Reviewing a teaching dossier and files for tenure and promotion
This session is designed to prepare colleagues to review teaching dossiers as part of the tenure and promotions process at UPEI. We touch on applicable clauses from the collective agreement, consider elements from EDI training, and discuss how to think about and assess teaching contributions. There will also be time to ask questions of colleagues with experience serving on the URC about best practices, and guidelines for reviewing a tenure or promotion file.
Lunch and Learn: OERs and alternatives for licensing Indigenous OERs
Join librarians Courtney Matthews and Kim Mears for a Lunch and Learn session focused on Open Educational Resources (OERs) and some alternatives for licensing Indigenous OERs. They'll start with the larger OER conversation and how OERs benefit students and the academy, share resources for finding existing OERs, and then take a look at the local UPEI OER context. There will be ample time to discuss details that specifically support OER creation for Indigenous researchers and educators.
Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre to host webinar series
The Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre (SJDAWC) at the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at the 91福利在线你懂的, is pleased to announce its 2024 Webinar Series.
The series will take place on March 12, 19, and 26 from 4 to 5 p.m. Atlantic Time, and will feature Dr. Karen Overall, professor of behavioural medicine, Department of Health Management, AVC.
Department of Music Guest Recital featuring Duo Concertante
Duo Concertante will perform a program entitled Spirited Away, featuring works by Beethoven, Saint Saens, Khachaturian and Maier, and performance of a piece by Alice Pee Ying-Ho, commissioned by Duo Concertante with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
Faculty and staff take on UPEI Women鈥檚 Hockey in fundraising game March 14
On March 14 at 3 pm, the campus community is invited to MacLauchlan Arena (Rink A) at the Bell Aliant Centre to watch faculty and staff take on the UPEI Women's Hockey Panthers in a fun fundraising game. Come cheer on student-athletes and colleagues in what is sure to be an entertaining display of hockey greatness. Admission is free, but 鈥渁dmission by donation鈥� is encouraged to support the women's hockey program.
UPEI graduate student receives Best Student Paper Award at IEEE international symposium
Duy Anh Nguyen, a Master of Science student in the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering under the supervision of Dr. Trung Dung Ngo, professor of robotics and intelligent systems, received the Best Student Paper Award during the 16th IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration.
UPEI chemistry professor receives funding to improve long-term storage of biological materials
Dr. Marya Ahmed, associate professor of chemistry at UPEI, has received a total of $180,000 for a project to improve the prolonged storage of human tissues and genetic material.
Vagabond Productions presents 鈥淩adium Girls鈥� at UPEI Performing Arts Centre
Vagabond Productions will present Radium Girls by D.W. Gregory from March 13鈥�16, 2024, in the theatre in the UPEI Performing Arts Centre. The doors open at 7:00 pm for a 7:30 pm curtain. Admission is 鈥減ay-what-you-can.鈥�
Message from the Interim President: The federal government鈥檚 cap on international students
The following message has been distributed to students, staff, and faculty by UPEI Communications on behalf of the Office of the President.
Tara MacLean to give talk and memoir writing workshop at UPEI
Tara MacLean, renowned PEI singer-songwriter and author of the best-selling memoir, Song of the Sparrow, will give a memoir writing workshop, 鈥淲riting with Ghosts鈥擜 Guide to Excavating Memories,鈥� on Saturday, March 30, 2024, from 9:30 am鈥�1:30 pm in SDU Main Building, Room 213, on the UPEI campus.
