Event

Explore Your Wellness — March 18

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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

Health Sciences Dean’s Speaker Series with Dr. Don McKenzie — Exercise is Medicine: Breast Cancer — March 18

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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

Social Construction of Difference event — March 12

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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

UFV History Department Film Series: Rulers and Rebels — March 19

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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

Valley Fest 2019 author readings — March 12 & 14

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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

Student Research Day — March 26

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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

Career opportunities — March 4

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Keep up with career opportunities at UFV by checking out the UFV Career Opportunities website. Current positions include: > Instructor, Computer Information Systems > Sessional Faculty, Teacher Education > Sessional Faculty, Geography and the Environment > Facilitator, Learning Support > Assistant Professor, Bachelor of Science in Nursing > Assistant Professor, Practical Nursing > Technician, Audio … Read more

Quantum Gravity and the Big Bang — March 5

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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

UFV Retirees Cafe — March 27

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The Retirees Café 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