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

Celebrate Learning — Two online events — May 3 and 4

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

Orientation ambassador recruitment — deadline: March 30

Student Orientation is looking for volunteers! Our orientation ambassadors will make new friends, learn new skills, and give back by supporting new students in their transition to UFV. If you’re looking to gain volunteer experience while making a difference on campus, join the Orientation Ambassador program! Deadline to apply is Wed, March 30. https://www.ufv.ca/studentlife/work–volunteer-opportunities/ For … Read more

Call for Proposals for Research Supporting Flood Recovery in the Sumas Prairie Abbotsford Disaster Relief Fund — deadline April 30

While the immediate danger of flood waters has receded the impacts on land, infrastructure, businesses, and people are still being felt. We are calling for research proposals that will address these impacts and provide pathways that lead to recovery. Individual projects can be funded for up to $25,000, but they must demonstrate outcomes that provide … Read more

Internationalization Workshops — April 6 and 8

Please join Victoria Surtees, Teaching and Learning Specialist, Internationalization in her workshops offered in April 2022. Chat – I (Chat Internationalization) April 6, 2022 (12–1 pm) The objective of these chats is to have a non-structured, casual discussion around cultures, inclusive approaches to teaching, and more. Test Questions for Multilingual Learners Workshop April 8, 2022 … Read more