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Event name: Explore Your Wellness Hosted by Social Work 380 (Community Development) students and the Peer Resource & Leadership Centre What does wellness mean to you? Come join the conversation about why wellness is important for all UFV students! Explore Your Wellness will feature a guided painting session, a collaborative art activity, games, resources and … Read more
Please join Dean Alastair Hodges in welcoming Dr. Don McKenzie to UFV as part of the Faculty of Health Sciences Dean’s Speaker Series. Dr. Don McKenzie is a professor of kinesiology and director of the Division of Sports Medicine at the University of British Columbia. McKenzie is an exercise physiologist and physician with a long … Read more
Human Resources is committed to supporting your personal, academic, and professional growth. Below is a list of upcoming learning, development, and wellness workshops available (at no charge) for UFV employees. For registration information and updated workshops, please visit ufv.ca/hr/learning–development. Updates include Managing Your Money, The Journey to Wellness and a new date for Evidence Based … Read more
Join us for a St. Paddy’s Pub Night! There will be a silent auction, door prizes, and a 50/50 draw. Test your design knowledge in our design trivia and win prizes! Open to all design enthusiasts 🙂 Tickets are $20 for students and $25 for non-students. A ticket will get you a burger and fries … Read more
The social construction of difference involves a society that targets individuals based on race, sex, mental health or anything that can be discriminated against. Treating people like outcasts, because of conditions that cannot be changed without the society accepting and understanding those individuals. Based on the UN day of Social Justice (February 20). The current … Read more
Join History faculty and students for the third and final film screening and discussion for the winter term – “Chisholm ’72: Unbought and Unbossed” (PBS, 2004). Shirley Chisholm, mid-20th Century, first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress and first woman to run for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. Everyone is welcome. Tues, March 19 … Read more
This tournament is no longer a fundraiser, but just a good, old-fashioned employee fun-filled event where we can come together as colleagues to enjoy a day of golf, food, and laughs. Saturday, May 11 at 9 am (shot-gun start). Cost is $40 per person with only 120 spots available on a first-come, first-served basis. This … Read more
Join us for a series of author readings during Valley Fest! Tues, March 12, 12–12:45 pm Tuesday, March 12, 2:30–3:30 pm Thursday, March 14th, 12–1 pm Details are available on the library’s blog. 03/12/2019 – 03/14/2019 – Abbotsford campus library (G building) https://ufvlibrary.blogspot.com/ For more information, contact Mary-Anne MacDougall at maryanne.macdougall@ufv.ca 03/14/2019
Students can win $200! Students have the opportunity to participate in a microlecture to take the stage and share their research experiences in a high-speed two-minute lecture: for UFV students only. The microlectures are followed by a student poster presentation, and then an awards ceremony. Please visit www.ufv.ca/research/events for forms and more information. Tues, March … Read more
Join Dr. Edward Ewing-Wilson (University of New Brunswick) for an introduction to our current understanding of the history of the universe, and explanation as to why quantum gravity effects are expected to be important in the very early universe. Tues, March 5 2:30-4 pm Abbotsford Campus, Building B, B101 https://www.cap.ca/ For more information, contact Norm … Read more
The photography students in the Visual Arts department are having a closing reception on March 12 at 5 pm in the S’eliyemetaxwtexw Art Gallery (B136). Come and meet the talented artists who have created photographic works using alternative processes, pinhole, and 4×5 cameras. The event is free and everyone is welcome! Tues, March 12 5-6 … Read more
The Retirees CafĂ© is open to all UFV Retirees and employees who are retiring soon. It is held every other month, on the fourth Wednesday, alternating between Abbotsford and Chilliwack. Wed, March 27 11:30 am-1:30 pm River’s Bistro, Trades and Technology Centre, Chilliwack campus For more information, contact Deanna McIntyre at Deanna.McIntyre@ufv.ca 03/27/2019
Volunteer for Valley Fest 2019! For more information, contact Molleen Shilliday at Molleen.Shilliday@ufv.ca 02/16/2019
Two consultation sessions will be held for UFV faculty and staff on LálĂ©m ye mestĂyexw: Re-envisioning a Structure for Indigenization at UFV Tues, March 12 10-11 am Chwk A2428 Wed, March 13 2-3 pm Abby B121 Please see the Indigenous Affairs website for more details. https://ufv.ca/indigenous_affairs/indigenization/indigenization-at-ufv/ For more information, contact Amara Wong at amara.wong@ufv.ca 03/14/2019
Do you want to explore career options that fit your strengths, interests and values? This workshop leads you through self-assessments, world of work assessments, and helps you decide on next steps in your career exploration. When? Wed, Feb 27 4:30-7 pm Call UFV Student Services or drop by the office to register: Chilliwack A1318, 604-795-2808 … Read more