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Please join us for the final SSI event this year. Thurs, April 2 1:15–2:45 pm Abby U-House Delicious light lunch provided Featuring: Ceilidh Hart, English — The Wild West and the aesthetics of violence: Ondaatje’s “The Collected Works of Billy the Kid” and DeWitt’s “The Sisters Brothers” Wenona Victor, History and Awneet Sivia, Teacher Education … Read more
Please note that the Bookstore will be closed on Mon, March 30 and Tues, March 31 to complete a government-mandated inventory count. For more information, contact Ashley Hoogendoorn at ashley.hoogendoorn@ufv.ca 03/27/2015
Do you know an outstanding student who is graduating from a certificate program? The Lieutenant Governor’s medal is awarded to students in vocational or career programs less than two years long who have excelled in their studies and who have contributed to the life of their post-secondary institution or their community. The medals are awarded … Read more
Canceled – Teaching Matters workshops — Blackboard Learn and Evaluation Design By Anne Russell on February 23, 2015 Blackboard Learn – Canceled Full Grade Centre demo Tues, Mar 24 11:30 am-12:30 pm Facilitator: Gordon Jang A Blackboard Full Grade workshop is available on Thurs., March 19 for those who wish to attend in G180 from … Read more
Lydia Amir is an associate professor of Philosophy in the School of Media Studies, The College of Management Academic Studies, Rishon LeZion, Israel. A published author and well versed in humour and philosophy, Lydia will be sharing her insight and background in this trending area of philosophy. You may view her latest book at this … Read more
As part of our continuous upgrades to improve energy efficiency, we are adding metering to our buildings. To do this requires that we shut down the natural gas to the building that we are adding the metering to. On Tuesday night, March 17, we will be installing the metering for Abbotsford campus Building D. This … Read more
As part of our continuous upgrades to improve safety on our campuses, we are upgrading the fire alarm systems at the Abbotsford campus. To do this we will have a contractor on site starting on Sunday, March 15. The first phase of this work will take place in Building B. The contractor will be replacing … Read more
Tel i’tsel Kwe’lo I Am From Here A collective exhibition by student artists in the Lens of Empowerment Project and Community Arts Practice with Visual Arts Instructor Stephanie Gould. Mar 27-Apr 9 S’ELIYEMETAXWTEXW Art Gallery Abby B136 9 am-5 pm, weekdays Opening reception: Friday, March 27 at 3 pm Tel i’tsel Kwe’lo (I Am From … Read more
Recently a large number of UFV staff have received email messages from various senders submitting a “Resume”. Included with the message is an attachment in the form of a .zip file. Several employees have opened the attachment and have had files on their local hard drive, network, and departmental drives infected with a virus known … Read more
This is a forum-style panel event bringing together Abbotsford and Lower mainland agencies, community members, former foster youth, foster parents, youth workers and social workers to take part in an appreciative inquiry on the topic of youth aging out of care. This is a wonderful opportunity for faculty and students to take part and to … Read more
Dr. Jean Scott, a UFV honorary doctorate recipient and long-time friend of the university, passed away on February 25, 2015. She was a well-known community activist and feminist who made her mark both locally and nationally, and was 102 years old at the time of her passing. The celebration of life for Jean Scott will … Read more
Sarah Wierks of the University of the Fraser Valley women’s basketball team was named a second team All-Canadian at the CIS awards banquet on Wednesday evening in Quebec City. It was a historic achievement for the Chilliwack native – she became the first UFV basketball player to be recognized as a CIS All-Canadian, and she’s … Read more
The Black Power Mixtape, 1967-1975 (Hugo Olsson, 2011) Thurs, March 19 3-6 pm Abby B121 Film screening of The Black Power Mixtape, 1967-1975 (Hugo Olsson, 2011). How does the rest of the world understand black American struggles for rights? This film mobilizes a treasure trove of 16mm material shot by Swedish journalists who came to … Read more
The Math Club presents Petra Berenbrink. Thurs, March 19 2:30-4 pm Abby B121 Abstract: In my talk I will present several randomized graph- based algorithms. The first algorithm is a random walk process on a graph. Here we analyze the so-called cover time of the process. The second algorithm comes from the area of game … Read more
The School of Business Research Development Program is holding a quantitative data analysis with SPSS workshop March 17, from 8:30–11am. SPSS is a powerful tool for quantitative data analysis. However, it is only as good as its user. Learn how to use the software when analyzing large data sets. Dr. Joe Ilsever is an associate … Read more