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Tim Segger, who served UFV in several administrative capacities until his retirement in 2010, passed away on November 23, 2015 after a battle with cancer. Tim joined what was then Fraser Valley College in 1979 as a sessional instructor in the Criminal Justice department, to which he was later appointed as a member of faculty. … Read more

English professor Trevor Carolan is featured in the People section of the latest edition of BC Bookworld. He was commissioned by Mona Fertig, the founder of the Literary Storefront writers’ space, to write a history of the centre, where as a young writer Trevor himself read publicly for the first time. The Literary Storefront, The … Read more

There’s been a bit of a baby boom in the English department lately: professors Heather McAlpine, Ceilidh Hart, and Michelle Superle are all on maternity leave with new babies. See photos and find out the new babies’ favourite books here.  

Although it wasn’t hit as hard as some of the other parts of the Fraser Valley, UFV’s Chilliwack campus at Canada Education park did feel the breeze on Nov 17 as a major wind storm swept through and made that walk from car to door just a little more challenging. UFV’s Alumni Association held its … Read more

A message from Provost and VP Academic Eric Davis and the UFV 2025 Visioning Committee: What FIVE GOALS must UFV achieve? Come and create the Education Plan, 2016–20 on Fri, Nov 20. The visioning exercise began with this question: What should UFV look like in 2025? Your voices and your ideas have helped shape our answer: … Read more

UFV alumna Bonnie Reilly Schmidt will launch her new book on women’s experience in the RCMP on Nov 17 at 4 pm in the rotunda outside of the Abbotsford library. Silenced: The Untold Story of the Fight for Equality in the RCMP, offers a comprehensive history of women in the RCMP from 1873 until today. … Read more

Forty years ago it was rare to see a woman in a police uniform. And when you did, chances are she was in a skirt and kept her gun in her purse. Now women comprise 20 percent of all police officers in Canada. Women in policing have faced challenges along the way, and many have … Read more

President Mark Evered met with entrance scholarship recipients recently to welcome them to UFV. See photos here. Many supporters of UFV braved heavy rain on Nov 12 to come to UFV’s inaugural Town and Gown fundraising dinner and boost UFV scholarships. See photos here and a Storify summary of the evening here. And here are … Read more

It was an ultra artistic day at The Reach Gallery Museum in early October when a multitude of UFV arts disciplines converged for an art marathon as part of Creativalley festivities. Joy TV’s Fraser Focus show came and did a piece on it that really captured the spirit of the day. The segment features several … Read more

Fashion Design alumna Adelle Renaud was on CBC’s Dragons Den on Nov 4 with her business associate, Canadian women’s national soccer team goalkeeper Erin McLeod, successfully pitching their company Peau de Loup, which designs clothing for women with a tomboy twist. See it here.

Satwinder Bains, director of the Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies, was interviewed by CBC’s The National on Nov 5 on significance of the appointment of four members of the Sikh faith to the new Liberal government’s first  cabinet. See it here. She was also quoted in an article on the same topic in the Globe and … Read more

UFV has redesigned its online academic calendar. The changes were made along with the publishing of the new Winter/Summer 2016 calendar on Nov 2. The main updates to the calendar include: Mobile-friendly design, allowing students and other users to better view and navigate the calendar on phones and tablets. A visual update, to better reflect … Read more