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What does food do for our minds? This free workshop is an excellent opportunity to find out how to care for our student brains and moods by using nutrition. Tues, Nov 4. 2 pm Abby A225 https://www.facebook.com/events/1474119019535072/?ref=2&ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming For more information, contact Anoop Tatlay at equalities@ufvsus.ca 11/05/2014
Peru Study Tour New Info Session, Oct 30 History & Fashion Design Want to travel and study in Peru? If so, please attend the Peru Study Tour info session, on Thurs, October 30, 12:30 to 2 pm, Abby A225. At the session we will discuss: • the tour itinerary and timing • costs • courses … Read more
PechaKucha Abbotsford October 23 Join us for a [Paradigm] of creativity and inspiration! The Reach Gallery Museum, the University of the Fraser Valley and Jelly Marketing bring you the next PechaKucha series! PechaKucha Abbotsford is revealing four new paradigms in a series of sensational events in 2014/15! The Reach is holding the next Fraser Valley … Read more
The School of Social Work at the University of the Fraser Valley will be hosting a conference from April 28 to May 1, 2015. We are accepting proposals for Reaching Out Together: Connections Through Social Work at http://ufv.ca/swhs/conference2015. The submission deadline has been extended to November 15, 2014. The proposal submission form can be found … Read more
Come join us for the first Scholarly Sharing Initiative event for 2014-15. Thurs, Oct 23 1:15–2:45 pm Abby University House Delicious light lunch provided Gloria Borrows and Graham Shaw, Writing Centre — Teacher talk: Within-discipline conversations about writing assignments Prabhjot Parmar, English department and Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies — Komagata Maru returns Sponsored by and … Read more
Engaging over 300 students in early 2014, the global citizenship grants (GCGs) have proven to be a successful program for global engagement here at University of the Fraser Valley. The GCG program is designed to support UFV student-led events, activities, projects, training sessions or other appropriate ventures that encourage the UFV student body to be … Read more
One hundred years ago a ship named the Komagata Maru dropped anchor in Vancouver with 376 passengers on board. The majority of these passengers were Sikh men (and British subjects) intending to immigrate to Canada. The journey was a challenge to a Canadian law that prevented immigration aboard ships that had not travelled by ‘continuous … Read more
Hear Vis Naidoo, vice-president of the Commonwealth of Learning, speak on the topic of Technology Developments — Driving Change in Higher Education. Thurs, Oct 23 2:30–3:30 pm Abby A413 Everyone is welcome. For more information, contact Cherie Enns at cherie.enns@ufv.ca 10/23/2014
UFV Campus Recreation is offering the following tournaments this October: Basketball — Wed, Oct 22, 4-7 pm Indoor Soccer — Sat, Oct 25, 2-6 pm Wheelchair Basketball — Wed, Oct 29, 4-7 pm (open to everyone!) Tournament entry fee is a non-perishable food bank donation, which participants must bring to the gym on the day … Read more
UFV’s Chilliwack campus Library is celebrating Every Girl Matters Day on Wed, Oct 8, with treats and a library display. While the United Nations Day of the Girl Child and the actual Every Girl Matters Day is Oct 11, we’re celebrating on Wednesday because more students will be in the library on Wednesday than Saturday. … Read more
Finding meaning in social networks: A theory of how both strong and weak ties can lead to meaningful work. Thurs, Oct 30 10-11:20 am Abby A360 Dr. Kirsten Robertson, Faculty, School of Business, will present her paper, co-authored by David R. Hannah (Simon Fraser University), and Thomas B. Lawrence (Oxford University). The session is followed … Read more
Join us for a [Paradigm] of creativity and inspiration! UFV, The Reach Gallery Museum, and Jelly Marketing bring you the next Pecha Kucha series. Pecha Kucha is a presentation style in which 20 slides are shown for 20 seconds each (6 minutes and 40 seconds in total). Pecha Kucha Abbotsford is revealing four new paradigms … Read more
The Agricultural Land Reserve at a Crossroads 40 years of Farmland Preservation in Southwestern British Columbia. Exhibition opening Wed, Oct 1, 4 pm Abby B101 The Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) has served as a defining feature of British Columbia agriculture since it was instituted 40 years ago. Applications to exclude land earlier placed in the … Read more
Get Calm Quick workshop Learn scientifically proven techniques to get calm quick. Decrease your stress in your body and mind. Weekly sessions for 4 weeks: Oct 16, 23, 30, Nov 6, 12—1 pm For more information, contact Eileen Burkholder at eileen.burkholder@ufv.ca or visit http://www.ufv.ca/counselling 10/17/2014
Panel Discussion — Global to Local Context Mon, Sept 29 7-9 pm Abby B101 Panel discussion and speakers will include: Land Rights and Boundaries: Hugh Brody, Film Maker Human Rights and Corporate Sector: Charis Enns , PhD Candidate Land Claims and Development: Dr. Ken Brealey, Associate Dean of Faculty, UFV Aboriginal Rights and Title, Impacts … Read more