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Join the South Asian Studies Institute’s reading group related to understanding caste, caste oppression and caste in the diaspora. SASI is committed to understanding, dismantling and challenging ongoing systems of caste oppressions in our local communities, organizations, places, and personal lives. Every two months, SASI will share a reading and host a zoom conversation to … Read more
As the holiday season is fast approaching, Human Resources has been asked to clarify the upcoming the seasonal break. We are pleased to confirm that the University will close at noon on Friday, December 24, 2021 and remain closed until Tuesday, January 4, 2022. On behalf of the HR team, we hope this helps you … Read more
The recent Microsoft 365 upgrade for UFV employees enables cloud access to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents, allowing mobile access and greater opportunities for collaboration and sharing. It is now time for all UFV employees to upgrade their UFV-issued computers to Microsoft 365. Employees can complete a self-installation now or they can follow the instructions … Read more
Textbook adoptions are due by October 15. Website adoptions: Use the link below to submit your Winter 2022 adoptions. E-mail adoptions: Adoption forms (found on our website) can be e-mailed as well. Digital Formats: Many of our publishers now offer digital material though our digital partner CEI. We are trying to list more digital material … Read more
Registration Link https://ufv-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5ElcOmgqjsrGtETIIhk-6adoOOpI7aWb1VU After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Mon, Oct 4 11 am-1 pm Online. For zoom registration see the link below. For more information, contact prabhjot parmar at Prabhjot.Parmar@ufv.ca 10/05/2021
Canadian Blood Services will be returning to the Abbotsford campus on Nov 18 for a blood donation clinic. Did you know that there have been 1,014 life saving donations collected at UFV from 2012 to 2020? Help us continue to save lives. Signing up as a Partner for Life with Canadian Blood Services gives the … Read more
As part of a five-week consultation, the University Secretariat invites the UFV community to submit collaborative or individual feedback on the revisions to the Research Centres and Institutes (211) policy. Please submit your comments to policyconsult@ufv.ca by the deadline of 4 pm, Wednesday, Nov 3, 2021. Thank you for your input. https://www.ufv.ca/secretariat/policies/updates/policy-in-consultation/ For more information, … Read more
The next meeting of Senate is on Fri, Oct 22, 2021, at 1:30 pm Abbotsford Campus, A225 The deadline for submissions for this meeting is Tuesday, Oct 12, 2021 , at noon. Please email items to ufvsenate@ufv.ca https://www.ufv.ca/senate/meeting-schedule/ For more information, contact Marlene Affleck at marlene.affleck@ufv.ca 10/22/2021
Start: Suicide Prevention Training Most people are surprised to learn that they’re much more likely to encounter someone who’s thinking about suicide than someone who needs CPR. Yet suicide is preventable: with the right skills, anyone can help save a life. In an effort to keep our students and community safe, UFV’s Counselling department has … Read more
The Oktoberfest event will take place at the Legacy Sports Centre. The event is sponsored by Parkside Brewing and UFV Alumni Association. The food will be prepared by the Old Bavaria Haus and for entertainment we will have The Oktoberators. Fri, Oct 1 6 pm to midnight 3270 Trethewey St #4, Abbotsford, BC V2S 4N4 … Read more
Join UFV Modern Languages on the first panel of the Teaching Languages Talk Series! On this panel, Dr. Despagne will share her insights on language teaching and language research as well as present her book “Decolonizing Language Learning, decolonizing research: a critical ethnography study in a Mexican university.” — Note from the guest speaker: In … Read more
Workforce Connection is excited to bring you the Meaningfulness of Work workshop, where you will describe the sources of work meaningfulness; identify what sources of work meaningfulness are most personally relevant; and implement strategies for enhancing the meaningfulness of their own work. Join Professor Kristen Roberson of UFV’s School of Business for a one-hour virtual … Read more
Artist Talk: Mitchell Wiebe. Wednesday, Oct 6, from 1-2 pm. A co-hosted event with The Reach Gallery Museum Halifax-based artist Mitchell Wiebe is currently exhibiting his major touring exhibition VampSites at The Reach Gallery Museum in Abbotsford. Combining the artist’s distinctive paintings with an installation of “parasitic architecture”, VampSites is an experiment in exhibition as … Read more
This workshop will provide an overview of the history, cultural protocols, and Indigenous worldviews of circles. Learn about using circle works as a pedagogical tool in both face-to-face and online classrooms. Strategies to facilitate a culturally appropriate circle will be discussed and modeled. Abbotsford campus — Thinker Space (G124): Tues, Oct. 19 (3-4 pm) Tues, … Read more
They Only Love Us When We Are Starving Isabella Dagnino On view October 5–29, 2021 at the S’eliyemetaxwtexw Art Gallery. This exhibition features UFV alumna Isabella Dagnino’s most recent project entitled “They Only Love Us When We Are Starving”. Pulling from traditional stories and language Dagnino uses their lens as a visual storyteller to express … Read more