“To continue to be successful in my competitive field, my laboratory will need to publish lots…I worry that with the teaching loads at UPEI, the time spent away from these important tasks just means my laboratory will not remain competitive and all these years spent establishing my research career will be for nothing.”–FA MemberResearch is an important component of the work FA members do at UPEI. However, as in other areas, we are seeing that

Librarians “To do effective research, you need access to research… you can’t have an excellent University without an excellent Library.”- FA MemberUPEI’s academic Librarians are an important group within our Faculty Association. Like faculty, Librarians hold terminal degrees in their fields; undertake and publish research; participate in University governance; and engage in professional practice that includes teaching and curriculum development. Unlike other FA members, UPEI’s Librarians curate a budget and provide teaching and research support on behalf

I’m pleased to welcome you to the 2022 UPEIFA Annual General Meeting (AGM). It has certainly been an eventful year and the next year shows no signs of disappointing. So with that let’s get going. I’d like to begin by highlighting the important work of FA members who has volunteered their time to keep our Association afloat and on track. As I intend to discuss in the rest of my remarks, our Association is nothing

This year, the following FA Members served on the Social Committee: Michael Arfken (Co-Chair) Laurie Brinklow (Co-Chair) Pamela Bastante (Member-at-Large) Raquel Hoersting (Member-at-Large) Martha Mellish (Member-at-Large) Jim Sentance (Member-at-Large) In an effort to build relationships and solidarity across campus, the UPEIFA Social Committee typically organizes regular events for our membership throughout the academic year. Given COVID-19 protection measures, we once again had significantly less events than in past years. The events we did organize occurred