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The Chaplaincy Centre is spreading gratitude this October with our Gratitude Graffiti Wall. We'll start things off on Tuesday, October 17, at 12:00 pm with a short multi-faith reflection on gratitude, and then add our graffiti to the wall. Feel free to drop by anytime before the end of October to add your gratitude to the wall.

Interested in learning about cloud computing, programming with R, using spreadsheets or SQL, or version control with Git? More training from for the fall is now open for registration. Sessions are online and free of charge.

If you have questions about upcoming training or ACENET services at 糖心vlog官方入口, contact Kaitlin Newson.

Cloud from A to Z
17, 19, 24, 26 October, 1300-1600hrs Atlantic
Cloud computing provides great flexibility, allowing complete control of the computing environment. In addition, the environment can be copied, backed up, created, and recreated in an automated way. In these lessons, we will start you on the path toward making use of the great flexibility and power of cloud computing. We will be using the popular static website generator Jekyll. Prerequisite: Completion of Software Carpentry's Unix Shell, or similar experience. 

Introductory Programming with R
18, 25 October, 1300-1630hrs Atlantic
This is a beginner-level series that is hands-on, covering the fundamentals of R. This includes data types, functions, importing, manipulating and analyzing data, and data visualization, as well as program design, version control, data management, and task automation. The goal is to teach the practical knowledge needed to start programming, debugging, and using R in everyday tasks. You do not need to have any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented or previous programming experience, but intermediate level experience with a computer is recommended. 

Using Spreadsheets for Humanities, Social Sciences, and Librarians
8 November, 1330-1630hrs Atlantic
T锘縣is beginner-level workshop is the first session of our Humanities & Social Sciences Data Organization & Analysis Series. To use tools that make computation and analysis more efficient, such as programming languages like R or Python, we need to structure our data the way that computers need the data. In this workshop, you will learn good data entry practices, how to avoid common formatting mistakes, approaches for handling dates in spreadsheets, basic quality control and data manipulation, and exporting data from spreadsheets. We will focus on examples and challenges from the Humanities, Social Sciences, and library research fields, and use materials. There are no prerequisites.

SQL for Humanities, Social Sciences, and Librarians
15, 22 November, 1230-1530hrs Atlantic
This two-part session is the second of our beginner-level Humanities & Social Sciences Data Organization & Analysis Series. Many web applications, research project websites, and library and archival repositories store data in relational databases. A relational database can help you keep your data separate from your analysis, improve quality control of data entry, reduce duplication of data, and improve your ability to search across large and complex datasets. Structured Query Language, or SQL, is a powerful language used to search and manipulate relational databases. This workshop teaches participants about relational databases and SQL using SQLite. You will learn how to write queries in SQL and how to use aggregate functions to combine data. It uses examples and challenges from the Humanities, Social Sciences, and library research fields and uses materials. There are no prerequisites.

Using Git Tools to Manage File Changes and Collaborate: Version Control
21 November, 1300-1630hrs Atlantic
Version control is the practice of managing and sharing changes to documents, programming code, websites, or any other files to keep track of what鈥檚 been changed, by whom, when, and why. All previous versions of files are saved, and you can even revert to a previous version. Git-portal sites, like GitHub or GitLab, offer many useful features to facilitate collaborative development. This is a two-part series. In this beginner-level first session, we will show you how to create a repository, record changes to files, explore and restore from the recorded history, and resolve conflicts (when one member overwrites another鈥檚 changes). 

Using Git Tools to Manage File Changes and Collaborate: Collaboration
28 November, 1300-1630hrs Atlantic
This is the second session of our two-part series. This workshop will focus on collaborative development workflows using Git-collaboration sites like GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket, and will demonstrate how to work with branches, issue tracking, contribute to projects using pull-/merge-requests, code-review, run CI/CD-pipelines, and use other common features of these platforms. Prerequisite: basic experience using Git version control, participation in the 21 November workshop, or attendance at the Git lecture of a software carpentry workshop. 

Visualization with R
29 November, 1300-1500hrs Atlantic
When working with large sets of numbers, it is often more useful to display the information graphically using histograms, scatter plots, bar charts, box plots, and other depictions. This workshop teaches participants how to gain insights into data through visualization using R as the programming language. Participants will learn how to create simple scatterplots, histograms, and box plots; compare the plotting features of base R and the ggplot2 package; plot with ggplot2; plot time series data; and arrange and export plots. Basic knowledge of R is recommended, although not mandatory.

This eight-week walking club will provide members with the opportunity to work with a fourth-year Kinesiology student who will encourage them throughout their walking journey and offer helpful tips including cool-down stretches. Participants can meet every Tuesday from October 10 to December 4, noon--12:30 pm, at the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre indoor track. You can join the club even if you can鈥檛 attend Tuesdays at noon. 

Track the kilometres you walk, and for every 20 kilometres, you will earn a ballot that can be entered into a weekly draw. The club is individually based.

To register, log into , click on 糖心vlog官方入口 LOGIN, and enter your 糖心vlog官方入口 email and password. Once you are logged in, go to the Wellness icon, then click on Walking club (糖心vlog官方入口 Staff/Faculty only), and follow the prompts to register.

The Healthy Campus Committee coordinates these initiatives through the 糖心vlog官方入口 Employee Wellness Strategy supported by the Joint Benefits and Advisory Committee.

The second meeting of the 糖心vlog官方入口 Senate will take place on Friday, October 20, from 3:00 to 5:00 pm in Room 128B of the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering building. All meetings of Senate are open to members of the University community, although for certain in-camera items (e.g., granting of degrees), only senators may be present. While Senate is an in-person meeting, to facilitate inclusion, under special circumstances members of the University community may request a Zoom connection when they are unable to attend in person. Only members of Senate are permitted to address the Senate unless otherwise recognized by the Chair. 

Join us on October 17, at 7 pm, in the Faculty Lounge of 糖心vlog官方入口鈥檚 SDU Main Building for a lecture titled 鈥淐amping in the Backyard鈥� by Dr. Ed MacDonald, PEI historian and professor of history at 糖心vlog官方入口.

The historical literature on camping in the Western world has been preoccupied with the period between the mid-1800s and the Second World War. It maintains that well-heeled city dwellers camped in order to escape summers in North America鈥檚 dirty, polluted, high-stress cities and connect physically and emotionally with the wild Nature. But it was the postwar era and the gradual democratization of tourism that brought camping to the masses. And the experience on Prince Edward Island tells a different story about the motives behind, and the experience of, camping. Focusing particularly on the Island鈥檚 provincial parks, 鈥淐amping in the Backyard鈥� will unpack the rise and fall (and rise again) of camping in terms of the Island鈥檚 tourism industry.

Dr. MacDonald's lecture is part of the Institute of Island Studies' Island Lecture Series.

Overview: Have you completed the New Manager's Certificate鈥攖he Certificate in Collaborative Leadership is the next step for managers.

Positions of management and higher-level leadership are stressful and demanding. It takes a certain type of person to excel in these roles. The Certificate in Collaborative Leadership gives managers and high-level leaders the information, practical tools and experience to maximize their influence within their organization and inspire their fellow workers to greater levels. Within this Certificate, crucial competencies for managers and leaders will be dissected and discussed, as well as strategies to keep participants and their fellow colleagues revitalized and motivated, establish and maintain healthy diversity and inclusion within their organization, and improve presentation skills to enhance, engage and inspire.  

Completion of the New Manager's Certificate as a prerequisite is highly recommended (or equivalent experience). The courses within this Certificate will feature a format that keeps in mind the demanding schedule of the managers taking part. 

Designed for: People who are managers or leaders within their organization, and those who have completed the New Manager's Certificate (or have equivalent experience). 

Duration: Four (4) courses for a total of thirty (30) hours.  

For More Information/Register

This week, October 8鈥�14, is Fire Prevention Week in Canada. The theme of Fire Prevention Week 2023 is 鈥淐ooking Safety Starts with You.鈥�

Cooking brings family and friends together, provides an outlet for creativity, and can be relaxing. But did you know that cooking fires are the number one cause of home fires and home injuries? By following a few safety tips, you can prevent these fires:

• Be alert! If you are sleepy or have consumed alcohol, don鈥檛 use the stove or stovetop.
• Stay in the kitchen while you are frying, boiling, grilling, or broiling food. If you leave the kitchen for a short time, turn off the stove.
• If you are simmering, baking, or roasting food, check it regularly, remain in the home while food is cooking, and use a timer to remind you that you are cooking.
• Keep anything that can catch fire鈥攐ven mitts, wooden utensils, food packaging, towels, or curtains鈥攁way from your stovetop.

If you have a small (grease) cooking fire and decide to fight the fire...

• On the stovetop, smother the flames by sliding a lid over the pan and turning off the burner. Leave the pan covered until it is completely cooled.
• For an oven fire, turn off the heat and keep the door closed.

When in doubt鈥�

• Just get out! When you leave, close the door behind you to help contain the fire.
• Call 9-1-1

For more fire safety tips and information, visit the PEI Department of Justice and Public Safety website at:

 

The 2023 Atlantic Association of Universities Teaching Showcase will take place on Saturday, October 21, 2023, at Cape Breton University in Sydney, Nova Scotia. The keynote speaker will be David Newhouse, Professor of Indigenous Studies, Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies. Professor Newhouse was the first principal of the new Peter Gzowski College at Trent University and has been Chair of the Department of Indigenous Studies, now the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies, since 1993. For more details about the full day of session and to register, go to the.

Robertson Library and the International Student Office (ISO) present...Send a Postcard Home!

Write a postcard to your family and/or friends back home to let them know you're thinking of them while you're here at 糖心vlog官方入口! Postcards are FREE - and we'll mail your postcard for you FREE!!

Place a dot on the world map to indicate the country where you are sending your postcard. We mailed postcards to over 34 countries when we held the event last semester! Can we surpass that number this time?

Enjoy some treats while you are writing your postcard!

Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 11 am鈥�1 pm

Location: Robertson Library lobby

Everyone is welcome!

The Chemistry Department invites you to a retirement celebration of our colleague Dr. Russ Kerr on Friday, October 13, from 2:00-4:00 pm at the Fox & Crow. Light refreshments will be available. All are welcome!

This week, October 8鈥�14, is Fire Prevention Week in Canada. The theme of Fire Prevention Week 2023 is 鈥淐ooking Safety Starts with You.鈥�

Cooking brings family and friends together, provides an outlet for creativity, and can be relaxing. But did you know that cooking fires are the number one cause of home fires and home injuries? By following a few safety tips, you can prevent these fires:

• Be alert! If you are sleepy or have consumed alcohol, don鈥檛 use the stove or stovetop.
• Stay in the kitchen while you are frying, boiling, grilling, or broiling food. If you leave the kitchen for a short time, turn off the stove.
• If you are simmering, baking, or roasting food, check it regularly, remain in the home while food is cooking, and use a timer to remind you that you are cooking.
• Keep anything that can catch fire鈥攐ven mitts, wooden utensils, food packaging, towels, or curtains鈥攁way from your stovetop.

If you have a small (grease) cooking fire and decide to fight the fire...

• On the stovetop, smother the flames by sliding a lid over the pan and turning off the burner. Leave the pan covered until it is completely cooled.
• For an oven fire, turn off the heat and keep the door closed.

When in doubt鈥�

• Just get out! When you leave, close the door behind you to help contain the fire.
• Call 9-1-1

For more fire safety tips and information, visit the PEI Department of Justice and Public Safety website at:

 

With no winners in the last EIGHT draws, the total pot has grown to more than $26,300 and is the LARGEST Gold Rush pot to date, with half going to the winner of the draw!

 is a virtual fundraising initiative that raises funds for 糖心vlog官方入口鈥檚 athletic and recreation programs. You can now select a specific team, club, or program to direct your proceeds from each of your tickets. 

 today and every week for a chance to win! The weekly draw is held at 8:00 pm every Saturday.

Interested in learning about cloud computing, programming with R, using spreadsheets or SQL, or version control with Git? More training from for the fall is now open for registration. Sessions are online and free of charge.

If you have questions about upcoming training or ACENET services at 糖心vlog官方入口, contact Kaitlin Newson.

Cloud from A to Z
17, 19, 24, 26 October, 1300-1600hrs Atlantic
Cloud computing provides great flexibility, allowing complete control of the computing environment. In addition, the environment can be copied, backed up, created, and recreated in an automated way. In these lessons, we will start you on the path toward making use of the great flexibility and power of cloud computing. We will be using the popular static website generator Jekyll. Prerequisite: Completion of Software Carpentry's Unix Shell, or similar experience. 

Introductory Programming with R
18, 25 October, 1300-1630hrs Atlantic
This is a beginner-level series that is hands-on, covering the fundamentals of R. This includes data types, functions, importing, manipulating and analyzing data, and data visualization, as well as program design, version control, data management, and task automation. The goal is to teach the practical knowledge needed to start programming, debugging, and using R in everyday tasks. You do not need to have any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented or previous programming experience, but intermediate level experience with a computer is recommended. 

Using Spreadsheets for Humanities, Social Sciences, and Librarians
8 November, 1330-1630hrs Atlantic
T锘縣is beginner-level workshop is the first session of our Humanities & Social Sciences Data Organization & Analysis Series. To use tools that make computation and analysis more efficient, such as programming languages like R or Python, we need to structure our data the way that computers need the data. In this workshop, you will learn good data entry practices, how to avoid common formatting mistakes, approaches for handling dates in spreadsheets, basic quality control and data manipulation, and exporting data from spreadsheets. We will focus on examples and challenges from the Humanities, Social Sciences, and library research fields, and use materials. There are no prerequisites.

SQL for Humanities, Social Sciences, and Librarians
15, 22 November, 1230-1530hrs Atlantic
This two-part session is the second of our beginner-level Humanities & Social Sciences Data Organization & Analysis Series. Many web applications, research project websites, and library and archival repositories store data in relational databases. A relational database can help you keep your data separate from your analysis, improve quality control of data entry, reduce duplication of data, and improve your ability to search across large and complex datasets. Structured Query Language, or SQL, is a powerful language used to search and manipulate relational databases. This workshop teaches participants about relational databases and SQL using SQLite. You will learn how to write queries in SQL and how to use aggregate functions to combine data. It uses examples and challenges from the Humanities, Social Sciences, and library research fields and uses materials. There are no prerequisites.

Using Git Tools to Manage File Changes and Collaborate: Version Control
21 November, 1300-1630hrs Atlantic
Version control is the practice of managing and sharing changes to documents, programming code, websites, or any other files to keep track of what鈥檚 been changed, by whom, when, and why. All previous versions of files are saved, and you can even revert to a previous version. Git-portal sites, like GitHub or GitLab, offer many useful features to facilitate collaborative development. This is a two-part series. In this beginner-level first session, we will show you how to create a repository, record changes to files, explore and restore from the recorded history, and resolve conflicts (when one member overwrites another鈥檚 changes). 

Using Git Tools to Manage File Changes and Collaborate: Collaboration
28 November, 1300-1630hrs Atlantic
This is the second session of our two-part series. This workshop will focus on collaborative development workflows using Git-collaboration sites like GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket, and will demonstrate how to work with branches, issue tracking, contribute to projects using pull-/merge-requests, code-review, run CI/CD-pipelines, and use other common features of these platforms. Prerequisite: basic experience using Git version control, participation in the 21 November workshop, or attendance at the Git lecture of a software carpentry workshop. 

Visualization with R
29 November, 1300-1500hrs Atlantic
When working with large sets of numbers, it is often more useful to display the information graphically using histograms, scatter plots, bar charts, box plots, and other depictions. This workshop teaches participants how to gain insights into data through visualization using R as the programming language. Participants will learn how to create simple scatterplots, histograms, and box plots; compare the plotting features of base R and the ggplot2 package; plot with ggplot2; plot time series data; and arrange and export plots. Basic knowledge of R is recommended, although not mandatory.

The 糖心vlog官方入口 Health and Wellness Centre is providing flu and COVID-19 vaccine clinics for all students as well as faculty, staff, and their families in October. (Please note that children aged 12 and under have to go to Public Health for the COVID-19 booster, and children aged 2 and under have to get their flu shots at Public Health.) These are mass clinics (appointments are not required), and the vaccines are provided free. Please bring a provincial health card or student ID. You can receive both the flu shot and the COVID-19 booster at the same time, but it will require two injections.  

October 18: McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

October 19: McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre, 12:00 pm - 7:00 pm

October 25: The McCain Foundation Learning Commons Atrium, AVC, 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm

The Search Committee for the Associate Vice-President (Students) and Registrar announces upcoming presentations by each of the finalist candidates. Since the search began in May, the committee has undertaken a comprehensive search and selected the following finalists for a series of stakeholder meetings on campus. Presentations are scheduled on the following dates and times.

Chris McGrath is the Principal and Founder of the Koru Coaching + Education Group, an organization dedicated to cultivating leadership capacity for social change, particularly for Indigenization and EDI within organizations. He held prior roles as Vice-President, Students (George Brown College), Dean of Students (Seneca College), Associate Vice-President, Student Experience and Registrar (Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College), and Assistant Dean, Student Affairs (University of Toronto, Mississauga). Chris holds an EdD (Western University), an MEd (University of Vermont), and a BA (University of Waterloo).

• Public Presentation: Wednesday, October 4, 2023, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm, AVC, Room 201A

Frances Billingsley is the Associate Registrar and Director, Student Records and Scheduling, at York University. Previously she held registrarial and student service roles at MacEwan University (Director, Student Financial Aid; Associate Registrar, Records and Registration; and Academic Advisor) and the University of Alberta (Director, Undergraduate Student Services; Recruitment Officer; Student Advisor). Frances received her EdD in Educational Leadership from Western University (2022), and an MEd (2008), a BEd (2000), and a BA (1997) from the University of Alberta.

• Public Presentation: Tuesday, October 10, 2023, 10:00 to 11:00 am, Andrew Hall, 142

Shawna Garrett is the President and CEO of EduNova Cooperative Ltd, an association of education and training providers in Nova Scotia. She has held prior appointments as a Transformation and Change Leader (College of the North Atlantic, CNA), Registrar (Mount Allison University and CNA, Qatar), and Executive Director, Enrolment Services (Acadia University). From 1999 to 2001, Shawna was the International Student Recruitment and Marketing Officer at 糖心vlog官方入口. She holds an MEd (2007) from Acadia University and a BA (1997) from the 糖心vlog官方入口.

• Public Presentation: Friday, October 13, 2023, 10:00 to 11:00 am, Andrew Hall, 142

All are welcome to attend. For any who are unable to attend, the presentations will be recorded and available afterward for viewing from a secure site. Paper copies of each candidate鈥檚 CV will be available for viewing in the Office of the Vice-President, Academic and Research, Kelley 205. Following each presentation, you are invited to provide feedback on the candidate鈥檚 suitability for the role to vpar@upei.ca. All feedback will be considered by the committee in its deliberations.

The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, November 3, for the November meeting.

Please note that as of June 1, 2020, all animal user protocols must be submitted through 糖心vlog官方入口 Researcher Portal at

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

 糖心vlog官方入口 ACC SOPs and Codes of Practice can be accessed through my糖心vlog官方入口 at . 

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

The 糖心vlog官方入口 received the sad news yesterday that Dr. Carlo Lavoie, chair of the Department of Modern Languages and long-time associate professor in the Faculty of Arts, and the Honourable James Lee, former PEI premier, Saint Dunstan鈥檚 University alumnus, recipient of the Hon. Eugene F. Whelan Green Hat Award, and 糖心vlog官方入口 honorary degree recipient, have passed away.

The flags on campus have been lowered to half-mast in memory of Dr. Lavoie and Dr. Lee.

The Chemistry Department invites you to a retirement celebration of our colleague Dr. Russ Kerr on Friday, October 13, from 2:00-4:00 pm at the Fox & Crow. Light refreshments will be available. All are welcome!

This week, October 8鈥�14, is Fire Prevention Week in Canada. The theme of Fire Prevention Week 2023 is 鈥淐ooking Safety Starts with You.鈥�

Cooking brings family and friends together, provides an outlet for creativity, and can be relaxing. But did you know that cooking fires are the number one cause of home fires and home injuries? By following a few safety tips, you can prevent these fires:

• Be alert! If you are sleepy or have consumed alcohol, don鈥檛 use the stove or stovetop.
• Stay in the kitchen while you are frying, boiling, grilling, or broiling food. If you leave the kitchen for a short time, turn off the stove.
• If you are simmering, baking, or roasting food, check it regularly, remain in the home while food is cooking, and use a timer to remind you that you are cooking.
• Keep anything that can catch fire鈥攐ven mitts, wooden utensils, food packaging, towels, or curtains鈥攁way from your stovetop.

If you have a small (grease) cooking fire and decide to fight the fire...

• On the stovetop, smother the flames by sliding a lid over the pan and turning off the burner. Leave the pan covered until it is completely cooled.
• For an oven fire, turn off the heat and keep the door closed.

When in doubt鈥�

• Just get out! When you leave, close the door behind you to help contain the fire.
• Call 9-1-1

For more fire safety tips and information, visit the PEI Department of Justice and Public Safety website at:

 

Please join the Office of Commercialization, Industry, and Innovation (OCII) on October 25, between 2:00 and 4:00 pm, at the Research Services Office in Room 112 of Kelley Memorial Building.

OCII offers knowledge and expertise on research collaborations to 糖心vlog官方入口 faculty, students, and staff.

We provide support in many areas such as developing research partnerships, safeguarding intellectual property (IP), and guidance through the process of commercializing products, ideas, and inventions that have the potential to generate tangible social and economic benefits.

This will be an excellent opportunity to meet with our OCII team and engage in conversations about how we can support and enhance the success of your research programs.

**Light refreshments will be provided.**