Cannabis Information

With the legalization of marijuana/cannabis in Canada on October 17, 2018, the Library offers the following choice selections from its collection.

Ask library staff for assistance finding more information on this or any topic.

Articles on all aspects - medical, economic, political:

Proquest Canadian Business and Current Affairs Complete database article search

CBC videos via Curio.ca video service (commercial free)

Print books, e-books, and videos in our catalogue, 2016+

PEI official government website about cannabis legalization regulations here

Statistics Canada Cannabis Statistics

 

Open Access Week 2018

 

The Robertson Library invites you to recognize and celebrate International Open Access Week during the week of October 22 - 28, 2018 on the UPEI campus. The theme for 2018 is  “designing equitable foundations for open knowledge,” which reflects the need for all stakeholders in designing new, open systems to ensure that they are inclusive, equitable, and truly serve the needs of a diverse global community. Events include: 

  • True Cost of Research Exhibit, October 22 - 26, Lobby of Robertson Library
    • The exhibit will illustrate the True Cost of Research by investigating the cost of the cited references (70) in a published article authored by a UPEI faculty member. Seventy articles will be posted, along with the cost for university access for all UPEI students, faculty, and staff. The total is over $100,000!
    • Data from this exhibit is available at https://library.upei.ca/openaccess.
  • Screening of the movie Paywall: The Business of Scholarship, FridayOctober 26th, noon - 1:30 pm, Robertson Library Rm 265 (LINC)
    • Bring your lunch and enjoy free dessert (cake)! Bottled water will also be provided. A discussion of the movie will follow as time allows. 
    • From the movie’s website: Paywall: The Business of Scholarship is a documentary which focuses on the need for open access to research and science, questions the rationale behind the $25.2 billion a year that flows into for-profit academic publishers, examines the 35-40% profit margin associated with the top academic publisher Elsevier and looks at how that profit margin is often greater than some of the most profitable tech companies like Apple, Facebook, and Google. 

Spooktacular Tales @ Robertson Library!

Robertson Library is hosting an evening of ghost stories, eerie tales, songs, and legends from UPEI, PEI, and beyond.

Join us Tuesday, October 30th at 7 pm in the Library Foyer, Main Level.

We’ll supply Hallowe’en treats.

And, you’re welcome to tell your own family-friendly spooky tale!

Admission is free and everyone is welcome to this family-friendly event!

We'd love for you to join us!

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (eLS)

The Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (eLS) is an online encyclopedia, featuring over 5,000 peer-reviewed and citable articles in the life sciences. This is a great resource for students looking for background information on major concepts. The "references" and "further reading" sections of each article are extensive and provide useful recommendations for further reading.

You can search the encyclopedia by keyword and also browse for ideas, with the following major topic areas:

It also provides browsing for these popular themes:

Escape Rooms@Robertson Library -Additional Dates

Escape Rooms @ Robertson Library

UPEI students, are you up for a challenge? Test your mental abilities alongside your fellow students in a problem-solving fun experience – and, you won't be marked on it! And, it’s a FREE event!

Back by popular demand, Robertson Library is again presenting escape rooms CEO of Destruction and Escape the Deep on October 25th and November 8th in the Library.

You and your fellow students are locked in a room and must escape! Find clues, solve puzzles, find keys, and open locks to find your way out. You have 30 minutes to escape. Can you escape in time?

Escape Rooms are limited to UPEI students. The maximum size for a group in each room is six participants.

Come and see if you have what it takes to escape!  Don’t miss out! Sign-up early!

CEO of Destruction

A group of recently graduated students has been recruited to Brighton Collective’s (BC) counter-espionage unit. They are charged with infiltrating Oakmen Enterprises to retrieve stolen top-secret project documents. Brighton Collective’s stock is going public in 30 minutes - your mission is to retrieve these documents and ensure that BC’s economic and intellectual property is secure before they move into this new phase of development.

Escape the Deep

A group of UPEI marine biology students are touring the coast of Atlantic Canada on the research submarine “HMCS Simon”. Disaster strikes in the form of a great white shark! The shark rams the submarine, mistaking it for a large lunch and compromises its shell. Water is quickly seeping in! You have 30 minutes to locate the submarine’s emergency system activation button and return safely to the surface.

North of 49 Films - Free Movie - Maudie

North of 49 Films - Free Movie - MAUDIE

Telefilm Canada, UPEI Campus Life, and Robertson Library are presenting the award-winning movie Maudie, based on the life of Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis.

Special guest Wayne Carter, Executive Director, FIN: Atlantic International Film Festival will introduce the film and host a Q&A session after the movie.

Free dinner – pizza, drinks, and cookies (while supplies last)!  Free movie! And, a chance to win one of two $50 iTunes gift cards!

   Monday, October 15th

   Doors open at 4:30 pm

   Duffy Amphitheatre 135

All are welcome!

Orange Shirt Day - Every Child Matters

"Orange Shirt Day is a legacy of the St. Joseph Mission (SJM) residential school commemoration event held in Williams Lake, BC, Canada, in the spring of 2013.  It grew out of Phyllis' story of having her shiny new orange shirt taken away on her first day of school at the Mission, and it has become an opportunity to keep the discussion on all aspects of residential schools happening annually. " [from orangeshirtday.org]

The library has a number of resources related to residential schools and their impact on indigenous peoples. 

Personal Librarian Program

The Library now matches new undergraduates with a librarian for research and other library-related help.

Emails to all participating students was sent out in September.

For details, see: Personal Librarian Program Information

The Personal Librarian assignment corresponds to the student's declared major as matched with our Subject Librarians.

For undeclared students:
Undeclared Faculty of Arts: Yolanda Hood
Undeclared Faculty of Science: Kim Mears