UFV events calendar

Stasis: Sculptural Works by UFV students

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STASIS: Sculpture Works Exhibition: Jan 7-28, 2015. Reception took place Thurs, Jan 8. Works by: Marjatta Itkonen, Dorothy Keating, Lynda Walchuk, Jessica Cordeiro, Sara Zoppa, Amanda Vergara, Janver Castro, Katherine Strand, Megan Naples. S’eliyemetaxwtexw Art Gallery Abby B136 Gallery Hrs: Mon–Fri, 10 am–6 pm. http://www.ufv.ca/ufv_visual_arts/exhibitions/the-gallery/upcoming-exhibitions/ This exhibition will feature work by UFV Visual Arts students … Read more

Co-op information sessions — Jan 15

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Please ensure that your students are aware of the Co-op Education option. Students: develop a competitive edge – graduate with one year of professional, career-related, paid work experience. Thurs, Jan 15 3-4 pm Abby A203B *Deadline to apply to Co-op is: Mon, Jan 26 Co-op is available to students in Arts, Criminal Justice, Business Administration, … Read more

Scholarly Sharing Initative meeting — changed to Fri, Jan 16

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Come join us at the next Scholarly Sharing Initiative meeting. Fri, Jan 16 (changed from previous booking of Jan 16) 1:15–2:45 pm Abby U-House Delicious light lunch provided Alex Wetmore, English department — “No parrot, either in morality or sentiment”: Talking birds in the Eighteenth Century Miriam Nichols, English department — Translating the archives: Editing … Read more

CICS presents Canadian Sikhs in WWI: The Forgotten Story — Jan 18

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The Centre for Indo Canadian Studies will be launching the exhibition: Canadian Sikhs in WWI: The Forgotten Story on Sun, Jan 18 at 2 pm at the Sikh Heritage Museum, which is located in the National Historic Site, Gur Sikh Temple in Abbotsford. The exhibition will be available all year long for viewing. The launch … Read more

Campus Cards: Chilliwack

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Chilliwack: winter semester campus cards are available starting January 5, in the  Chilliwack campus at CEP Library. For more information, contact Sheila St. Laurent at sheila.stlaurent@ufv.ca 01/05/2015

CICS presents Marie Curie scholars on Constructions of Home and Belonging — Jan 12

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The Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies will be presenting lectures from three scholars. The theme: Constructions of Home and Belonging (CoHaB) features PhD scholars from both the University of Mumbai and Westfaelische Wilhelms Universitaet, in Muenster, Germany. All UFV faculty, staff and students are invited to attend. All community members are also invited. Refreshments will be … Read more

PechaKucha 5 [PARADIGM] Connections: Doing what we love! — Feb 12

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Pechakucha comes to UFV Abbotsford, featuring 16 fabulous speakers and a spectacular gallery exhibition! A lively 20 slides x 20 second presentation style featuring stories about doing what we love! The event includes a gala reception in UFV’s S’eliyemetaxwtexw Art Gallery featuring visual connections through community branding projects and typography portraits created by UFV’s Graphic … Read more

Scholarly Sharing Initiative with Sandhra and Blakeborough — Dec 11

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Come join us at the last Scholarly Sharing Initiative for 2014. Thurs, Dec 11 1:15–2:45 pm Abby U-House Delicious light lunch provided Sharanjit Sandhra , Centre for IndoCanadian Studies — Emotional historicism: Ongoing narrative of the Komagata Maru Darren Blakeborough, Media and Communication Studies — Video documentation of multi-disciplinary research. So many ways to go … Read more

New Student Orientation — Dec 18

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Attention New Students! Register for the Winter 2015 New Student Orientation. This free event is a great way to have questions answered, meet new people and get to know the UFV campus. Further details including a schedule of events is available online: www.ufv.ca/studentlife Register online: http://ufv.ca/studentlife/first-year-students/orientation/new-student-orientation/ For more information, contact Sidrah Ahmad at Sidrah.Ahmad@ufv.ca 12/15/2014

Angel Trees — application deadline Dec 3 nears

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Tell your students — Dec 3 deadline is just days away! The Angel Tree program is now accepting applications from students. Applications are available at the Financial Aid office. To qualify for this program, applicants must be current UFV students with unmet financial need and with dependent children under the age of 16. In 2012, … Read more

Indigenous film screening to inspire all — Dec 3

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As a collaboration between the UFV’s Lens of Empowerment Project, Visual Arts, Indigenous Studies and UFV International, this event is sure to be the cherry on top of International Education Week 2014 events. In the film The Hands of History, Vancouver filmmaker Loretta Todd and The National Film Board honour the gifts of four remarkable … Read more

Tamsin Lyle to present greenSPEAK Seminar — Nov 27

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Thurs, Nov 27 Abby A203b 1 pm Tamsin Lyle, an engineer who focuses on flood management and is contracted to the City of Vancouver, will be giving a talk titled “Dikes aren’t all they are cracked to be: Increased risk and decreased ecological values on the Fraser River”. Specifically, she examines the current regulatory and … Read more