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Educators’ Journey towards Reconciliation June 13, 14, 2022 (9 am to 4 pm) UFV Abbotsford campus The Educators Journey Towards Reconciliation is a two-day workshop where we will go through a journey to discover challenges and best practices in decolonizing our education practice and spaces. Through reflecting on your experiences and knowledge of Indigenous history … Read more
Internationalization includes integrating different ways of knowing into activities and curriculum. But what is a “way of knowing”? What if instructors aren’t familiar with different ways of knowing? How can they do it for content that is not “cultural” in nature? In this workshop, we will start by engaging in a cross-disciplinary exercise that activates … Read more
The next Senate meeting is scheduled for Friday, May 13, 2022 at 1:30 pm on the Abbotsford Campus in A225. The deadline for submission for items for the agenda is Tuesday, May 3 at noon. Please email your submissions to UFVSenate@ufv.ca https://www.ufv.ca/senate/meeting-schedule/ For more information, contact Marlene Affleck at marlene.affleck@ufv.ca 05/13/2022
Wed, May 4 6-8 pm Gathering Place, Chilliwack campus https://www.ufv.ca/isc/indigenous-graduation-celebration/ For more information, contact Stacy Hulbert at stacy.hulbert@ufv.ca 05/05/2022
Congratulations to the students, faculty, and staff, who were recently elected to their positions on the Board and Senate, for terms of office starting August 1, 2022. Aiden Haagensen, Harveer Randhawa, Moninder Grewal, and Raj Kaler were acclaimed to the four student positions on the Senate. Manveer Jhamat and Naman Tachilote were acclaimed to the … Read more
Volunteer Opportunity: Thinking Playground Summer Camps Interested in helping children improve their reasoning skills? Volunteer with Thinking Playground Summer Camps! Volunteers assist camp counselors in leading activities, games, and supervising campers. The camps use the UNESCO-endorsed, Philosophy for Children (P4C) method of teaching through dialogue. All camps include community of inquiry sessions during which children … Read more
Olena Bogdanov, an EFCIE student researcher and UFV alumna, has been awarded a US$70,000 scholarship to attend Cornell’s Dual Master’s program in Urban Technology in Fall 2022. The Dual Master’s program is centred around a major project, through which teams of students create and deploy advanced computing methods to make cities more sustainable. Over the … Read more
Chat-I: Accent Matters with special guest, Yunyi Chen, Educational Developer at Queen’s University. Join us as Yunyi shares a few findings from a Queen’s University report on perceptions of accent and authority among instructors and her lived experiences as someone who speaks English as an additional language in Canada. Have stories to share? We will … Read more
TLC is hosting two events to celebrate learning at UFV: CELEBRATE LEARNING — INDIGENIZATION The Celebrate Learning – Indigenization event on May 3 includes concepts related to decolonization, Indigenization, and Reconciliation efforts occurring at UFV. These can be demonstrated through relationship-building, infusing Indigenous worldviews and/or Indigenous Ways of Knowing and being into the classroom. CELEBRATE … Read more
Feel like getting out into the fresh air? Come to a volunteer orientation at the Shakespeare Reconciliation Garden. At the orientation, we will review which plants we consider to be weeds, how to weed, and where to put the weeds. We will also introduce you to our volunteer sign-up process so that your participation can … Read more
To truly understand what it is to be an entrepreneur, you must become an entrepreneur. During this session, Dave Leger will share his life-long entrepreneurial journey through the development of several companies and products. Suffice to say, they didn’t all make it. However, the lessons, skills and mindset obtained through the journey provide for a … Read more
Congratulations to the faculty and students, who were elected to the Board and Senate in the recent By-elections: Hannah Celinski was acclaimed to the Social Sciences faculty vacancy on Senate, until July 31, 2024. Nimrat Aulakh was elected to the student vacancy on the Board, until July 31, 2022. Sonia Dhillon was elected to the … Read more
A joint Hubbub project showcase event between CityStudio Abbotsford and CityStudio Chilliwack. The students from nine UFV courses showcase their work on eleven civic challenges in a science-fair type format. The event includes CityStudio-inspired projects in collaboration with an NGO and private-sector community partners. This is an excellent opportunity for the students to network with … Read more
The myCampusLife Engagement Portal is currently unavailable but that doesn’t mean that opportunities for connection and fun have stopped. Find all the current student club and association events and activities on the UFV Events Calendar. Go to http://events.ufv.ca/ and use the category tag myCampusLife to search the current student club and association events and activities. … Read more
Deadline for Plant and Flower sale orders is April 23, 2022. Order at UFVwbasketball.growingsmilesfundraising.com/home or contact a member of the Women’s basketball team. Pick up is at UFV Abby Lot 10 on May 7- http://www.UFVwbasketball.growingsmilesfundraising.com/home For more information, contact Al Tuchscherer at al.tuchscherer@ufv.ca 04/22/2022