Faculty of Arts at UPEI
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Check out the upcoming schedule for conneXions, the Faculty of Arts Seminar Series

The Robertson Library and Computers for Success PEI have provided the UPEISU with some devices, including laptops and desktop computers, to give away to student...s in need of technology to better access online courses. There is a limited quantity of devices and they are NOT brand new. Laptops have been wiped, have Windows 7 installed, standard web browsers, and LibreOffice. The UPEISU will give away these computers to students based on their need for the technology and the state of the technology they are currently using if they have any. The UPEISU, the Robertson Library, and Computers For Sucess PEI are not responsible for any issues associated with the giving away of any device. Your information, including name, student ID, and UPEI email will only be accessible to UPEISU staff for the purposes of application processing and laptop distribution. You will be contacted back if you are one of the laptop recipients in the Winter semester of 2021. To apply, please fill out this form: https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSdvXla_kr2pkRD4vi/viewform

Check it out!The Arts Review is a great opportunity to be published during your time at UPEI. Submissions are due Dec. 21st!

The Arts Review is UPEI's only student-led print publication and offers UPEI students the opportunity to have their writing or artwork published. Our goal is to... see student work strengthened, published, and celebrated. Both the Call for Written Submissions and the Call for Artwork have been opened!We accept any form of writing essays, poems, short stories, science papers, comics, etc. Any artwork that can be digitally rendered can also be submitted! No theme is set until submissions are selected. Both multiple submissions are allowed, as well as anonymous publications. The deadline to submit is December 21st, 2020. Please send all submissions to [email protected]. Be sure to check out the Arts Review Facebook page for additional info and reminders! If you have any further questions, you can email Emma Campanaro (Editor-in-Chief) at [email protected].

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UPEI Arts students! Faculty of Arts Student Town Hall Monday, August 3, 7-8 pm ADT via Zoom (Check your UPEI email for the link or email [email protected])... We invite all UPEI Arts students to a virtual Town Hall meeting to share their thoughts about returning to classes in September. As we now know, the Covid-19 crisis means that most UPEI courses will be delivered remotely in the fall. The Faculty of Arts wants to plan for this extraordinary term with your best interests at heart. So, in order to design accessible and engaging learning experiences, our instructors are eager to hear from you. We especially want to know how you plan to do your online work, what your concerns are, and what you really want faculty to think about as they make their course plans. If you can attend (and we know that no one time will work for everyone), RSVP to Shannon Murray ([email protected]). And whether you can attend or not, we’d love to hear in advance some of your suggestions, questions, and worries, so send those along to that email as well. We know this will be a challenging time not what any of us hoped September 2020 would look like -- but with your help, we will figure it out.

Dear Colleagues, here is some advice for those who have not created online lectures before (From George Jia): 1. Using PowerPoint and applying voice narration is one of the easiest ways to create an online lecture and to repurpose existing PowerPoint slides. The great thing about it is that you record lectures slide by slide, so correcting mistakes and organizing lectures is easy (so you can rerecord individual slides rather than the whole lecture). Creating drawings and high...lighting is straightforward, especially if you have a touch screen. PowerPoint files are viewable in most platforms, making it easily accessible. Also, lectures can be converted to many different video formats within the program. To start recording, open PowerPoint, select "slide show," and click "Record Slide Show." You could also record yourself in the webcam. Here is Microsoft's help link on the topic: https://support.office.com//record-a-slide-show-with-narra 2. If you have PDF slides, I recommend the screencastify add-on in Chrome browser, you can choose to record videos of a single tab (your pdf file) or the entire desktop. Again, making drawing and highlighting is easy. This is also great for illustrating how to use recourses on the web (such as showing students how to access publisher-provided study tools). Webcam recording is also available. The drawback is to get the full feature of the add-on, a small fee is required (I believe it is $29 US a year with education discount). Here is a link to the add-on https://www.screencastify.com/ 3. Another option is to use Windows' game recording option to record videos of your entire screen or a single program, along with your voices and webcam recording as well. Here is a short tutorial: https://www.onmsft.com//how-to-make-a-windows-10-screen-re 4. Lastly, for a live online lecture or meetings, the Google Meet (used to be called Hangout) from G suite is the best option. It is included in the upei university domain. A reminder: you often have to allow access to your webcam and microphone before using it. See more

Screening of the documentary Anthropocene: The Human Epoch today at 5PM. The Environmental Studies Program and Robertson Library Talks Invite the UPEI students, faculty, and staff to attend the screening of the documentary Athropocene: The Human Epoch. The screening will be followed by the discussion led by the UPEI students. Created by Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier and Edward Burtynsky, this documentary is a cinematic meditation on humanity’s massive reengineer...ing of the planet. Date and time: March 5, 2020 at 5:30pm Place: RL 235 Invited discussants: Sarah Davison, Island Studies; Noble Newman, Applied Communication, Leadership, and Culture; Isabelle Fitzpatrick, Applied Communication, Leadership, and Culture; Emily Smith, Environmental Studies; Choyce Chappell, Environmental Studies. All are welcome!

public talk and book launch next week! everyone invited -- spread the word and see you there!

CONNECT WITH LOCAL ACTIVISTS. TRAVEL OFF THE BEATEN PATH. GO BACKPACKING WITH A PURPOSE. This summer, learn from inspiring people in beautiful places. At Operation Groundswell, we go behind the scenes to connect you with our friends in faraway places: farmers, artists, educators and activists who are making meaningful change in their communities.... With two seriously fun and experienced leaders, our small teams dive into life on the ground through immersive home stays, adventurous hikes and ethical project work led by our local partners. Strapped for cash? We have grants available for students which can cover up to 25% of your program fee. Details online. Programs are filling up quickly, so apply as soon as possible. The deadline for summer program applications is March 20th! START YOUR JOURNEY AT www.operationgroundswell.com

Want to work in human rights and/or community development in #Guatemala? Consider applying for the BTS Cooperant Program! Deadline: March 23.

UPEI students participate in Fridays for the Future demonstrations

Bell Let’s Talk Day is January 29UPEI is joining in to help create positive change UPEI is excited to participate once again on Bell Let's Talk Day. Our hope is thatby offering activities, supports, and services throughout the year we will build a culture of care that nurtures and celebrates mental health and wellness of everyone in the UPEI ‘family’. Mental illness affects people of all ages and from all walks of life. According to the Mental Health Commission of Canada, ...one in five people in Canada will experience a mental health issue or illness in any given year. Over the past nine years, Canadians and people around the globe have joined in the world’s largest conversation around mental health on Bell Let’s Talk Day to reduce the stigma around mental health issues. In a recent survey conducted by Nielsen Consumer Insights in 2019, 84% of Canadians now say they are comfortable speaking with others about mental health, compared to only 42% in 2012. However, there is still work to be done to ensure all Canadians have access to the mental health support they need. This year, on Bell Let’s Talk Day Canadians are encouraged to share the actions, large and small, that they are taking to improve the lives of people living with mental health issues. That’s why UPEI is joining in on the 10th annual Bell Let’s Talk Day to help create positive change. From 10 am2 pm, UPEI will be hosting two Bell Let's Talk Swag, Info & Photoboothsone in the W.A Murphy Student Centre Concourse and one in the Robertson Library Breezeway. Staffed by UPEI volunteers, members of the campus community can drop by to grab a toque, snap a photo, add to the Bell Let’s Talk Wall, and join the conversation! From 11:30 am1:00 pm, the UPEI Student Union and the Office of the Vice-President Administration and Finance are hosting Soup for the Soul at the Chaplaincy Centre. Soup for the Soul began in 2015 as a way to offer healthy food in a comfortable environment. Round tables are conducive to conversation with mellow music adding to the atmosphere. Drop by for a warm bowl of soup with a roll (Real butter tops it all off.) Bell Let’s Talk Day at UPEI will be capped off when the UPEI Women’s Hockey team faces off against the Université de Moncton Aigles Bleues at 7:00 pm in MacLauchlan Arena at the Bell Aliant Centre. Admission is by donation in honour of Bell Let's Talk, with proceeds going to the Canadian Mental Health Association PEI Division. Go Panthers go! When it comes to mental health, every action counts. On Bell Let’s Talk Day, for every text, mobile, and long-distance call made on the Bell network; tweet using #BellLetsTalk, social media video view; or use of the Facebook frame or Snapchat filter, Bell will contribute 5 cents more to Canadian mental health programs. Join in as we work together to improve the lives of Canadians living with mental health issues and help create positive change.

everyone welcome!

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Faculty of Arts Alumni Speakers Series presents: The Honorable Percy Downe. November 14, at 6:30 pm. Main building, room 213.

Public Lecture: David Wachsmuth, McGill University, "The Policy and Politics of Short-Term Rentals" Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 7:00 pm McDougall Hall, Rm 242 The Saint Dunstan's University Institute for Christianity and Culture is proud to present a public lecture exploring the complex and timely-issue of short-term housing rentals. With a low vacancy rate in PEI's urban centres, many properties are being listed as short-term rentals on such websites as Airbnb and VRBO rather than serving as traditional rentals. Please join us as David Wachsmuth, McGill University, speaks on this important topic.

Reminder! an important talk this week from one of Canada's leading experts on EDI and academia!

Hey Vagabonds, We have another audition notice for you, this time it's for us! Come on out and have a great time!

Department of Psychology presents upcoming talks in the Fiona Papps Psychology Colloquium Series. On Wednesday, October 16, at 3pm, in HSB 104, Dr. Ben Kuo from the University of Windsor will be speaking on the relationship between culture and coping styles in his talk: "Culture and Coping: International programmatic research to examine collective coping." As well, on Friday, November 1, at 3pm in HSB 104, Dr. Colleen Macquarrie, Dr. Sobia Ali-Faisal, and Dr. Scott Greer will be speaking (and inviting others to do the same) on "What do we mean by Decolonization and Indigenization: Conversations with Psychologists."

We are pleased to announce the MacPhail Lecture for 2019, with UNB Historian Dr. Sasha Mullally. She will speak on Foreign Practices: Physician Immigration and... the History of Medicare in Canada. All are welcome. The talk is at 7 at the MacPhail Homestead, 271 MacPhail Park Rd, Vernon Bridge. The event is co-sponsored PEI History of Medicine Society and supported by a grant from the Pope Foundation. See more

CONNECT WITH LOCAL ACTIVISTS. ADVENTURE OFF THE BEATEN PATH. BACKPACK WITH A PURPOSE. This year, join the community of thousands of travellers who are globally active and socially aware of our impact on the places we visit and the places we call home. At Operation Groundswell, we go behind the scenes to connect you with our friends in faraway places: Farmers, artists, educators and activists who are making meaningful change in their communities. With two seriously fun and exp...erienced leaders, our small teams dive into life on the ground through immersive home stays, adventurous activity and ethical project work led by our local partners. Right now, save $100-$400 with our Early Bird pricing! We also have grants available for students that can cover up to 25% of your program fee. Details online. Our 2020 programs are filling up, so apply as soon as possible. The deadline for Early Bird applications is November 22nd! START YOUR JOURNEY AT www.operationgroundswell.com See more

Currently looking for any and all submissionsThe Arts Review is a really great experience and opportunity for students in all faculties!

Avery Award Announcement, apply by Oct 1st. Click here to apply or for more information: http://www.upei.ca/scholarships-and-awards/display

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