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Business professor Mike Ivanoff spoke to Country 107 radio news last week about Target pulling out of Canada. Here’s the blog post from the interview: An economics expert from the University of the Fraser Valley says Target’s failure in Canada amounted to a bad strategic plan and bad management. Associate professor Mike Ivanof says Target … Read more
WorkSafeBC is offering a 2015 competition for Research Training Awards. The purpose of these awards is to enable highly qualified students to undertake full-time research training, leading to a master’s degree or a doctorate. More information here. Deadline: Tues, March 16 For more information, contact Yvette Fairweather at Yvette.Fairweather@ufv.ca 03/15/2015
Each year the Research Office invites 20 or more faculty researchers to be a part of the continued success of the UFV Microlecture series. Our goal is to provide “snapshots” of the range and depth of our faculty research, as well as highlight the interdisciplinary nature of our work. This engaging fast-paced event also helps … Read more
Advanced Education minister Andrew Wilkinson and local Fraser Valley MLAs Laurie Throness, Darryl Plecas, and Simon Gibson toured the Abbotsford campus on Fri, Jan 30. They were joined by UFV president Mark Evered, UFV board chair Barry Delaney and members of the UFV executive team. They also encountered some students along the way (including members … Read more
By popular demand, the summer study tour to Wuhan University will run again in 2015. Once again, UFV’s partner university, Wuhan University in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei province in China, is offering UFV students the opportunity to participate in a full-fledged cultural and language immersion experience from May 8 to 29, 2015. Local … Read more
The next meeting of Senate is on Fri, Feb 13. Please submit agenda and exhibit items to lisa.mcmartin@ufv.ca by noon on Tues, Feb 3. For more information, contact Lisa McMartin at lisa.mcmartin@ufv.ca. http://www.ufv.ca/senate/ 02/03/2015
UFV is transforming its Writing Centre into an Academic Success Centre to increase support for students. The new centre will expand the support available to students across all disciplines, in addition to continuing to offer writing support. It will also serve UFV’s Qualifying Studies students very well, who will need assistance across multiple subject areas … Read more
For all College Pension Plan members: there will be a College Pension Plan Retirement Seminar at UFV on Thurs, Feb 12, in Abby B121 at 2 pm. Fulltime faculty and administrators are members of the College Pension Plan. Fulltime staff belong to the Municipal Pension Plan (see separate item). To register, please go to to … Read more
At its Jan 16 meeting, Senate approved the new Academic Renewal (224) policy, effective March 1, 2015. All UFV policies are available on the Secretariat policy webpage: http://www.ufv.ca/secretariat/policies/ Information on policy development can be found at: http://www.ufv.ca/secretariat/policydevelopment/ Information on policies being reviewed or developed can be found at: http://www.ufv.ca/secretariat/policiesbeingreviewedordeveloped/ For more information, contact Lisa McMartin … Read more
If you missed the exhibition launch this past weekend at the Sikh Heritage Museum (Canadian Sikhs in WWI: The Forgotten Story), there will be another opportunity to take part in a very unique exhibition taking place at the CICS. The CICS will be launching the exhibit, ‘Duty, Honour, Izzat’ on Tues, Jan 27 from 4:30–6 … Read more
The Upgrading & University Preparation department has three faculty members (Leonne Beebe, Danica Matheson, & Kevin Renso) published in Groundwork magazine’s Winter 2015 issue. Groundwork magazine is the trade publication of the Adult Basic Education Association of British Columbia. You can find the issue here: http://issuu.com/abeabcgroundwork/docs/groundwork_winter_2015_issue For more information, contact Michelle Vandepol at michelle.vandepol@ufv.ca 02/05/2015
The Centre for Sustainability Winter 2015 Green Team meeting runs Tues, Jan 27 in room A416 (Geography). Everyone is welcome. On the agenda: – Planning and promotion of Sweater Week (Feb 2-5) – Planning for more carpooling – Updates on our Computers Need Sleep campaign and other energy saving initiatives – The new garden club … Read more
Come join us at the next Scholarly Sharing Initiative event. Thurs, Feb 19 1:15–2:45 pm Abby U-House Delicious light lunch provided Frank Ulbrich, School of Business — Organizational change: Ideals, translations, and configurations Luciana Hakak, School of Business — Professionals in disguise: Identity work of internationally trained professionals in situations of downward occupational transition Sponsored … Read more
This is a friendly reminder that whenever you see a dog wearing a vest or harness, it is a service dog and has an important job to do. It is requested you don’t pet, feed, or talk to the dog without permission from the handler, as these actions are potentially distracting for the dog, and … Read more
The Cascades men’s basketball team extended their Canada West regular season winning streak to 26 games in thrilling fashion in Edmonton, highlighted the weekend action for the UFV Athletic department. Head coach Adam Friesen’s squad swept a pair of road games against the MacEwan Griffins, but took vastly different routes each night to get the … Read more