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The Lab2Market Validate (L2M Validate) event, previously scheduled for May 2 at 10 am, will now take place on May 13 at 9:30 am.

Lab2Market Validate (L2M Validate) gives researchers the opportunity to critically test and evaluate their ideas in the entrepreneurial landscape by speaking to customers about their ideas. This carefully curated 16-week experience is complemented by funding, workshops, and mentorship from industry experts – all with market exploration at its core.

Applicants must be masters, PhD, or postdoctoral students within Atlantic Canada, applying with a supervisor. Each team will receive $15,000 in funding. 

Please consider joining us for a live information session. For further details or to access the application forms, visit  or contact our L2M Validate program manager, Dr. Michael Carew (Mwcarew@dal.ca).

Additionally, if you're a primary investigator, post-doc, or graduate student looking to learn about the entrepreneurial potential of your research, please reach out to 91̽»¨â€™s Office of Commercialization, Industry, and Innovation (OCII) for assistance. Email: OCII@upei.ca or call 902-566-6095.

Date:  Monday, May 13, 9:30 am

Location: AVC 286B N

To register, go to 

There will be a basic biosafety training session on May 15, 2024, at 1:00 pm in AVC 287N. Topics will include basic biosafety principles and how they are applied at the 91̽»¨, as well as biosecurity training. This session is open to everyone, including graduate students.

To attend, you must pre-register by contacting Jacky Buell by the end of the day on May 10, 2024, by email (hse@upei.ca) or by phone (902-566-0901). Please provide your name, department, your supervisor’s name (if applicable), email address, and phone number in your email or voice message. Please indicate if you are a graduate student. 

NOTE: An online basic biosafety training refresher course is available for those who need it. 

You're Invited to a Dessert Reception for the "sweet occasion" of celebrating the 2024 91̽»¨ masters and doctoral graduates, hosted by the Faculty of Graduate Studies.

Masters and doctoral graduates and their supporters are welcome, including (but not limited to) graduates' families, deans, research supervisors and collaborators, supervisory committee members, and graduate program administrators, coordinators, and instructors.

Details:
2:00-3:00 pm, Friday, May 10
Faculty Lounge, Rm 201 SDU Main Building
Desserts and beverages (hot and cold) will be served.

There will be opening remarks to welcome the graduates, followed by an opportunity to mix and mingle and share best wishes over a selection of desserts.

For any questions about the event, please reach out to Kendra Mellish, FGS Grad Programs Officer, at kmellish@upei.ca

The 91̽»¨ Class of 2024, their friends and family, and the campus community are invited to the Mass for Graduates on Monday, May 13, at 9:30 am at the Chaplaincy Centre. The celebrant and homilist will be Bishop Joseph Dabrowski, CSMA, Bishop of the Diocese of Charlottetown. Join us afterward for light refreshments.

91̽»¨ Ancillary Services would like to gather feedback from clients who have ordered catering on campus in the past year. The information will be used to inform our planning for the coming school year. Please complete this if you have been a catering client in the past year. Please submit your response by May 15.
 

Thank you!

The Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, invites all to attend Emily MacQuarrie's public dissertation defence presentation of her PsyD research titled "Examining Predictive Factors of Relational Aggression Engagement Among Adolescents."

Please join us via Zoom on Thursday, May 23, 2024, from 3:30--5:30 pm ADT: 


Meeting ID: 629 4460 8183
Passcode: 032829 

Canadian criminal defence lawyer James Lockyer, CM, will speak about wrongful convictions in Canada during the Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell Lectureship in Law presentation on Thursday, May 9, 2024, at The Guild, 111 Queen Street, Charlottetown, at 4:30 pm. All are welcome to attend.

A partner in the Toronto office of Lockyer Zaduk Zeeh, Mr. Lockyer is a founding director of Innocence Canada (formerly known as the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted), a Canada-wide organization that advocates for the wrongly convicted. In this capacity, he has been involved in more than 30 high-profile wrongful conviction cases including those of Guy Paul Morin (1995), David Milgaard (1997), Clayton Johnson (2002), Steven Truscott (2007), Robert Baltovich (2008), William Mullins Johnson (2008), Romeo Phillion (2010), Tammy Marquardt (2011), Leighton Hay (2014), John Salmon (2015), Maria Shepherd (2016), Frank Ostrowski (2018), Joyce Hayman (2021), Jacques Delisle (2021), Bernard Doyle (2023), Brian Anderson and Allan Woodhouse (2023), and Robert Mailman and Walter Gillespie (2024).

Co-sponsored by the 91̽»¨ and the Law Foundation of Prince Edward Island, the Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell Lectureship in Law honours Thane A. Campbell, Rhodes Scholar, former premier of Prince Edward Island, and first chancellor of the 91̽»¨.

For more information, please email artsadmin@upei.ca.

June 1 is the deadline for additions, modifications, or drops of software on 91̽»¨ machines in labs and classrooms.

Please send requests to Steve Mahar at smahar@upei.ca before this date.

A list of current software is available on our 

If you have any questions, please contact Steve or Amy at amfitzgerald@upei.ca

There will be a basic biosafety training session on May 15, 2024, at 1:00 pm in AVC 287N. Topics will include basic biosafety principles and how they are applied at the 91̽»¨, as well as biosecurity training. This session is open to everyone, including graduate students.

To attend, you must pre-register by contacting Jacky Buell by the end of the day on May 10, 2024, by email (hse@upei.ca) or by phone (902-566-0901). Please provide your name, department, your supervisor’s name (if applicable), email address, and phone number in your email or voice message. Please indicate if you are a graduate student. 

NOTE: An online basic biosafety training refresher course is available for those who need it. 

The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, June 7, for the June meeting. 

Please note that as of June 1, 2020, all animal user protocols must be submitted through 91̽»¨ Researcher Portal at

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

T91̽»¨ ACC SOPs and Codes of Practice can be accessed through my91̽»¨ at . 

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

Note:  All investigators are reminded that any deviations in animal use, including unexpected mortality, must be reported to the ACC and University Veterinarian Jonathan Spears at 902-620-5026.

The Province of PEI would like to notify all residents that an Alert Ready test is scheduled for 12:55 pm today, Wednesday, May 8, 2024.  

This is part of a routine and pre-scheduled national preparedness exercise. The alert will clearly indicate that it is a test, and no further action is needed.

You're Invited to a Dessert Reception for the "sweet occasion" of celebrating the 2024 91̽»¨ masters and doctoral graduates, hosted by the Faculty of Graduate Studies.

Masters and doctoral graduates and their supporters are welcome, including (but not limited to) graduates' families, deans, research supervisors and collaborators, supervisory committee members, and graduate program administrators, coordinators, and instructors.

Details:
2:00-3:00 pm, Friday, May 10
Faculty Lounge, Rm 201 SDU Main Building
Desserts and beverages (hot and cold) will be served.

There will be opening remarks to welcome the graduates, followed by an opportunity to mix and mingle and share best wishes over a selection of desserts.

For any questions about the event, please reach out to Kendra Mellish, FGS Grad Programs Officer, at kmellish@upei.ca

The 91̽»¨ Class of 2024, their friends and family, and the campus community are invited to the Mass for Graduates on Monday, May 13, at 9:30 am at the Chaplaincy Centre. The celebrant and homilist will be Bishop Joseph Dabrowski, CSMA, Bishop of the Diocese of Charlottetown. Join us afterward for light refreshments.

91̽»¨ Ancillary Services would like to gather feedback from clients who have ordered catering on campus in the past year. The information will be used to inform our planning for the coming school year. Please complete this if you have been a catering client in the past year. Please submit your response by May 15.
 

Thank you!

Registration is now open for 91̽»¨ Summer Studios 2024, a five-day chamber music experience for motivated young brass, woodwind, percussion, and piano students aged 14-18, taking place Tuesday, July 2, to Saturday, July 6 in the 91̽»¨ Steel Building. Students participate in private lessons, small ensembles, workshops, masterclasses, and performances under the guidance of our world-class faculty. The days run from 9 am to 3 pm; participants will need to bring a lunch.

More information and registration is available at /programs/bachelor-music/summer-studios

Please contact nstrum@upei.ca with any questions.

Canadian criminal defence lawyer James Lockyer, CM, will speak about wrongful convictions in Canada during the Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell Lectureship in Law presentation on Thursday, May 9, 2024, at The Guild, 111 Queen Street, Charlottetown, at 4:30 pm. All are welcome to attend.

A partner in the Toronto office of Lockyer Zaduk Zeeh, Mr. Lockyer is a founding director of Innocence Canada (formerly known as the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted), a Canada-wide organization that advocates for the wrongly convicted. In this capacity, he has been involved in more than 30 high-profile wrongful conviction cases including those of Guy Paul Morin (1995), David Milgaard (1997), Clayton Johnson (2002), Steven Truscott (2007), Robert Baltovich (2008), William Mullins Johnson (2008), Romeo Phillion (2010), Tammy Marquardt (2011), Leighton Hay (2014), John Salmon (2015), Maria Shepherd (2016), Frank Ostrowski (2018), Joyce Hayman (2021), Jacques Delisle (2021), Bernard Doyle (2023), Brian Anderson and Allan Woodhouse (2023), and Robert Mailman and Walter Gillespie (2024).

Co-sponsored by the 91̽»¨ and the Law Foundation of Prince Edward Island, the Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell Lectureship in Law honours Thane A. Campbell, Rhodes Scholar, former premier of Prince Edward Island, and first chancellor of the 91̽»¨.

For more information, please email artsadmin@upei.ca.

The Lab2Market Validate (L2M Validate) event, previously scheduled for May 2 at 10 am, will now take place on May 13 at 9:30 am.

Lab2Market Validate (L2M Validate) gives researchers the opportunity to critically test and evaluate their ideas in the entrepreneurial landscape by speaking to customers about their ideas. This carefully curated 16-week experience is complemented by funding, workshops, and mentorship from industry experts – all with market exploration at its core.

Applicants must be masters, PhD, or postdoctoral students within Atlantic Canada, applying with a supervisor. Each team will receive $15,000 in funding. 

Please consider joining us for a live information session. For further details or to access the application forms, visit  or contact our L2M Validate program manager, Dr. Michael Carew (Mwcarew@dal.ca).

Additionally, if you're a primary investigator, post-doc, or graduate student looking to learn about the entrepreneurial potential of your research, please reach out to 91̽»¨â€™s Office of Commercialization, Industry, and Innovation (OCII) for assistance. Email: OCII@upei.ca or call 902-566-6095.

Date:  Monday, May 13, 9:30 am

Location: AVC 286B N

To register, go to 

There will be a basic biosafety training session on May 15, 2024, at 1:00 pm in AVC 287N. Topics will include basic biosafety principles and how they are applied at the 91̽»¨, as well as biosecurity training. This session is open to everyone, including graduate students.

To attend, you must pre-register by contacting Jacky Buell by the end of the day on May 10, 2024, by email (hse@upei.ca) or by phone (902-566-0901). Please provide your name, department, your supervisor’s name (if applicable), email address, and phone number in your email or voice message. Please indicate if you are a graduate student. 

NOTE: An online basic biosafety training refresher course is available for those who need it. 

The deadline for Animal Care Protocol Submissions (new, renewal, or amendment) is Friday, June 7, for the June meeting. 

Please note that as of June 1, 2020, all animal user protocols must be submitted through 91̽»¨ Researcher Portal at

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

T91̽»¨ ACC SOPs and Codes of Practice can be accessed through my91̽»¨ at . 

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

Note:  All investigators are reminded that any deviations in animal use, including unexpected mortality, must be reported to the ACC and University Veterinarian Jonathan Spears at 902-620-5026.

The Writing Centre will be available for appointments through the second summer session from June 24 to August 1.  To arrange an appointment, email tutor Jacob Durden at jdurden@upei.ca.

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