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This series of free Wellness Workshops are designed to help students strategize how to go beyond merely surviving the semester. Through the course of the academic year you will learn how to cultivate good mental health, develop resilience, and generate healthy habits. The workshops are supplemented with Movement & Mindfulness classes focused on restorative stretching, … Read more
You’re Invited! Join us for a reading, question-and-answer and book signing by Jean Barman, author of Invisible Generations: Living Between Indigenous and White in the Fraser Valley. Jean Barman is an award-winning historian and author of over a dozen books about British Columbian and Canadian history. Much of her writing attends to the stories and … Read more
Connect with other UFV alumni and current students working in or working towards careers in environmental practice and planning. The event kicks off with a panel discussion on transitioning from school to the workplace at 1 pm, followed by opportunities to network with others in a supportive, professional atmosphere. Event is free and open to … Read more
Co-operative Education Information Session Explore your career options. Come to an information session to learn more! Information Session: Wednesday Jan. 15, 2020 2:30-3:30 PM Abby B121 Abbotsford Campus Thursday Jan. 16, 2020 11:30 AM-12:30 PM Abby B121 Abbotsford Campus For more information and to apply on line visit ufv.ca/coop Application Deadline: Jan. 27, 2020 http://www.ufv.ca/coop … Read more
You are invited to the book launch for Unmooring the Komagata Maru, which is co-edited by Dr. Satwinder Kaur Bains. Unmooring the Komagata Maru challenges conventional Canadian historical accounts of the incident by drawing from multiple disciplines and fields to consider the international and colonial dimensions within the context of political resistance, migration cultural memory, … Read more
Tues, Feb 11 3-4:15 pm Abby B101 Public Perception of Science: Lessons from a Dead Sheep. Please join the Faculty of Science in welcoming TV Host, writer, comedian, and molecular biologist, Dr. Adam Ruben, for an entertaining examination of the public’s perception of science. In February 1997, Dr. Ian Wilmut announced that he had cloned … Read more
Join us for a program info night to learn about UFV’s mentorship & leadership development program, and find out all the awesome benefits you get as a student in UFV Lead! Friday, January 17 from 11:30 am–12:30 pm in B121 Monday, January 20 from 6–7 pm in B121. Learn how UFV Lead can help you… … Read more
Do you have daunting tasks that you want to get done? Do you have new goals that you want to achieve for yourself in 2020? Are you feeling overwhelmed by what you have to accomplish? If you answered yes to any of these questions, please come down to Resolution of Wellness at the Student Lounge … Read more
Connect with employers who are actively hiring. Turn your certificate, diploma, or degree into dollars. March 3 11 am-3 pm Building E (North Gym), Abbotsford Campus https://ufv.ca/jobs/career-fair/ For more information, contact Paige Vanderveen at cece@ufv.ca 03/04/2020
Active FUNdamentals — UFV Spring Break Camp, March 16-20, 2020 Are you looking for an amazing spring break camp experience for your child(ren)? The University of the Fraser Valley Campus Recreation and Kinesiology departments will be partnering again to bring you another season of day camps this March Break! Full week camp dates are March … Read more
Project management is a fundamental skill in today’s workplace. This workshop will provide you an overview of the discipline, explore how its applied in the business world, and look at ways you can apply it to your work; including essential software to keep your project on track. Thurs, March 26, 2020 9 am–noon Abby K173, … Read more
Haq and History exhibition Everyone is welcome to the opening reception of the ‘Haq and History’ exhibit at the UFV S’eliyemetaxwtexw Gallery. Wed, Jan 15 4:30–6:30 pm. This exhibit is curated and designed by the Royal BC Museum in partnership with the South Asian Studies Institute at UFV. Haq and History gives visitors a chance … Read more
This session intends to provide employees and team an introduction and a general level of knowledge about intercultural fluency, its concepts and tools. It will provide intercultural fluency training and how to use this tool in an academic environment. General learning objectives: Participants will: better understand how valuing cultural diversity and strengthening connections across differences … Read more
Leadership Series Understanding Unconscious Bias Everyday, the decisions we make and the workplaces we create are impacted by implicit bias. We are often unaware of when our personal, cultural, and institutional biases are at play or of the way that they shape our culture and relationships. Through experiential learning and discussions of the research, we … Read more
The ability to manage time and stress is absolutely critical to the success of any manager or leader. Learn techniques for effective time and stress management. Find out how to identify stressors, set priorities, handle interruptions and crises, and improve work methods and productivity. Thurs, Feb 27 9 am-noon Abby K173 Register: To register, please … Read more