Tactical Urbanism/Placemaking Planning Studio

Interested in community planning, communication design, and place making? Home for the summer (May/June) and interested in upper-level applied professional learning opportunity/course? This course will focus on applying elements of the U-District plan to site both on campus and, potentially, off campus. The technique of Tactical Urbanism is this year’s focus, a term used to … Read more

Keep Calm and Play in the Library

Do you feel tension building in your shoulders? Do you have a strong desire to eat an entire bag of potato chips? Upcoming exams getting you down? It’s time to take a break! Stop by the Abbotsford campus library for a de-stressing event on Thursday, March 24th from noon to 3pm. Visit with the St. … Read more

Rights of Indigenous Children in Care — National Indigenous Rights Education Day — Mar 17

Every year around the birthday of the late George Manuel, UFV hosts an annual event to bring awareness to the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. This year we are focusing on the rights of Indigenous children in care with Guest Speaker Grand Chief Stewart Phillip. This is timely given the Truth and Reconciliation Commission call to … Read more

Nursing Health Fair to showcase health promotion across the lifespan

From tips for grandparents on how to support breastfeeding to the facts about ‘study drugs’ for university students, this year’s Health Fair offers advice for the entire family. Running 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Mon, March 14, the fair is hosted by fourth-year UFV’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing students, continuing a tradition that … Read more

Home Sweet Home — Graphic + Digital Design open house — April 21

First-year students welcome you to their home away from home! Come for tea and browse through a showcase of graphic and digital design projects, experiential learning, and community partnerships. See a sneak preview of the upcoming Continuing Education Centre for Creative Development. Thurs, April 21, 2 to 5 pm UFV Mission campus 33700 Prentis Avenue … Read more

Hope Centre students taking Health Challenge

The Hope Centre Student Health Challenge is running Feb 1–April 13, 2016, with a wrap-up party April 18 at the Hope Centre. Participating students each keep a monthly log of their activity and earn bonus points for water consumption and refraining from sugar-sweetened beverages. Participants have a chance to win fitness- and health-related prizes both … Read more

Warning: use caution opening email attachments

As a security best practice, we are reminding everyone to exercise the utmost of caution, particularly when it comes to unsolicited messages and attachments. If you are in receipt of one of these messages, please delete them immediately. Malware authors are increasingly using specially crafted PDF and Word attachments to infect computers with ransomware. This … Read more

4th Biannual pARTicipate poster competition — call for entries

4th Biannual pARTicipate Poster Competition Call for Entries Theme: Homelessness Submission deadline: noon, Mon, Mar 21. Eligibility: Open to all current students at UFV Organizers: The UFV Visual Arts, and Graphic + Digital Design departments Background: The pARTicipate Poster Competition has been running biannually since 2009 with its aim to foster visual/design and promote social … Read more

School of Business Study Abroad info session brings experience to life for interested students

The School of Business held a Study Abroad info session recently, where students from first to fourth year came to eat some pizza, hear some stories, and learn about what study abroad options are available for business students. We heard from returning study abroad students, and had a visiting student also speak. Gary is a … Read more