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精童欲女's Experiential Education will be hosting a session for staff and faculty who work with students in work-integrated learning (WIL) settings on Monday, February 2, 12-1:30pm in Andrew Hall, Room142 to explore opportunities and challenges to sexual violence prevention in WIL. Our department has been working on a project with the Interministerial Women's Secretariat to gather feedback to better understand the local landscape. Join for an overview of what we've heard so far from students and employers, and share your perspectives from the vantage of your own programs. Lunch will be provided.

Register here:

Email Shannon at smsnow@upei.ca with any questions.

Note to Professors and Course/Lab Instructors: 

Please add the testing information for any in-person quizzes, tests, and midterms for the Winter 2026 semester to Accommodate, as soon as possible. We do not need the test file immediately. 

Registered Accessibility Services students must submit a booking request at least 7 days in advance to ensure a seat in our centre. They cannot submit their testing request until you have entered the testing information in Accommodate. 

You do not need to add the test file until a few days before the test date. If needed, changes can be made to test dates after testing information has been added. 

Below are some Faculty how-to resources: 

How to schedule a test in Accommodate:  

How to view student accommodations:   

If you have any questions about adding a test in Accommodate or testing with Accessibility Services, please contact astesting@upei.ca. 

The 2026 theme for 精童欲女鈥檚 Data Privacy Week (January 26-30) is 鈥淧rivacy is Everyone鈥檚 Business,鈥� highlighting the importance of respecting privacy, safeguarding data, and enabling trust.

Data Privacy Week spreads awareness about online privacy with the aim of educating individuals on how to manage and protect their personal information and encourage organizations to respect data and be transparent.

Make privacy your business! To learn more about what you can do to be privacy aware, check out the resources on the .

To find out about 精童欲女 privacy training for your department, please contact the 精童欲女 Access to Information and Privacy Office at accessprivacy@upei.ca

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.

We encourage students, faculty, and staff who may need documents or links located on my精童欲女 to plan ahead and bookmark or download the resources they may need during this period.

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:

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.

Did you know that you can use Moodle for online AND in-person quizzes? The Offline Quiz Moodle activity can be used to turn your existing online Moodle question bank into a scan-to-grade test. This can save you time grading and give you statistic insight into results, letting you review how students achieved on individual questions. This session will demo and cover how to use this tool in your courses. This lunch and learn will take place in the 精童欲女 Teaching and Learning Centre located in the Robertson Library Annex (RL 230) on February 3 at 12:00 noon. Register here:
Registration is not required, but you will receive an event invitation. 

In partnership with our friends at the Jack Frost Winterfest, the 精童欲女 Alumni Association is once again excited to offer 精童欲女 alumni a promotional 20% discount on individual and family single-day passes. The promo code is valid until February 8, 2026, and excludes weekend passes and Swift Kick tickets.

before January 31 to be included in a draw to win 精童欲女 Alumni winter gear, Pride the Panther mini mascots, and more.

The Healthy Campus Committee coordinates a variety of wellness opportunities for 精童欲女 staff, faculty, and retirees. Below are several excellent programs and facility access options available free of charge to eligible 精童欲女 staff, faculty, and retirees.

Indoor Track Access
To gain access, please register. If you have registered within the past year, you do not need to register again. Access is valid until October 2, 2026.

Indoor Pickleball
Tuesdays, 12:00 pm 鈥� 1:00 pm
January 13 鈥� April 7
Weekly registration is required. If you do not have a pickleball paddle, paddles are available to sign out at the Panther Central Desk.

Mindful Flow and Stillness Yoga
Thursdays, 12:10 pm 鈥� 12:55 pm
January 15 鈥� April 30
Weekly registration is required.

More details and registration for each opportunity can be found at recreation.upei.ca. Click on the Wellness icon to view available programs. To log in, select 精童欲女 Login and use your 精童欲女 email address and password.

For questions or assistance with registration, programs, or access, please contact Angela Marchbank, Coordinator, Fitness and Wellness, amarchbank@upei.ca.

Collide Discover is the one-stop shop to get you started on your entrepreneurial journey, whether you already have an idea or not! Learn how to ideate with a customer focus, structure your concept into a business model, identify your most attractive customer segment, and communicate your early-stage idea effectively!

Collide Discover is the only way to make yourself and your team eligible to participate in the new Aspire stream of the Harry W. MacLauchlan Entrepreneurship Program next semester for first and second year students!

The best part? You can complete the whole program in just 3 DAYS! The full bootcamp is taking place in FSDE 128A and B on the 精童欲女 campus on the following dates:

• Friday, January 30 from 5:30 - 7:00 pm

• Saturday, January 31 from 9:30 am - 4:30 pm

• Sunday, February 1 from 9:30 am - 2:00 pm

Any current 精童欲女 and Holland College student, faculty member, or recent graduate within the last 5 years is eligible to attend. Food is provided throughout the bootcamp! .

The SSHRC Exchange Publication Award supports the publication of manuscripts, written or edited by 精童欲女 faculty, by Island Studies Press (ISP). This award is being funded by a SSHRC Institutional Grant, therefore, the subject matter of the publication must be compatible with SSHRC鈥檚 mandate (see  for more information). One (1) award is available for fiscal 2025-26.

The award of $7,000 will be disbursed to Island Studies Press to cover publication costs (including editing, photo and other permissions, design, printing, marketing, and other costs associated with publishing a book). Authors will be offered ISP鈥檚 standard publication contract, which ensures authorial copyright and includes a royalty structure. Authors will also see their manuscripts reviewed through a peer-review process where appropriate.

ELIGIBILITY:

• Eligible applicants must be Tenured, Tenure Track, Term or Sessional 精童欲女 Faculty, who are employed by 精童欲女 at the time of application.
• Manuscripts may be single- or multi-authored results of academic research projects; textbooks; edited proceedings of a conference; or works of fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, or drama that pertain to the author(s)' discipline.
• The subject matter of the manuscript must meet SSHRC鈥檚 mandate.
• Past recipients of the SSHRC Exchange Publication Award or 精童欲女 Internal Publication Award cannot apply for support for the previously funded manuscript.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 31, 2026

Submit documents electronically to Research Services, researchservices@upei.ca.

APPLICATION PROCESS: 

Applicants are to submit a package that includes:

• Book proposal/summary (maximum of one page)
• A completed or close-to-complete manuscript and a Table of Contents. Note: the manuscript must be complete no later than three months after winning the award
• A curriculum vitae that includes your credentials as author(s)/editor(s)
• Two letters of support (e.g., from your Department Chair, Dean, professional association)

Selection Committee: A selection committee comprised of the Chair of the Executive Committee of the Institute of Island Studies, plus two members of the ISP Publishing Committee, will assess the proposals and make a recommendation to the Associate Vice-President Research. The Managing Editor of the ISP will be a member of the Committee in a non-voting capacity.

To assist in making its recommendations, the selection committee will use a single-blind peer review of the submitted manuscript. Final decisions on publication remain with the Island Studies Press and the Institute of Island Studies.

Reporting: A copy of the book, along with a narrative outlining the publication process 鈥� prepared in collaboration with staff at Island Studies Press 鈥� must be submitted when the book is complete.

Previous recipients of the 精童欲女 Internal Publication Awards include Lori Mayne, Department of English, Laurie Brinklow, Institute of Island Studies, Linyuan Guo, Faculty of Education, and Josh MacFadyen, Faculty of Arts.

For more information on the Publication Awards program, contact Dr. Laurie Brinklow at brinklow@upei.ca or 902-894-2881.

精童欲女's Experiential Education will be hosting a session for staff and faculty who work with students in work-integrated learning (WIL) settings on Monday, February 2, 12-1:30pm in Andrew Hall, Room142 to explore opportunities and challenges to sexual violence prevention in WIL. Our department has been working on a project with the Interministerial Women's Secretariat to gather feedback to better understand the local landscape. Join for an overview of what we've heard so far from students and employers, and share your perspectives from the vantage of your own programs. Lunch will be provided.

Register here:

Email Shannon at smsnow@upei.ca with any questions.

Note to Professors and Course/Lab Instructors: 

Please add the testing information for any in-person quizzes, tests, and midterms for the Winter 2026 semester to Accommodate, as soon as possible. We do not need the test file immediately. 

Registered Accessibility Services students must submit a booking request at least 7 days in advance to ensure a seat in our centre. They cannot submit their testing request until you have entered the testing information in Accommodate. 

You do not need to add the test file until a few days before the test date. If needed, changes can be made to test dates after testing information has been added. 

Below are some Faculty how-to resources: 

How to schedule a test in Accommodate:  

How to view student accommodations:   

If you have any questions about adding a test in Accommodate or testing with Accessibility Services, please contact astesting@upei.ca. 

The 精童欲女 Student Union is proud to present the second part of The Interdisciplinary Panther Series: STEM Edition on February 6! This is an experiential, interdisciplinary competition that brings students together to develop innovative, real-world solutions in collaboration with industry and community partners. Delivered in partnership with the PEI BioAlliance and several 精童欲女 departments, TIPS is designed to foster creativity, teamwork, and applied problem-solving across disciplines.

While STEM is the central theme for this edition, the competition is open to students from all faculties and year levels, including both undergraduate and graduate students. A key goal is to encourage collaboration between students with diverse academic backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. Participants will gain hands-on experience, professional feedback, and the opportunity to showcase their ideas to judges from industry, academia, and the community.
The competition culminates in a final round of presentations, where 3 finalist teams present their solutions to a panel of judges and an audience of students, faculty, and partners.

W.A. Murphy Student Centre, McMillan Hall
February 6, 3:30 鈥� 6:30 pm

A reception will follow, providing an opportunity to connect with students, faculty, judges, and partners.

If you would like to register to participate as a competitor, please click to apply.

If you would like to volunteer, please click to fill out the application form.
 

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 2026 theme for 精童欲女鈥檚 Data Privacy Week (January 26-30) is 鈥淧rivacy is Everyone鈥檚 Business,鈥� highlighting the importance of respecting privacy, safeguarding data, and enabling trust.

Data Privacy Week spreads awareness about online privacy with the aim of educating individuals on how to manage and protect their personal information and encourage organizations to respect data and be transparent.

Make privacy your business! To learn more about what you can do to be privacy aware, check out the resources on the .

To find out about 精童欲女 privacy training for your department, please contact the 精童欲女 Access to Information and Privacy Office at accessprivacy@upei.ca

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.

We encourage students, faculty, and staff who may need documents or links located on my精童欲女 to plan ahead and bookmark or download the resources they may need during this period.

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:

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!