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Environmental Studies Book Club Discussion Series - Fall 2018

Environmental Studies Program and Robertson Library Talks invite the members of the UPEI community to participate in the Environmental Studies Book Club discussion series. The aim of the Environmental Studies Book Club series is to facilitate the campus-wide discussion about various environmental issues, and provide an informal learning opportunity to university students.

This fall we will be reading Justin Farrell’s book Battle for Yellowstone: Morality and the Sacred Roots of Environmental Conflict (2015). Farrell’s book is an illuminating and engaging account of environmental conflicts that have been raging in the iconic Yellowstone National Park for the past two centuries. “The Battle for Yellowstone asks why it is that, with the flood of expert scientific, economic, and legal efforts to resolve disagreements over Yellowstone, there is no improvement? Why do even seemingly minor issues erupt into impassioned disputes? What can Yellowstone teach us about the worsening environmental conflicts worldwide?”  (https://press.princeton.edu/titles/10517.html)

The discussion series will be of interest to anybody who would like to exchange opinions and learn more about the history and present day of nature conservation, conflict over natural resources, discourses and narratives about nature, and the role of spirituality and values in shaping human-environment interaction.

The e-book is available through the UPEI library. Just go to https://library.upei.ca/ and search in the catalogue for Battle for Yellowstone.  Click on the link and begin reading!  Contact a librarian if you have questions.

The discussions will take place in Robertson Library—Reading Room, 2^nd Floor.  

September 26th, noon-1pm

Chapter 1: Believing in Yellowstone: The Moralization of Nature and the Creation of America’s Eden

October 17th, noon-1pm

Chapter 3: Buffalo Crusaders: The Sacred Struggle for America’s Last Wild and Pure Herd

November 7th, noon-1pm

Chapter 4: Between Good and Evil: The Science, Culture, and Polarization of Wolf Conflict

November 28th, noon-1pm

Chapter 5: Drilling Our Soul: Moral Boundary Work in an Unlikely Old-West Fight against Fracking

If you are interested in joining/leading the discussions or have any questions/suggestions, please feel free to contact Dr. Nino Antadze at nantadze@upei.ca

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!

As part of NSO and Welcome to Robertson Library, we are presenting two escape rooms in the Library weekly throughout September – CEO of Destruction and Escape the Deep.

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. Free admission!

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

ESCAPE ROOM THEMES

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 is 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.

Book a Library Orientation Tour!

New and returning students, come take a tour of your Library!

Learn how to use the library website, how to contact your subject librarian for research help, where to go for writing and IT help.

Discover the best places to study in the Library, learn how to book group study rooms, find out about library computers, printers, laptops, 3D printing, Wi-Fi, and more!

Not only will you learn about your Library's services and resources by attending a Library Orientation Tour, your name will be entered in a draw to win a $100 or a $50 gift card to the UPEI Bookstore!

Tours begin Wednesday, September 5 and are available throughout the month.

Tours leave from the Service Desk, last 30-40 minutes, and are limited to 6 people per tour so be sure to book early!

Let us help you with your academic journey! We have resources and information for all students! And, we'd love to show you around!

Book your tour now.

        Tour Schedule

• Wednesday, Sep. 5 @ 2:30 pm
• Thursday, Sep. 6 @ 11 am; 2:30 pm
• Friday, Sep. 7 @ 2 pm
• Saturday, Sep. 8 @ 11 am; 3 pm
• Sunday, Sep. 9 @ 11 am; 3:30 pm
• Monday, Sep. 10 @ 11 am; 3 pm
• Tuesday, Sep. 11 @ 10 am; 2 pm
• Wednesday, Sep. 12 @ 11 am; 5:30 pm
• Thursday, Sep. 13 @ 2:30 pm
• Friday, Sep. 14 @ 11 am
• Saturday, Sep. 15 @ 11 am; 3 pm
• Sunday, Sep. 16 @ 11 am; 3 pm
• Monday, Sep. 17 @ 10 am
• Tuesday, Sep. 18 @ 3 pm
• Wednesday, Sep. 19 @ 11 am
• Thursday, Sep. 20 @ 2 pm
• Friday, Sep. 21 @ Noon
• Saturday, Sep. 22 @ 11 am; 3 pm
• Sunday, Sep. 23 @ 11 am; 3:30 pm
• Monday, Sep. 24 @ 10 am
• Tuesday, Sep. 25 @ 2 pm
• Wednesday, Sep. 26 @ 2:30 pm; 5:30 pm
• Thursday, Sep. 27 @ 1 pm
• Friday, Sep. 28 @ 11 am
• Saturday, Sep. 29 @ 11 am; 3 pm
• Sunday, Sep. 30 @ 11 am; 3 pm

UPEI, SDU, and PWC alumni will join their classmates and come "home" to PEI July 26—29, 2018 to celebrate on the beautiful and vibrant UPEI campus. We look forward to welcoming you!

A variety of receptions, ceremonies and class milestone reunion gatherings are sure to be special and memorable events. A significant highlight will include the 50th milestone reunion celebration for the SDU Class of 1968.

Check upei.ca/reunionweekend for further additions to the schedule of events!

Thursdays @ 3 pm
July 19^th – August 23^rd
Early Women Plaza (rain location in Robertson Library)

Join us at our Library Talks to chat about PEI author Michael Hennessey’s book The Betrayer, a fictionalized account of the crimes leading up to the last hanging to take place on Prince Edward Island, in 1941. Two condemned men are led to the gallows - but was the crime committed by "the third man"?

Meetings will be held in the Early Women Plaza, between Kelley Building and the Chaplaincy Centre. Rain place is in Robertson Library. The first, introductory meeting will be held on Thursday, July 19^th.

A limited number of copies of the book are available from the Service Desk in the Library – first come, first served. Check out a copy and join the group.  Everyone is welcome!

And, in August, we’ll go on a walking tour of Charlottetown to discover where the gruesome murder took place!