Campus Recreation & Wellness Spring/Summer Opportunities

Here is what’s happening this Spring/Summer at Campus Recreation & Wellness Evening basketball (men’s) and volleyball (co-ed) intramural leagues You can sign up as a team or as an individual (free agent). So grab a friend and sign up today! Community members are welcome to sign up for spring/summer leagues. For more information about how … Read more

Faculty: Please join us at Convocation 2022

A message from Dr. James Mandigo, Provost and VP Academic:Dear Colleagues,It is with great excitement and anticipation that I’m sharing the good news that UFV will be resuming in-person Convocation ceremonies this year. Being able to celebrate in person the accomplishments of our students, and recognize those who have supported their educational journey, is one … Read more

Education for Sustainable Development workshops — May 30 & June 1

Education for Sustainable Development Workshops The two workshops in this series will offer insight into what Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is and why it is crucial to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. They are experiential and will help participants to articulate what sustainability means and the ways it is intricately connected with issues of … Read more

Provost’s Lunch and Learn — Redefining food: The boundaries of agricultural policy and technology — May 24

Provost’s Lunch and Learn — Redefining food: The boundaries of agricultural policy and technology Emerging agricultural technologies such as vertical agriculture and cellular agriculture are redefining what it means to be a farmer and challenging the boundaries of the definition of food itself. In this talk, Dr. Lenore Newman will introduce technologies that are challenging … Read more

Education for Sustainable Development workshops

The two workshops in this series will offer insight into what Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is and why it is crucial to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. They are experiential and will help participants to articulate what sustainability means and the ways it is intricately connected with issues of social and ecological justice. Each … Read more

Educators Journey towards Reconciliation & Weaving Knowledge Systemss

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

How do you know that? Culturally relevant and responsive teaching workshops

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

Provost’s Lunch and Learn: Trans People Welcome — Creating Visibility & More Equitable Spaces

Provost’s Lunch and Learn: Trans People Welcome — Creating Visibility & More Equitable Spaces As part of implementing UFV’s integrated strategic plan: IYAQÁWTXW: House of Transformation, and funded by the Provost’s Strategic Initiatives Fund, UFV will be installing on-campus signage to welcome and include trans people in gendered washrooms on campus. Building on previous on-campus … Read more

Volunteers needed — Thinking Playground summer camps

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

Chat-I (Chat Internationalization) — April 28

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