or voice message. Please indicate if you are a graduate student. 

NOTE: An online basic biosafety training refresher course is available for those who need it. 

The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, June 7, for the June meeting. 

Please note that as of June 1, 2020, all animal user protocols must be submitted through UPEI Researcher Portal at https://upei.researchservicesoffice.com/Romeo.Researcher/

For new protocols, select "applications" and for renewal or amendment protocols. select "events."

TUPEI ACC SOPs and Codes of Practice can be accessed through myUPEI at https://portal.upei.ca/facultystaff/administrativeservices/AVCAnimalCare/Pages/default.aspx. 

Those protocols received after the deadline will be reviewed the following month. The committee requires at least one month for processing applications.

Note:  All investigators are reminded that any deviations in animal use, including unexpected mortality, must be reported to the ACC and University Veterinarian Jonathan Spears at 902-620-5026.

Staff and faculty are invited to learn more about UPEI Connect by joining our upcoming Office Hour event on May 7 at 11:30 am. Join us for an informal conversation with Dayle Carmody and Shawn Murphy who will share their experiences connecting with UPEI students. Register here.

Canadian criminal defence lawyer James Lockyer, CM, will speak about wrongful convictions in Canada during the Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell Lectureship in Law presentation on Thursday, May 9, 2024, at The Guild, 111 Queen Street, Charlottetown, at 4:30 pm. All are welcome to attend.

A partner in the Toronto office of Lockyer Zaduk Zeeh, Mr. Lockyer is a founding director of Innocence Canada (formerly known as the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted), a Canada-wide organization that advocates for the wrongly convicted. In this capacity, he has been involved in more than 30 high-profile wrongful conviction cases including those of Guy Paul Morin (1995), David Milgaard (1997), Clayton Johnson (2002), Steven Truscott (2007), Robert Baltovich (2008), William Mullins Johnson (2008), Romeo Phillion (2010), Tammy Marquardt (2011), Leighton Hay (2014), John Salmon (2015), Maria Shepherd (2016), Frank Ostrowski (2018), Joyce Hayman (2021), Jacques Delisle (2021), Bernard Doyle (2023), Brian Anderson and Allan Woodhouse (2023), and Robert Mailman and Walter Gillespie (2024).

Co-sponsored by the University of Prince Edward Island and the Law Foundation of Prince Edward Island, the Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell Lectureship in Law honours Thane A. Campbell, Rhodes Scholar, former premier of Prince Edward Island, and first chancellor of the University of Prince Edward Island.

For more information, please email artsadmin@upei.ca.

The Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, invites all to attend Milann Mitchell’s public dissertation defence presentation of her PsyD research titled The Role of Awe in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy: A Phenomenological Investigation.

Please join us on Tuesday, May 7, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm ADT via Zoom at https://upei-ca-healthcare.zoom.us/j/62795587759?pwd=QjcxWlk1Z2VIeGNvRDA2aWFOazUvdz09

Meeting ID: 627 9558 7759
Passcode: 784669

June 1 is the deadline for additions, modifications, or drops of software on UPEI machines in labs and classrooms.

Please send requests to Steve Mahar at smahar@upei.ca before this date.

A list of current software is available on our website.

If you have any questions, please contact Steve or Amy at amfitzgerald@upei.ca

Need help registering for courses or making a course plan? The Department of Student Affairs is offering drop-in academic advising for returning undergraduate students!

Walk-ins will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 pm in the Robertson Library LINC Computer Lab, Room 264, on the following dates:

• Monday, May 6 
• Tuesday, May 7 
• Wednesday, May 8  
• Monday, May 13 
• Tuesday, May 14 
• Wednesday, May 15
• Monday, May 27
• Tuesday, May 28
• Wednesday, May 29

Advising will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

The Lab2Market Validate (L2M Validate) event, previously scheduled for May 2 at 10 am, will now take place on May 13 at 9:30 am.

Lab2Market Validate (L2M Validate) gives researchers the opportunity to critically test and evaluate their ideas in the entrepreneurial landscape by speaking to customers about their ideas. This carefully curated 16-week experience is complemented by funding, workshops, and mentorship from industry experts – all with market exploration at its core.

Applicants must be masters, PhD, or postdoctoral students within Atlantic Canada, applying with a supervisor. Each team will receive $15,000 in funding. 

Please consider joining us for a live information session. For further details or to access the application forms, visit lab2market.ca or contact our L2M Validate program manager, Dr. Michael Carew (Mwcarew@dal.ca).

Additionally, if you're a primary investigator, post-doc, or graduate student looking to learn about the entrepreneurial potential of your research, please reach out to UPEI’s Office of Commercialization, Industry, and Innovation (OCII) for assistance. Email: OCII@upei.ca or call 902-566-6095.

Date:  Monday, May 13, 9:30 am

Location: AVC 286B N

To register, go to https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/lab2market-validate-information-session-upei-tickets-890212969957

There will be a basic biosafety training session on May 15, 2024, at 1:00 pm in AVC 287N. Topics will include basic biosafety principles and how they are applied at the University of Prince Edward Island, as well as biosecurity training. This session is open to everyone, including graduate students.

To attend, you must pre-register by contacting Jacky Buell by the end of the day on May 10, 2024, by email (hse@upei.ca) or by phone (902-566-0901). Please provide your name, department, your supervisor’s name (if applicable), email address, and phone number in your email or voice message. Please indicate if you are a graduate student. 

NOTE: An online basic biosafety training refresher course is available for those who need it. 

A series of information webinars on the Rhodes Scholarship for Canada will be offered this spring for students interested in learning more about this prestigious opportunity for fully funded postgraduate study at Oxford University! Applicants, advisors, and faculty who may wish to encourage students are welcome to attend and learn everything from the background of the Scholarship, what's needed to apply, and the Oxford experience as shared by recent scholars. There will also be a Q&A with current and recent Scholars.

The Eastern Canada session will take place on May 6, 2024, starting at 4 pm AST. Follow the link to register.

The full list of webinars and events will be posted on the Rhodes Trust website, including a Canada-wide session on June 3, 2024, starting at 4 pm AST: 

https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/scholarships/events-to-learn-more/