Campus Notices
The search committee for the Associate Vice-President, Students has arranged the recorded presentations of the finalists.
Candidate A's presentation can be viewed at the following link:
Candidate B's presentation can be viewed at the following link:
The search committee welcomes your feedback on the candidates. Please send feedback by email to vpar@upei.ca by 4:00 on Monday, June 30, 2025.
Thank you for your valued input into this search process. All feedback remains confidential.
Summer is here on PEI, which means higher temperatures and humidex, potential UV index warnings, and an increased risk of developing heat-related illness.
Whether you're working indoors or outdoors, here are some tips to help prevent heat-related illness:
- Take regular rest breaks in the shade or an air-conditioned space when possible
- Do demanding physical work before 11 am and after 3 pm
- Limit sun exposure, especially when the UV factor is high
- Use sunscreen and lip balm with a minimum 30 sun protection factor (SPF)
- Drink plenty of water before you feel thirsty
- Cover up with light-coloured, loose-fitting clothing made of breathable fabric
- Wear a wide-brimmed hat and UV protective eyewear
For more information. visit the Health and Safety Tips page at
During Indigenous History Month, the Teaching & Learning Centre have been sharing Indigenous resources, to prompt discussion and engagement, and to provide educational opportunities which go beyond surface-level awareness to foster genuine understanding of complex issues like land rights, sovereignty, and the ongoing impacts of colonization.
Week 3: Educational Resources for All Ages
By highlighting these educational tools during Indigenous History Month, we support educators in moving beyond superficial cultural awareness to meaningful curriculum integration that fosters critical thinking about colonization, reconciliation, and Indigenous-settler relationships. These resources also demonstrate how Indigenous knowledge can be respectfully incorporated into various educational contexts while maintaining academic rigor and cultural authenticity. Furthermore, featuring educational resources emphasizes that learning about Indigenous histories and cultures should be an ongoing commitment rather than a one-time event, providing the tools necessary for sustained engagement and understanding throughout the year.
The Human Resources team at 51视频 has been growing and evolving鈥攁nd so have our services! To help you stay connected and know who to reach out to, we鈥檝e updated our HR Team Guide with the latest information on our team.
You can find the guide by going to: my51视频 > Menu > Administrative Services > Human Resources
is just below our contact information near the top of the page.
This is a living document, so we鈥檒l be updating it regularly. Be sure to check back now and then to make sure you鈥檙e seeing the most current version.
If you have any questions, we鈥檙e always happy to help鈥攋ust reach out!
HR is pleased to announce the launch of 51视频鈥檚 new Employee Assistance Program (EAP), available through GreenShield Health beginning July 1, 2025.
This comprehensive, confidential, and accessible program offers a wide range of services to support your mental health and overall well-being, including:
5 hours of individual counselling (Green Shield will closely monitor usage and will provide additional hours to those who need further support, to ensure that no one is denied access to the program because of insufficient sponsored hours in any policy year) and 5 hours of couples therapy.
Additional program highlights include:
- Flexible therapy options via phone, video, or in-person, with 30, 60, or 90-minute sessions
- Personalized therapist matching that considers DEI preferences
- Unlimited 15-minute consultations to help members find their ideal therapist
- Innovative, value-added services in areas such as children鈥檚 mental health, nutrition, and overall well-being
Unlimited financial and legal consultations.
Self-guided digital CBT, well-being coaching, and personalized care navigation.
Digital pharmacy and nutrition services.
The program is offered through GreenShield鈥檚 secure GreenShield+ platform, with a guaranteed premium rate of $2.58/month for the first 5 years, cost-shared according to your collective agreement.
For more information, please watch your inbox for an email from Human Resources with login instructions on June 30, 2025.
If you are currently using EAP services through Telus Health, you may continue accessing support until your care is complete.
For questions, contact Human Resources at employeeservices@upei.ca.
The University鈥檚 operating budget for the 2025鈥�2026 fiscal year was approved at the 51视频 Board of Governors meeting on May 27.
Dr. Wendy Rodgers, President and Vice-Chancellor, and Tim Walker, Vice-President, Finance and Administration, invited the University community to a
51视频 Budget 2025鈥�2026 Information Session
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium (Room 242), Don and Marion McDougall Hall
2:30 pm
If you are unable to participate in person, you are welcome to join us virtually at this . (Another information session will be held in the fall semester for those unable to attend on this date.)
The 2 may be found on the publications page of the 51视频 website.
We look forward to seeing you!
Join the 51视频 Department of Music for a five-day summer chamber music experience for brass, woodwind, percussion, and voice students aged 14鈥�18. The daily schedule runs from 9:00 am鈥�3:00 pm, July 7 to July 11, 2025 on the 51视频 campus.
- Warm-up and technique classes
- Musicianship classes
- Small ensembles
- Individual and group lessons
- Workshops
- Final performance
Faculty
- Sung Ha Shin-Bouey, voice
- Morgan Saulnier, flute
- Amy Simon, clarinet
- Nicole Strum, saxophone
- Dale Sorensen, brass
- Ryan Drew, percussion
- Ken Fornetran, wind instrument repair
Program fee: $340 + HST
Spaces are limited and are filling up quickly!
To register, .
Email nstrum@upei.ca or call the 51视频 Department of Music at 902-566-0507 with any questions.
Please be advised that VoIP calling is currently available only within the following pilot departments:
- ITSS
- Faculty of Medicine
- Human Resources
- Finance.
ITSS is actively working with our telecommunications partner to prepare for the campus-wide telephone system upgrade, which includes the rollout of VoIP calling. Once a delivery schedule is confirmed, it will be shared on the at
The Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, invites all to attend Faraz Mirza's public dissertation defense presentation of his PsyD research titled: "An Exploratory Inter-National Study of Collective Self-Esteem and Well-Being"
Date and Time: July 3, 2025 from 6:00-8:00 pm
Location: Memorial Hall, Room 104
The University鈥檚 operating budget for the 2025鈥�2026 fiscal year was approved at the 51视频 Board of Governors meeting on May 27.
Dr. Wendy Rodgers, President and Vice-Chancellor, and Tim Walker, Vice-President, Finance and Administration, invited the University community to a
51视频 Budget 2025鈥�2026 Information Session
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium (Room 242), Don and Marion McDougall Hall
2:30 pm
If you are unable to participate in person, you are welcome to join us virtually at this . (Another information session will be held in the fall semester for those unable to attend on this date.)
The 2 may be found on the publications page of the 51视频 website.
We look forward to seeing you!
To celebrate National Indigenous History Month, here鈥檚 a tip for instructors to incorporate Indigenous knowledge into their classroom.
Teaching Tip #3: Utilize the 鈥淧ulling Together鈥� guides
What it is:
The "Pulling Together" series is a collection of open-access guides aimed at helping educators incorporate Indigenous perspectives into their teaching.
How to apply it:
- Use the guides to inform curriculum development and teaching strategies.
- Reflect on your own teaching practices and consider areas for incorporating Indigenous knowledge.
Reflective question:
How might you revise one of your course learning targets to better reflect Indigenous ways of knowing or holistic learning, as described in the Pulling Together guide?
See all the tips and additional resources here -
51视频 is hosting the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) 2025 Atlantic Regional Meeting in Charlottetown June 26 to 27. This event will focus on the future of international education through a series of sessions, roundtables and networking activities.
CBIE鈥檚 Atlantic Regional Meeting is an annual gathering of international education practitioners. It is an opportunity to share knowledge and resources and keep abreast of immigration and other changes in the sector. It also serves as an annual networking event for international education practitioners and is a precursor to the national conference held each November.
Registration is now open for the .
Every year in June, we recognize the history, achievement, resilience, and diversity of First Nations, Inuit, and M茅tis Peoples across Canada.
The has various resources to explore, and has a special display in its lobby Explore Our highlighting Indigenous voices across Turtle Island.
Visit the 51视频 Faculty of Indigenous Knowledge, Education, Research, and Applied Studies web pages.
The Government of Canada's Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada which explore the history, languages, cultures, and experiences of Indigenous Peoples across Canada.
The Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, invites all to attend Catherine Standage's public defence of her PsyD dissertation titled 鈥淢entoring Matters to These Early-Career Veterinarians and is Mediated by Experiences, Expectations, and Gender: A Qualitative Interview Study鈥�.
Date and time: June 27, 2025, at 10:00 ADT
Location: AVC Room 219S
Welcome to the following new employees who joined the 51视频 community in May 2025:
- Alexander Beaton, Security Services
- Julie Brown, Clinical Learning and Simulation Centre, Faculty of Medicine
- Katelynn Donahoe, Faculty of Nursing
- Olalekan Faromika, Security Services
- Shawna Gallant, Human Resources
- Hadeel Haddad, Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering
- Martyn Iannece, Teaching and Learning Centre
- Fatima Imtiaz, School of Climate Change and Adaptation, Faculty of Science
- Taewoo Kim, Comptroller鈥檚 Office
- Dr. Jane Ngobia, Vice-President People and Culture
- Kristen Nowlan, Comptroller鈥檚 Office
- Brent Robicheau, Biology, Faculty of Science
- Jaclyn Sanderson, Clinical Learning and Simulation Centre, Faculty of Medicine
- Shawn Sentner, IT Systems and Services
- Anmol Setia, Security Services
- Ikram Ullah, School of Climate Change and Adaptation, Faculty of Science
We are excited to have you join the 51视频 team!
Please be advised that on June 19 and 20, 2025, the usual access route to the Health, Safety & Environment Department (AVC 4 South) will be temporarily closed, due to ongoing construction.
The office remains open and operational during this time. If you need to visit, we kindly ask that you call ahead at 902-566-0901 to receive updated directions or assistance with access.
We appreciate your patience and cooperation during this temporary disruption.
The search committee for the Associate Vice-President, Students, announces an upcoming public presentation by one of the finalists.
Since the search process began, the committee has undertaken a comprehensive search and selected finalists for a series of stakeholder meetings on campus. The second public presentation is scheduled for Monday, June 23, 2025 at 9:30 am and will be held in AVC 201N.
All members of the University community are welcome to attend. For those unable to attend, this presentation will be recorded.
The 51视频 Writing Centre is now closed for the summer. Please note that we will not be offering any appointments until we re-open in September. We look forward to seeing you then!
Please check for additional notices on the 51视频 Writing Centre door (Robertson Library, Room 274) and on our Instagram (upeiwritingcentre).
HR is pleased to announce the launch of 51视频鈥檚 new Employee Assistance Program (EAP), available through GreenShield Health beginning July 1, 2025.
This comprehensive, confidential, and accessible program offers a wide range of services to support your mental health and overall well-being, including:
5 hours of individual counselling (Green Shield will closely monitor usage and will provide additional hours to those who need further support, to ensure that no one is denied access to the program because of insufficient sponsored hours in any policy year) and 5 hours of couples therapy.
Additional program highlights include:
- Flexible therapy options via phone, video, or in-person, with 30, 60, or 90-minute sessions
- Personalized therapist matching that considers DEI preferences
- Unlimited 15-minute consultations to help members find their ideal therapist
- Innovative, value-added services in areas such as children鈥檚 mental health, nutrition, and overall well-being
Unlimited financial and legal consultations.
Self-guided digital CBT, well-being coaching, and personalized care navigation.
Digital pharmacy and nutrition services.
The program is offered through GreenShield鈥檚 secure GreenShield+ platform, with a guaranteed premium rate of $2.58/month for the first 5 years, cost-shared according to your collective agreement.
For more information, please watch your inbox for an email from Human Resources with login instructions on June 30, 2025.
If you are currently using EAP services through Telus Health, you may continue accessing support until your care is complete.
For questions, contact Human Resources at employeeservices@upei.ca.
Hello Panthers!
Here鈥檚 a wonderful opportunity to share your knowledge and support a stronger Panther community!
The Office of Student Culture and Community Standards, and Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office are currently looking for 10 current (undergraduate and graduate) 51视频 students to join us to form a Student Consultation Committee.
Recognizing our diverse student population, the purpose of forming the Student Consultation Committee is to welcome student ideas, opinions, and suggestions to help us:
路 enhance and improve future programs and event development for students;
路 gather ideas and suggestions to develop and/or curate events, programming, and sessions that are beneficial to students; and
路 gather ideas and suggestions to support the prevention of sexual violence on campus.
The end goal of the Student Consultation Committee is to make recommendations that will help improve students鈥� experiences at 51视频! We are looking for keen and enthusiastic individuals who will share their valuable thoughts and suggestions to help us improve programming, events, and sessions for students in the upcoming semesters. Student voices are key to ensuring successful student engagement and a positive student culture at 51视频鈥攂oth are at the centre of our programming; this is a perfect opportunity to contribute!
This committee will meet monthly from October 2025 to March 2026 for two to three hours at a time. The members of this committee will receive a $150 51视频 bookstore credit, 51视频 merchandise, food and refreshments during meetings, transportation accommodation* to attend each meeting, and a certificate of participation.
Upon successful completion of the service term, reference letters can also be provided upon request.
If this opportunity interests you, apply by sending a copy of your resume, and a letter of interest to Inara Bhalesha, Student Engagement Officer at binara@upei.ca, on or before June 20, 2025.
If you have any further questions about this opportunity or require any accommodation to apply, please reach out to Inara Bhalesha at binara@upei.ca.
All applicants are advised that the selection process will be conducted by the Office of Student Culture and Community Standards and the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office and will be subject to applicable policies and procedures.
