Obituary: Gloria Wolfson has passed away

The School of Social Work and Human Services recently learned that Dr. Gloria Wolfson, inaugural director of the School of Social Work and Human Services, passed away on Sunday, August 6, 2023, in Toronto. Dr. Wolfson joined Fraser Valley College in 1979 as head of the Social Services department. She continued as department head through the transition to university-college status in 1991 until she took a leave to complete a doctorate of Education at Nova Southeastern University. She was appointed director of the renamed School of Social Work and Human Services in 2001 and retired from the University College of the Fraser Valley in 2007.