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2022/2023 Fiscal Year — Health Spending & Training and Development — Due by March 31

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Permanent employees who are eligible for the Health Spending Account must submit claims for the 2022/23 fiscal by March 31, 2023. The claim forms for Health Spending Account expenses can be found on the UFV HR website: https://www.ufv.ca/hr/working-at-ufv/forms/ and account balances can be viewed by logging in to myUFV. For questions or additional information, please … Read more

ARTIST TALK: Image/Object — New Approaches to Three-Dimensional Photography — March 8

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Join The Reach’s former Curator of Art & Visual Culture, Adrienne Fast, in conversation with the artists featured in the exhibition image/object: new approaches to three-dimensional photography (on view at The Reach until May 6). This talk is presented in collaboration with the University of the Fraser Valley’s School of Creative Arts and will be … Read more

Get KINnected winter speaker series — Brian Justin — Feb 15

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Join the School of Kinesiology for Get KINnected — a winter speaker series highlighting faculty research and innovative activities at UFV! Up next is Brian Justin, a lab faculty member in the School of Kinesiology. Brian will be presenting on February 15 from 12-1 pm. His presentation is titled The Programming Puzzle for Individuals with … Read more

Abby Innovates: Connecting Minds, Sparking Ideas — Feb 28

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The Abbotsford Innovation Network (AIN) invites you to join us for our inaugural event: Abby Innovates: Connecting Minds, Sparking Ideas This exciting evening is an opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals, hear from local experts, and learn about the latest innovation in the Valley and beyond. Join us as we kick off the AIN and … Read more

Professional Clothing Drive — Feb 1-15

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Have some gently-used professional attire and shoes you no longer need? From February 1-15th, you can bring them to the donation boxes located in Lá:lem te Baker and the Student Union Building (SUB)! The clothes will be provided to students at the Career Closet on March 1 as part of a broader March for Sustainability … Read more

Room Bookings portal offline Feb 3-6

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IT Services is completing an upgrade to the Room Bookings portal (Infosilem) which will result in an outage beginning Thurs, Feb 2 at 4 pm and continuing until Tues, Feb 7, at 8 am. UFV employees will not be able to access the online room bookings portal during this time. During the outage, UFV employees … Read more

Health education from a creator of the VPD Women’s Safety Team — Feb 1

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Kin 360 is hosting a guest speaker: Inspector Colleen Yee from the Vancouver Police Department. Inspector Yee is a creator of the VPD Women’s Safety Team which set out to educate, inspire and empower women to take ownership of their personal safety. Come out and learn about policing as a career, leadership within policing, and … Read more

Canada’s Commitment to Gender Parity and Global Peace lecture — March 8

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The Political Science department presents a special Politalk lecture: Canada’s Commitment to Gender Parity and Global Peace Lieutenant Colonel Hope Carr, Task Force Commander Op PRESSENCE (Elsie), will present on the background of the Elsie Initiative and Canada’s Commitment to Global Peace and Gender Parity as well as sharing her experience on the ground in … Read more

Banner 8 self-serve moves to Banner 9 — Jan 31

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In the Fall, Banner 9 self-serve links were introduced in the Faculty Centre of myUFV.ca. During the Fall semester, both Banner 8 and Banner 9 links were available as we introduced new functionality. It is now time to transition to the use of Banner 9 self-serve links in the Faculty Centre of myUFV.ca. After January … Read more

UFV Engineering Transfer program virtual info session — Jan 24

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The UFV Physics & Engineering department and the UFV Future Students office will be hosting a virtual information session for the Engineering Transfer program (ETP) on Tues, Jan 24  at 6 pm via Zoom. Please join us for an informative session open to all prospective students as well as high school career counsellors/advisors. This webinar … Read more

Professional Learning Community: Source Use and Citation (5 Sessions)

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Are you looking for new ways to talk about citation in your class? Are you tired of repeating the same academic integrity policies over and over with no results? Are you using an activity or strategy around source use or academic integrity that you’d like to share? Join Learning Specialist Victoria Surtees and Assistant Professor … Read more

The Laramie Project: digital art competition call for entries — deadline March 1

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UFV Theatre will present The Laramie Project in March 2023. The Laramie Project is a modern classic. This verbatim theatre piece is constructed from the transcripts of over 200 interviews, conducted in the aftermath of the brutal murder of Matthew Shepard, a young gay man, in Laramie, Wyoming, in 1998. The piece reveals a community … Read more