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All tickets to all performances of UFV Theatre’s production of Argonautika: The Voyage of Jason and the Argonauts by Mary Zimmerman are $5 off for the week of Thanksgiving. Tickets start at as little as $6 with the offer. Simply use the promo code “THANKSGIVING” when buying tickets at http://ufv.ca/theatre For more information, contact Bruce … Read more
Agriculture Centre of Excellence director Garry Fehr was quoted in two local stories about the newly signed Trans Pacific Partnership deal and its potential impact on the agriculture industry. See the Abbotsford News story here and the Chilliwack Times story here.
This week the UFV cameras caught up with the UFV School of Business sales career networking breakfast, some senior theatre students preparing for an upcoming production, graphic and digital design students in Mission, upgrading students doing a science lab, and the all candidates’ debate at the Chilliwack campus.
Congratulations to Wenona Victor, UFV’s first faculty member hired under the Indigenous Studies category. She was recently chosen as one of the Top 50 most inspiring graduate students from the over 22,000 graduate degrees that have been conferred by Simon Fraser University in the last five decades, as part of SFU’s 50th anniversary celebrations. Victor’s … Read more
Crim research chair Irwin Cohen was quoted in a story in Vancouver 24 Hours about a study on youth bullying conducted by the Safe School Safe Student Survey conducted by the Centre for Public Safety and Criminal Justice Research. Read the article he is quoted in here.
Human Resources and Finance (Budget Office) have created a new Posting Request form to replace the old one. All units seeking to advertise individual faculty and staff employee positions (per Article 11 – ‘Vacancies within the Bargaining Unit’ — of the Collective Agreement) or an exempt/excluded position will use this new form going forward. Please … Read more
Save this date and come join us at the next Scholarly Sharing Initiative event for 2015. Thurs, Oct 22 1:15–2:45 pm Abby U-House Delicious light lunch provided Shirley Hardman, Indigenous Affairs Geoff Carr, Visual Arts After the Truth and Reconciliation Commission: 94 Ways to Heal Hearts and Minds Promoting and Embracing Reconciliation is on the … Read more
Business professor Fiona McQuarrie was interviewed by News1130 about the BC government collaborating with the BCTF on rolling out the new K-12 curriculum. Read a summary here.
As usual, UFV was a busy place over the past few weeks. Hundreds attended Abbyfest, the multicultural community festival that was held on the Abbotsford campus for the first time. See photos. See Storify summary. (Storify is an app that you can use to collect tweets, photos, and other social media posts about a topic … Read more
We are looking for red dresses. Red dresses are needed (ASAP) for an art installation on the UFV Abbotsford campus in mid-October. Any size, any shape, any style, and any red hue — we want them all. Donations will be accepted as well as loaners. All loaners will be returned to the owner immediately following … Read more
Brandon Tournier, a mechanical maintenance worker with UFV Facilities, will get a taste of fame on Nov 14 when he is inducted into the Chilliwack Sports Hall of Fame. Brandon was part of the 1993/94 Chilliwack Minor Hockey provincial midget AAA hockey championship team, which won the provincials with a 5-0 record at the championship … Read more
Study smart, not hard! The UFV Counselling department is offering free Study Smart workshops on the Abbotsford campus on Thurs, Oct 15. Do you want to study more productively? Manage time and stress more efficiently? Learn how to prepare for your exams? Overcome exam nerves? To register, sign up at Student Services in Abbotsford, B214, … Read more
The University of the Fraser Valley Library is establishing its own Special Collections showcasing the Newman Western Canadian Cookbook Collection. Along with the pre-existing Heritage Collection (a collection of primarily published materials relating to the people and places of the Fraser Valley), the Newman Collection (titles reflecting the food ways and history of the western … Read more
Don’t miss your chance to get a copy of Good Food Tells a Story, the cookbook of UFV faculty and staff favourite recipes published in support of the Newman Western Canadian Cookbook Collection, UFV Library’s newest special collection. Copies are available to purchase in both the Abbotsford and Chilliwack campus libraries or online here. For … Read more
The founding member of UFV’s Kinesiology and Physical Education department has taken on a new role as President of Algoma University in Sault St. Marie, Ontario. As of 1 July 2015, Dr. Craig Chamberlin became the third President and first Vice-Chancellor of Algoma University. Many at UFV will remember Chamberlin from when he served as … Read more