Campus Notices

小黄书视频 President Wendy Rodgers and the New Student Orientation (NSO) leaders invite the campus community鈥攕tudents, faculty, and staff鈥攖o celebrate Panther Pride at a free BBQ in the Quad on Tuesday, September 3, from 11:00 am to 1:30 pm.

The BBQ will feature great food, games, activities, music, prizes, and more! Enjoy entertainment courtesy of the Faculty of Graduate Studies! Faculty and staff can pick up their free tickets to the UPEI Women鈥檚 Rugby home opener, which is on September 7 at 2 pm. Full-time students always have free admission to Panther home games, so they don鈥檛 need tickets.

Members of the UPEI Security Services team will be in attendance, encouraging and assisting people to download the UPEI SAFE app. And download the 小黄书视频 PantherRec app to have a chance to win a UPEI-branded t-shirt!

Come one, come all! Wear your UPEI colours and branded gear, and show your Panther Pride!

The Faculty of IKERAS will hold a meet and greet, including a sacred fire, by the tipi from 11:30 am to 12:45 pm on Wednesday, September 4, to welcome new students to campus. Students will be able to put their best wishes for the academic year into the sacred fire.

We want you to find the perfect workspace at Robertson Library. This year, we've simplified our noise expectations.

If you prefer silence, you can find it upstairs in the sunroom, the study carrel areas along the outside of the building, and the individual study rooms (320-327 and 331-336). These areas are reserved for quiet study.

In the rest of the library, including the entire main floor, group work and other "inside voice" conversations are encouraged.

Everywhere in the library, please use headphones or keep your devices silent. If you need to watch a video or attend an online class as a group, use a group study room and be considerate of your neighbours.

Troy Life and Fire Safety will be working with TK elevator company to perform the annual fire alarm testing on the elevators campus-wide, beginning Tuesday, September 3, 2024.    

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact fmcapitalprojects@upei.ca

Royal Canin is offering big savings for all UPEI staff and students who sign up for auto orders on the AVC myVetstore online pet food site. Save 50% 鈥 25% 鈥 10% on your FIRST three auto orders on our online store. Ongoing all auto orders get a 5% discount. All orders over $30 ship for free!! Available for new customers on Royal Canin庐Veterinary Exclusive formulas.* As well, Royal Canin provides an auto order in-stock guarantee. If your auto order does not ship within 14 days, Royal Canin庐 will provide a credit of $50 on your next auto order sign-up at

Students from UPEI鈥檚 Kinesiology 3430 class are seeking participants to take part in a four-week exercise training program, plus pre- and post-assessment sessions (six weeks in total). Students will create personalized exercise training programs for each participant, based on their fitness, skill level, and personal interests. Participants must be between 30-70 years of age. This program is directed toward individuals who are looking to become more physically active in their day-to-day lives. Participants will meet in person with their student trainers once a week. No previous experience is necessary.

The program runs on Mondays (3:30-5:00 pm), Tuesdays (2:30-4:00 pm), and Thursdays (2:30-4:00 pm) beginning the week of October 7. To register, go to

For more information, please contact Dr. Travis Saunders at trsaunders@upei.ca or 902-566-0641.

The UPEI Bookstore will have extended hours as we welcome back students for the fall. We will be OPEN from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm on September 4, 5, 9, and 10. Our online store is always open. Shop anytime at

Dr. Jessica Riddell, professor of early modern literature at Bishop鈥檚 University, will give the second Shannon K. Murray Lecture on Hope and the Academy on September 3, at 11 am, in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall, Steel Building, UPEI. Her presentation is titled "The Times are Urgent: We must Slow Down. Building Hope Circuits for ourselves and in community."

Dr. Riddell is holder of the Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair of Undergraduate Teaching Excellence at Bishop鈥檚 University; a 3M National Teaching Fellow; author of Hope Circuits: Rewiring Universities and other Systems for Human Flourishing (MQUP, 2024); author of Shakespeare's Guide to Hope, Life, and Learning (UTP, 2023) with Drs. Lisa Dickson and Shannon Murray; and founder of the Hope Circuits Institute. She was awarded the William and Nancy Turner Award for Teaching Excellence (2011-2012) at Bishop鈥檚 University, received the 3M National Teaching Fellowship in 2015, was the recipient of a D2L Innovation Award for Teaching and Learning in 2022, and won the inaugural awards from Forces Avenir (Quebec) for Most Engaged Faculty/Staff Member in 2022. 

In her consultations and through the Hope Circuits Institute, Dr. Riddell pursues 鈥渁n expansive call for the reinvention of universities and the renewal of their public mission. Dr. Riddell is a leading intellectual on the intersection between the humanities and higher education. She is one of Canada鈥檚 most prolific public scholars on the role universities play in a civil, just society and regularly convenes conversations about how education shapes creative democracy.鈥

The UPEI Faculty of Arts established the Shannon K. Murray Lecture on Hope and the Academy in 2023 to honour the achievements of Dr. Shannon Murray, an award-winning professor of English and a 3M National Teaching Fellow. In 2022, Dr. Murray was awarded the Christopher Knapper Lifetime Achievement Award by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, one of the highest honours awarded in Canada for teaching and learning in higher education. All are welcome.

This year鈥檚 NSO Welcome Week will take place from August 30 to September 7, featuring a fantastic lineup of events and activities to welcome new students to UPEI鈥攆rom academic sessions to social events. Our goal is to ensure that every new student feels supported, connected, and ready to embark on their university journey.

The week kicks off on August 30 with Residence Move-in Day, NSO Check-in, a Student Services fair, and many other events.

A highlight of Welcome Week will be a free BBQ in the Quad, hosted by 小黄书视频 President Wendy Rodgers and the New Student Orientation (NSO) leaders, on Tuesday, September 3, from 11:00 am to 1:30 pm for the entire campus community, featuring games, activities, music, prizes, free tickets, and more. During the BBQ, members of the UPEI Security Services team will be encouraging and assisting people to download the UPEI SAFE app. Everyone is also encouraged to download the 小黄书视频 PantherRec app to have a chance to win a UPEI-branded t-shirt, and to wear their UPEI colours and gear!

At the BBQ, faculty and staff can pick up their complimentary tickets to the UPEI Women鈥檚 Rugby home opener, which will take place on September 7 at 2 pm. Full-time students always have free admission to Panther home games.

The full NSO schedule is available on our website. You can view and download it here:

We encourage all members of the campus community to get involved in welcoming our new students. Whether you鈥檙e a returning student, faculty, or staff member, your participation makes a difference in creating a warm and inclusive environment.

If you have any questions, please don鈥檛 hesitate to reach out to us at nso@upei.ca.

Thank you for your continued support and enthusiasm as we prepare to welcome the newest members of our 小黄书视频 Panther family.

Need help registering for courses or making a course plan? The Department of Student Affairs is offering drop-in academic advising for returning undergraduate students! 

Walk-ins will be held from 9:00-11:30 am and 1:00-3:30 pm in Student Affairs, Dalton Hall, 5th floor, on the following dates: 

  • Tuesday, September 3 
  • Wednesday, September 4鈥 
  • Thursday, September 5 
  • Friday, September 6 
  • Monday, September 9 
  • Tuesday, September 10 
  • Wednesday, September 11 
  • Thursday, September 12 
  • Friday, September 13 

 Advising will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis. 

The UPEI Health, Safety, and Environment Department has coordinated with the PEI Emergency Measures Organization (EMO) to present an emergency preparedness presentation on September 4, 2024, at 11:30 am in Kelley Memorial Building Room 211. 

Everyone is welcome to attend. Please register by contacting HSE@upei.ca.

Do you know what to do if there is a building evacuation? Do you have questions about the evacuation procedures for your building? Are you a chief warden, floor warden, or guardian for your building? Do you have questions about your role as a warden or guardian?

UPEI Health, Safety, and Environment will hold a building emergency plan session on September 12 at 10:00 am in Bill and Denise Andrew Hall Room 142.

Please let hse@upei.ca know if you are interested in attending.

Everyone on campus has access to Teams Chat!  

If your e-mail ends in @upei.ca, you can access a Microsoft Teams account created for you by logging in with your UPEI credentials. This means you can use Microsoft Teams for Communications to effectively work on campus and reach out to the community at UPEI!  

Get ready to connect and communicate with your friends and other members of the campus community using Teams Chat and Teams Meet. 

You鈥檒l find helpful resources and information about Microsoft Teams for Communications in the M365 Project section of the website. So, click the link and start to explore!  

If you come across any new tips and tricks while using Teams Chat and Meetings, be sure to submit them through our for a chance to win a prize! 

Troy Life and Fire Safety will be working with TK elevator company to perform the annual fire alarm testing on the elevators campus-wide, beginning Tuesday, September 3, 2024.    

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact fmcapitalprojects@upei.ca

The call for proposals to present at the 2024 Annual AAU Teaching Showcase has been extended to August 30. 

Those whose proposals are selected from this call for submissions will be invited to have their work included in the conference proceedings. Proposals are open to presenters who are affiliates or members of an AAU institution submitting proposals on teaching and learning in higher education.

Submit proposals via Open Journal Systems (OJS)

They  will be using Open Journal Systems (OJS) to review all proposals and to publish them following the conference. To submit to OJS, you will need to first let us know of your intent to submit so we can create a secure account for you in OJS.

  • Email teaching@acadiau.ca with 鈥淚ntent to submit AAU Proposal鈥 as the subject
  • Include your name and preferred email address

You will receive an email from OJS prompting you to set a password for your account, and with detailed instructions on how to submit your proposal. Check your junk/spam folder!

Dr. Jessica Riddell, professor of early modern literature at Bishop鈥檚 University, will give the second Shannon K. Murray Lecture on Hope and the Academy on September 3, at 11 am, in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall, Steel Building, UPEI. Her presentation is titled "The Times are Urgent: We must Slow Down. Building Hope Circuits for ourselves and in community."

Dr. Riddell is holder of the Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair of Undergraduate Teaching Excellence at Bishop鈥檚 University; a 3M National Teaching Fellow; author of Hope Circuits: Rewiring Universities and other Systems for Human Flourishing (MQUP, 2024); author of Shakespeare's Guide to Hope, Life, and Learning (UTP, 2023) with Drs. Lisa Dickson and Shannon Murray; and founder of the Hope Circuits Institute. She was awarded the William and Nancy Turner Award for Teaching Excellence (2011-2012) at Bishop鈥檚 University, received the 3M National Teaching Fellowship in 2015, was the recipient of a D2L Innovation Award for Teaching and Learning in 2022, and won the inaugural awards from Forces Avenir (Quebec) for Most Engaged Faculty/Staff Member in 2022. 

In her consultations and through the Hope Circuits Institute, Dr. Riddell pursues 鈥渁n expansive call for the reinvention of universities and the renewal of their public mission. Dr. Riddell is a leading intellectual on the intersection between the humanities and higher education. She is one of Canada鈥檚 most prolific public scholars on the role universities play in a civil, just society and regularly convenes conversations about how education shapes creative democracy.鈥

The UPEI Faculty of Arts established the Shannon K. Murray Lecture on Hope and the Academy in 2023 to honour the achievements of Dr. Shannon Murray, an award-winning professor of English and a 3M National Teaching Fellow. In 2022, Dr. Murray was awarded the Christopher Knapper Lifetime Achievement Award by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, one of the highest honours awarded in Canada for teaching and learning in higher education. All are welcome.

Dr. Jessica Riddell, professor of literature at Bishop鈥檚 University, will facilitate a workshop for UPEI colleagues on Tuesday, September 3, 2024, starting at 9:00 am. Join colleagues from across the campus for this workshop focused on building our capacities for educational leadership and re-wiring classrooms that center human and ecological flourishing. Jessica will facilitate reflections on our individual origin stories that brought us to the academy and particularly to learning and teaching spaces. Once we have reflected on what called us to this work as educators, we will do some work on "re-membering" and centering purpose, giving thought to how we might anchor this purpose in our practices as university educators. An but not required to attend. If you would like to read Dr. Riddell's book in preparation for the workshop, there are limited paper copies of the book available from the office of the Dean of Arts. In addition, the Robertson Library has a couple of physical copies on reserve and access to the.  

This workshop complements the second Shannon K. Murray Lecture on Hope and the Academy that Dr. Riddell will share in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall at 11:00 am the same day. Her presentation is entitled "The Times are Urgent: We must Slow Down. Building Hope Circuits for ourselves and in community."

This year鈥檚 NSO Welcome Week will take place from August 30 to September 7, featuring a fantastic lineup of events and activities to welcome new students to UPEI鈥攆rom academic sessions to social events. Our goal is to ensure that every new student feels supported, connected, and ready to embark on their university journey.

The week kicks off on August 30 with Residence Move-in Day, NSO Check-in, a Student Services fair, and many other events.

A highlight of Welcome Week will be a free BBQ in the Quad, hosted by 小黄书视频 President Wendy Rodgers and the New Student Orientation (NSO) leaders, on Tuesday, September 3, from 11:00 am to 1:30 pm for the entire campus community, featuring games, activities, music, prizes, free tickets, and more. During the BBQ, members of the UPEI Security Services team will be encouraging and assisting people to download the UPEI SAFE app. Everyone is also encouraged to download the 小黄书视频 PantherRec app to have a chance to win a UPEI-branded t-shirt, and to wear their UPEI colours and gear!

At the BBQ, faculty and staff can pick up their complimentary tickets to the UPEI Women鈥檚 Rugby home opener, which will take place on September 7 at 2 pm. Full-time students always have free admission to Panther home games.

The full NSO schedule is available on our website. You can view and download it here:

We encourage all members of the campus community to get involved in welcoming our new students. Whether you鈥檙e a returning student, faculty, or staff member, your participation makes a difference in creating a warm and inclusive environment.

If you have any questions, please don鈥檛 hesitate to reach out to us at nso@upei.ca.

Thank you for your continued support and enthusiasm as we prepare to welcome the newest members of our 小黄书视频 Panther family.

The 小黄书视频 has teamed up with the Chief Public Health Office (CPHO) of PEI to provide UPEI students and any member of the University community at risk of experiencing or witnessing a drug-related overdose with free Naloxone kits through the provincial . 

Naloxone (also called Narcan) is a fast-acting medication used to temporarily reverse an opioid overdose until medical help arrives. Naloxone can restore breathing within 2 to 5 minutes and is safe for all ages. It only works for those who have opioids in their system. It does not create dependence, and it is safe to keep a Naloxone kit on hand.

Naloxone training is available online at .

Where to get a Naloxone kit at UPEI

  • Security Services: Call 902-566-0384 24/7
  • Dalton Hall, 5th Floor: Monday-Friday, 8:30 am鈥12:00 pm and 12:50鈥4:00 pm
  • W.A. Murphy Student Centre, UPEI Health and Wellness Centre:  Monday-Friday, 8:00 am鈥4:00 pm
  • W.A. Murphy Student Centre, Room 201: Monday-Friday, 9:00 am鈥4:00 pm
  • AVC, 428S: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am鈥4:00 pm
  • Bill and Denise Andrew Hall, Room 121: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am鈥4:00 pm; call 902-394-1386 from 8:00鈥11:00 pm

Supports on campus

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It is important to know the signs of opioid overdose and the proper overdose response as opioid-related overdoses are increasing on PEI. To learn more about signs and how to administer Naloxone, visit this  page.

Need help registering for courses or making a course plan? The Department of Student Affairs is offering drop-in academic advising for returning undergraduate students! 

Walk-ins will be held from 9:00-11:30 am and 1:00-3:30 pm in Student Affairs, Dalton Hall, 5th floor, on the following dates: 

  • Tuesday, September 3 
  • Wednesday, September 4鈥 
  • Thursday, September 5 
  • Friday, September 6 
  • Monday, September 9 
  • Tuesday, September 10 
  • Wednesday, September 11 
  • Thursday, September 12 
  • Friday, September 13 

 Advising will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.