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The College of Arts and The Reach are co-hosting a presentation by Canadian museologist George Jacob on Creating Cultural Capital: Global Museum Industry Insights Mon, January 16 4:30–6 pm Abby B101 What is the role of museums and culture in our increasingly virtual and changing inter-connected world of accelerated communication and global mobility? Museums are … Read more
Join Art History & Visual Arts in Venice, Italy May 20-31, 2017 Limited seats remaining Some of the sites: Venice Biennale, The Islands: Cimitero, Murano, Torcello, Burano; Palazzo Grassi, Doge’s Place, Padua Chapel, San Giorio Maggiore, St Mark’s Square, Peggy Guggenheim Collection; The Grand Canal; Bridge of Sighs, Accademia Galleries http://www.ufv.ca/ufv_visual_arts/ For more information, … Read more
Keep up with career opportunities at UFV by checking out the UFV Career Opportunities website. Current positions include: Building Maintenance Worker Administrative Assistant, Agriculture Centre of Excellence Assistant Professor, School of Business, Marketing Assistant Professor, Teacher Education Assistant to the Director, School of Health Studies Assistant Professor, Computer Information Systems Coordinator, Learning & Development Assistant … Read more
The next meeting of Senate is on Fri, Jan 14, 2017. Please submit agenda and exhibit items to lisa.mcmartin@ufv.ca by noon on Tues, Jan 3. http://www.ufv.ca/senate/ For more information, contact Lisa McMartin at lisa.mcmartin@ufv.ca 01/13/2017
A presentation by Yvon Dandurand, facilitated by Dr. Amy Prevost, discussing Crime Prevention and the Transition to Democracy in Myanmar (formerly Burma). Tues, Jan 10 11:30 am-1 pm Abby A225. Refreshments will be served. Everyone is welcome! For more information, contact Cecelia Dirksen at Cecelia.Dirksen@ufv.ca 01/10/2017
Become a Certified Payroll Professional! A career in payroll is very rewarding and becoming a Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) will ensure you have the compliance knowledge and payroll skills needed for success. Employers look for the PCP certification when hiring and consistently pay a higher salary to those who have achieved it (Hays Canada Payroll … Read more
Hope Centre hosted a Study Skills Challenge for the Fall 2016 semester where students could win weekly prizes for participating and a chance at the grand prize (a stack of gift cards to Hope retailers) for most overall points. To accrue points, students planned their semester homework schedules, demonstrated great attendance rates, took in motivational … Read more
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) is holding two webinars on the upcoming Insight Development Grants 2017 for applicants and administrators: one general session and one focused on research-creation. You do not need to register in advance. The webinars will be held via Adobe Connect (for the visual presentation and written … Read more
Winter semester Campus Card issuance for students starts January 3, 2017. For information on dates and times please visit http://ufv.ca/campuscard/. For more information, contact Campus Card at campuscard@ufv.ca 12/10/2016
All faculty and staff are invited to submit proposals for workshops for UFV’s annual Professional Development (PD) Day 2017 happening on May 2. Workshop proposals should be related to the PD Day theme of Connect, Learn, Grow and may be geared towards all UFV employees or developed with a specific group in mind. To learn … Read more
NSERC’s Science, Action! video contest is back! Are you a student with a cool research project to share with the world? Do you know a scientist or engineer with an incredible story to tell? Think you can capture it in a 60-second video? The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC) Science, Action! … Read more
Facilities Management has scheduled Eltec Elevator to perform service maintenance on the elevator for Abbotsford Building D on Tues, Dec 20, and Wed, Dec 21 to address an accessibility design issue and bring the elevator controls up to building code. Elevator services in Building D will be temporarily unavailable for two-days while the work is … Read more
Do you know a student whose family could use some help at Christmas? The Angel Tree program helps support our UFV students who face many challenges as they raise their families while pursuing their education. Pick up and return completed applications to the UFV Financial Aid Office by 2 pm, Nov 30, 2016 Chwk A1318 … Read more
The IDC is a fascinating opportunity that provides strategies and techniques that address the absence of Indigenous ways of knowing and history in the curriculum. For the most part, faculty members agree that being more inclusive in their teaching provides a greater depth of learning for students; however, most are unsure how this can be … Read more
Keep up with career opportunities at UFV by checking out the UFV Career Opportunities website. Current positions include: Educational Technologist Assistant, Employee Contracts To view details on these postings, and for a complete list of opportunities, go to: http://www.ufv.ca/hr/careers For more information, contact Tara Rozenek at tara.rozenek@ufv.ca 12/01/2016