Blackboard’s enhanced, new Content Editor will be released on November 5

Blackboard’s content editor allows you to add, edit, and delete text, images, link Kaltura (My Media) videos and so on when you work on items, discussion boards, assignments, tests, journals, etc. From November 5, adding content will be simplified, and it will work better on both hand-held devices and larger screens. There are several improvements … Read more

Safety and Security department temporarily relocating

The UFV Risk and Safety department offices are currently undergoing renovations with a completion date of January 2021. Please note our temporary locations during renovations: Abbotsford campus: B121 — Risk and Safety, Security and First Aid Chilliwack campus: A1105 — Security and First Aid (signage indicates new location near original office) Security and First Aid … Read more

Jager featured in Vancouver Sun for logo designed long ago

Graphic designers bring empathy to social issues, and make the complex clear through visual solutions. Thirty-three years ago, when she was just launching her design careeer, UFV Graphic and Digital Design department head Karin Jager did so for the World Food Programme, designing their first logo. Now WFP is a Nobel Peace Prize winner, and … Read more

Bains receives honourable mention for role in co-editing book

A book about the Komagata Maru incident has received an honourable mention in the Canadian Studies Network’s 2020 prize for the Best Edited Collection in Canadian Studies. The jury gave an honourable mention to Unmooring the Komagata Maru: Charting Colonial Trajectories, edited by Rita Kaur Dhamoon, Davina Bhandar, Renisa Mawani and Satwinder Kaur Bains, published … Read more

Managing chat and text as university records

Chat platforms such as MS Teams or Zoom are tools that facilitate group collaboration. It is so simple to communicate with others in chat platforms, that it’s easy to overlook the type of information being shared, whether others can see it, how it’s being stored, and whether another tool may be more appropriate for transmitting … Read more

UFV Library’s Select & Collect service now at both Chilliwack and Abbotsford library

Although UFV Libraries in Abbotsford & Chilliwack remain closed due to COVID-19, UFV Library’s Select & Collect service for students, employees and alumni, has been extended to the Chilliwack campus library Monday and Wednesday afternoons from 1 to 4 pm. This builds upon the successful Select & Collect service at the Abbotsford Library, 4 days/week, … Read more

Provost’s “Brown Bag” Drop-in Session on online learning — Oct 28

Provost’s “Brown Bag” Drop-in Session Wed, Oct 28 Noon to 1 pm Join Zoom Meeting: https://ufv-ca.zoom.us/j/69972047727?pwd=QmwxTm9oT2hUZ3R6TEhhNGN1NHVwUT09 (or Meeting ID: 699 7204 7727 & Passcode: 594530) Online Learning — the good, the bad, and the ugly Do you have some questions or experiences you want to share about moving to online learning? We’re here to listen … Read more

Proposed changes to Municipal Pension Plan

A message for UFV staff members who are part of the Municipal Pension Plan: The plan partners of the Municipal Pension Plan (MPP) represent both employees and employers and share oversight of the plan. They have conducted a comprehensive, multi-year review of the MPP and have come to an Agreement in Principle (AiP) of proposed … Read more

Email change for faculty and staff

All UFV faculty and staff email will be transferred to a cloud server called Exchange Online, throughout October. The current email system is aging and must be replaced to maintain service and functionality. ITS has a team dedicated to migrating your email from storage at UFV to the cloud. A schedule of the migration is … Read more

Voicemail to Email Service — now available

IT Services is continuously working to improve voicemail services for UFV employees, especially now in our current remote work environment. UFV employees will now have the option to listen to voicemails received to their on-campus desk phone via email. This feature is available to all UFV staff who currently have voicemail setup on their on-campus … Read more

EDI task force statement re Black Lives Matter

The EDI Task Force has developed a statement on its commitment to and solidarity with Black Lives Matter. See it here: https://www.ufv.ca/president/presidents-task-force-on-equity-diversity-and-inclusion/black-lives-matter/ For more information, contact Christina Forcier at christina.forcier@ufv.ca 10/13/2020

Reminder: Self-serve password reset for faculty and staff

This summer, self-serve password reset (SSPR) was made available to all UFV faculty and staff; if you haven’t enrolled for SSPR yet, please read below for more information. What do I need to know? In order to improve your UFV email security, UFV has implemented upgrades to our password and account protection processes. These improvements … Read more

Reminder: Self-serve password reset for faculty and staff

This summer, self-serve password reset (SSPR) was made available to all UFV faculty and staff; if you haven’t enrolled for SSPR yet, please read below for more information. What do I need to know? In order to improve your UFV email security, UFV has implemented upgrades to our password and account protection processes. These improvements … Read more