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Welcome to the following new employees who joined the 精童欲女 community in December 2025:

• McKenzie Aitken, IT Systems and Services
• Blerta Abdija, Registrar鈥檚 Office
• Shantol Clarke, Chemistry, Faculty of Science
• Dylan Jubinville, Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering
• Callum Kennedy, Clinical Learning and Simulation, Faculty of Medicine
• Jackson Lagundzija, IT Systems and Services
• Matt Lamont, Clinical Learning and Simulation, Faculty of Medicine
• Taiwo Ademola Pojo, Facilities Management
• Pius Abraham Tetteh, Biomedical Sciences, Atlantic Veterinary College
• Holly Yazdani, Clinical Learning and Simulation, Faculty of Medicine

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Research Ethics Board (REB) applications involving "more than minimal risk" must be reviewed by the full 精童欲女 REB. The next deadline for submitting these protocols is Friday, January 30, 2026, for review at the February meeting.

Other ethics protocol submissions, including new applications that do not involve more than minimal risk, renewals, and amendments, may be submitted at any time. They will be sent for delegated review as soon as all necessary materials are received.

All research compliance applications, including for the REB, must be submitted through the 精童欲女 Researcher Portal (). Instructions for using the site are available at /research-services/forms.

Please contact the Compliance Coordinator at researchcompliance@upei.ca for more information about the Researcher Portal, or the REB application, review, and approval process.

The next deadline for submitting biosafety applications, including new applications, renewals, and/or amendments, is Friday, January 30, 2026. These applications will be reviewed at the February 19 meeting.

All research compliance applications, including biosafety application forms, must be submitted through the 精童欲女 researcher portal . Instructions for using the researcher portal, are available at /research-services/forms.

Please contact the Research Compliance Coordinator at researchcompliance@upei.ca if you have any questions about accessing or using the researcher portal, or about the biosafety application, review, and approval process.

The Faculty of Science's Human Biology / Environmental Sciences Seminar Series invites the campus community to a presentation by Dr. Sarah Finch (Applied Human Sciences) entitled "Impact of the 2019 Canada鈥檚 food guide and vitamin D fortification strategies on childcare meals"

January 23 at 12:30 pm in Duffy Science Centre, Room 204

The 精童欲女 Department of Religious Studies鈥� popular Theology on Tap series returns on January 28 with a talk titled 鈥淢ore than Optimistic: Hope and Teilhard de Chardin鈥� by Dr. Libby Osgood, Congregation of Notre Dame and Associate Professor in Sustainable Design Engineering. Dr. Osgood鈥檚 talk will take place at 7:00 pm at the Salvador Dali Caf茅, The Arts Hotel, 155 Kent Street, Charlottetown. 

鈥淧eople often use the words 鈥榟ope鈥� and 鈥榦ptimism鈥� interchangeably, but hope requires much more than optimism,鈥� said Dr. Osgood. 鈥淗ope is not naive. It is not sitting back and waiting for something to change, nor is it easy. Based on the writings of Father Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, a paleontologist and Jesuit priest who helped discover an ancestor to homo sapiens, we will explore the need for hope during these challenging times of ecological change.鈥�

Born in Sarcenat, France, in 1881, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was a Jesuit priest and an accomplished paleoanthropologist who researched human beginnings and wrote imaginative, mystical writings on the evolutionary nature of the world and the cosmos. Though his Jesuit leadership did not allow him to publish during his lifetime, his writings were published by his secretary Jeanne Mortier after his death in 1955. Since then, generations of theologians and scientists have been inspired by his desire to find God in the world and how he embraced evolution. He asked, 鈥淲ho at last will give evolution its God?鈥� At times, he was criticized for being naively optimistic. Dr. Osgood suggests that Teilhard de Chardin is much more than optimistic鈥攈e is hopeful.

For more information about the series, contact event coordinator Alexandra Durant at alexandrajdurant@gmail.com, or follow Theology on Tap PEI on Facebook.

On Wednesday, January 28, ITSS will conduct maintenance on Colleague and related services from 8:00 pm to midnight. During this time, there may be intermittent access to and performance issues with my精童欲女 Self-Service, Web Advisor, and Colleague.

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As a reminder, you can access Moodle directly using and Outlook email using .

If you have any questions, please fill out our new Help Form:

The 精童欲女 Writing Centre (Robertson Library 274) is now open. The service is free and available to everyone in the campus community. To book an in-person or online appointment, please visit

We look forward to working with you!

Echoes of the Tango is a duo piano recital featuring 精童欲女 piano professor Dr. Magdalena von Eccher along with invited guest Megaria Halim in an exploration of 2-piano works featuring a suite of dances by Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla, three Romances by his compatriot Carlos Guastavino, as well as music inspired by the distinctive rhythms and passionate melodies of tango, as interpreted by Canadian composer Jeff Smallman in Rhapsodie Espagnole, alongside Richard Bennett's light-hearted tribute to various dance styles, entitled Four Piece Suite.

Echoes of the Tango will take place on Saturday, January 24 at 7:30 pm on the SDU Stage at Steel Recital Hall, 精童欲女 Campus. Accessible parking is available, and the theatre has an accessible entrance via elevator.

Admission: $30 adults, $25 seniors, $10 students. 

FREE for all 精童欲女 students with a valid ID card. Tickets are available in advance at or by cash at the door.

There will be a basic biosafety training session on Tuesday, January 27, at 1:00 pm. Topics will include basic biosafety principles and how they are applied at the 精童欲女, as well as biosecurity training. This session is open to everyone, including graduate students. Prerequisite training material must be completed prior to attending the session.

To attend, you must pre-register by contacting Jacky Buell by noon, Monday January 26, 2026, via email hse@upei.ca or phone 902-566-0901. 

Please provide:

• Your name
• Your supervisor鈥檚 name (if applicable)
• Department
• Email address
• Phone number
• Whether you're an employee or graduate student  

NOTE: An online biosafety training refresher course is available for those who completed basic biosafety training previously. Training must be renewed every three years. Please contact us for information on how to register for this training!

Research Ethics Board (REB) applications involving "more than minimal risk" must be reviewed by the full 精童欲女 REB. The next deadline for submitting these protocols is Friday, January 30, 2026, for review at the February meeting.

Other ethics protocol submissions, including new applications that do not involve more than minimal risk, renewals, and amendments, may be submitted at any time. They will be sent for delegated review as soon as all necessary materials are received.

All research compliance applications, including for the REB, must be submitted through the 精童欲女 Researcher Portal (). Instructions for using the site are available at /research-services/forms.

Please contact the Compliance Coordinator at researchcompliance@upei.ca for more information about the Researcher Portal, or the REB application, review, and approval process.

The next deadline for submitting biosafety applications, including new applications, renewals, and/or amendments, is Friday, January 30, 2026. These applications will be reviewed at the February 19 meeting.

All research compliance applications, including biosafety application forms, must be submitted through the 精童欲女 researcher portal . Instructions for using the researcher portal, are available at /research-services/forms.

Please contact the Research Compliance Coordinator at researchcompliance@upei.ca if you have any questions about accessing or using the researcher portal, or about the biosafety application, review, and approval process.

The 精童欲女 Teaching and Learning Centre is hosting its annual full-day Teaching Community Conference on Tuesday April 28, 2026. This year鈥檚 theme will be, Connected Teaching: Connecting with Community, Self and, Place. Please plan to join us and save the date in your calendars. 

The Teaching Community Conference is an opportunity to breathe further life into our strategic commitment to innovative and connected teaching, research and, scholarship by sharing our experiences, challenges, and opportunities of advancing teaching and learning at 精童欲女. Conference participants are invited to reflect on this theme and consider relevant questions such as:

• What supports, skills, and critical capacities do faculty need to embrace the relational and connected nature of teaching?
• As we consider expanding the walls of our classrooms and broadening our partnerships, how do we ensure we aren鈥檛 simply supplementing traditional teaching practices but rather transforming what teaching itself means?
• How does a commitment to relational and connected teaching help build faculty capacity to recognize and respond to structural barriers students face?

Call for proposals will be posted soon!

The Faculty of Science's Human Biology / Environmental Sciences Seminar Series invites the campus community to a presentation by Dr. Sarah Finch (Applied Human Sciences) entitled "Impact of the 2019 Canada鈥檚 food guide and vitamin D fortification strategies on childcare meals"

January 23 at 12:30 pm in Duffy Science Centre, Room 204

General information for Shipping and Receiving/Mailroom can now be found on the my精童欲女 Employee Portal.  Please find us under Administration and Finance, then . 

Our updated courier form is available here as well as all pertinent information for your shipping and mail service needs.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at shipping@upei.ca.

The 精童欲女 Writing Centre (Robertson Library 274) is now open. The service is free and available to everyone in the campus community. To book an in-person or online appointment, please visit

We look forward to working with you!

Echoes of the Tango is a duo piano recital featuring 精童欲女 piano professor Dr. Magdalena von Eccher along with invited guest Megaria Halim in an exploration of 2-piano works featuring a suite of dances by Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla, three Romances by his compatriot Carlos Guastavino, as well as music inspired by the distinctive rhythms and passionate melodies of tango, as interpreted by Canadian composer Jeff Smallman in Rhapsodie Espagnole, alongside Richard Bennett's light-hearted tribute to various dance styles, entitled Four Piece Suite.

Echoes of the Tango will take place on Saturday, January 24 at 7:30 pm on the SDU Stage at Steel Recital Hall, 精童欲女 Campus. Accessible parking is available, and the theatre has an accessible entrance via elevator.

Admission: $30 adults, $25 seniors, $10 students. 

FREE for all 精童欲女 students with a valid ID card. Tickets are available in advance at or by cash at the door.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to shine a light on their colleagues鈥� hard work and dedication in 2025. We are excited to continue the Recognizing Remarkable Colleagues program in 2026 and have some great ideas planned for the year ahead.

Want to start the new year with gratitude? Take a moment to recognize a colleague today!

Complete this short form: 鈥�

You鈥檒l be asked to share:

• Who are you recognizing? (Name and department/faculty)
• Why are you recognizing them? (A brief description of what they did or the impact they made)
• Your name

Forms may be submitted up to the last Friday of each month. Human Resources will collect the submissions and work with Communications to feature them in the Campus Connector.

Please note: there is a section on the Human Resources SharePoint page dedicated to .

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The deadline for the next issue is January 30, 2026.

If you have any questions, please contact Human Resources at hrengage@upei.ca. Thank you for helping us celebrate and strengthen our campus community!

A statement of teaching philosophy (STP) is an essential opening for most teaching dossiers, and it signals the central beliefs and practices to be found in your teaching dossier. This workshop will take participants through a variety of strategies for crafting an effective statement, looking at examples from across disciplines. Participants will leave with a sound basic structure for their STP.  Join us on Friday January 23 (snow date Jan. 30) from 2:00 to 4:00 in Teaching and Learning Centre, Robertson Library Annex, Room 230. 

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This initiative reflects the OCEPD鈥檚 pledge to support 精童欲女鈥檚 ongoing commitment to supporting continuous learning, leadership development, and skills advancement across the University community. 

The following OCEPD Certificate programs are included in this initiative and are available to 精童欲女 staff and faculty at the reduced rate of $995:

• Certificate in Case Management
• Certificate in Case Management 鈥� Specialization in Health Care
• Certificate in Case Management 鈥� Advanced Collaboration in Care
• Certificate in Collaborative Leadership
• Certificate in Introductory Data Analytics 鈥� Bridging Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
• Certificate in Marketing and Branding
• Certificate in Motivational Interviewing
• Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety
• Certificate in Professional Communications
• Certificate in Professional Office Administration
• Certificate in Project Management
• New Managers Certificate
• Certificate in Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being

These programs are designed for working professionals and focus on practical, evidence-informed skills that can be applied immediately in the workplace. Delivery formats vary by program and may include in-person, blended, or online components (please note the 15% 精童欲女 staff and alumni discount does not apply to these reduced-rate Certificate programs).

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The Faculty of Science's Human Biology / Environmental Sciences Seminar Series invites the campus community to a presentation by Dr. Sarah Finch (Applied Human Sciences) entitled "Impact of the 2019 Canada鈥檚 food guide and vitamin D fortification strategies on childcare meals"

January 23 at 12:30 pm in Duffy Science Centre, Room 204