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Last November we kicked off our annual UFV-United Way “Make a Difference” employee giving campaign with a thank-you breakfast served by senior leadership at UFV’s Abbotsford and Chilliwack campuses. Due to the pandemic, our 2020 employee breakfast will look a little different, but will still allow us to come together and have some fun while … Read more
Please join President Joanne MacLean, Provost James Mandigo, and CFO Jackie Hogan for a faculty and staff virtual town hall. Tues, Nov. 24 3 pm Presenters will share information on UFV’s preliminary 2021/22 budget and answer your questions. You can register for the town hall here. You may submit questions in advance here.
UFV has been challenged by Vancouver Island University to help represent Canada in the #URExchange Twitter Takeover next Thursday, November 12 (9am-2pm PST). Sponsored by the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) based out of Washington D.C., the ‘takeover’ will be a lively celebration of the creativity, ingenuity, and research excellence of undergraduate students across the … Read more
Last year to kick off our Employee Giving campaign with the United Way, we enjoyed a pancake breakfast together. Our leadership team and colleagues served up a hot breakfast to UFV employees on both Abbotsford and Chilliwack campuses. This year looks a little different. But this is a great opportunity for us to come together … Read more
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
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
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
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
This summer, self-serve password reset (SSPR) was made available to all UFV faculty and staff. The deadline for enrolling is just around the corner — please set up SSPR before October 30. What do I need to know? SSPR is a one-time-only enrollment that gives you ownership over your passwords, without having to go through … Read more
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
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 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
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
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
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