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The ShakeOut BC earthquake drill takes place across the province at 10:15am on Thursday, October 15 and UFV will be participating. This emergency drill should be practiced in a COVID-safe way wherever you are, offsite or on campus. UFV Alert, the system that delivers important emergency information during a crisis, will be activated. You will … Read more
The survey asking for your input on the strategic direction of UFV closes this Friday night. I extend my thanks to the more than 400 students, alumni, faculty, staff and community members who have taken the time so far to complete the survey – the thoughts you’ve shared have been extremely valuable. If you haven’t … Read more
UFV Risk & Safety will be hosting regular weekly Zoom sessions to answer your questions on Safe Return to Campus processes and protocols. Until mid-October, our team will host a Zoom call to share important information, update you on COVID-related matters, and answer your questions We will be hosting one sesson this Thursday: Thurs, Oct … Read more
Welcome to the following new employees, and congratulations to those changing jobs or moving into permanent positions Type B Faculty Position Mariano Mapili Assistant Professor, School of Land Use & Environmental Change Laura Buker Assistant Professor, Indigenous Studies Aimee Brown Assistant Professor, Visual Arts William Maher Assistant Professor, Media Arts Joanne Robertson Assistant Professor, … Read more
Submitted by Sumitra Robertson At the end of June Peter Geller was looking for a more social team meeting for the 11 members of the Vice Provost Office. Rebekah Brackett, the Indigenous Academic Success Cohort Program Coordinator, invited colleagues to an artist skill share she was leading for the Abbotsford Arts Council in early June. … Read more
The Teaching and Learning Centre is offering an ongoing MicroCourse series of workshops (essential Blackboard tools for online courses), with synchronous sessions for each MicroCourse scheduled weekly. The primary objective of these MicroCourses is the pedagogy behind the tools and how they can be used to: *achieve learning objectives *promote student engagement *collaborate among peers … Read more
COVID-19 meant summer didn’t turn out exactly as you may have planned, but there were opportunities to get outside and enjoy summer. Show us your photos! Send your favourite one to ufvnow@ufv.ca (only one photo per email, please). You may submit more than one in separate emails.
Now that Adobe Acrobat Pro has been made available to UFV Employees, IT Services is providing all employees with a certificate-based Digital ID signature to facilitate secure electronic signing of PDF documents. For those that have Adobe Acrobat Pro installed on their UFV issued workstation, users can restart their workstations on July 27th to activate … Read more
UFV is a recipient of a 2020 BCcampus Open Education Foundation Grant. The purpose of this grant is to assist an institution that is launching, or relaunching, an open education initiative and that requires resources to maximize the impact of this effort. The BCcampus funds have been matched by the Office of the Provost and … Read more
Type B Faculty Start Date Position Alejando Yoskizowa 01-Aug-2020 Assistant Professor, Film/Video Production and Digital Media Amy Tang 01-Aug-2020 Assistant Professor, English Candy Ho 01-Aug-2020 Assistant Professor, Integrative Career and Capstone Learning Geetanjali Gill 01-Aug-2020 Assistant Professor, Global Development Studies Justin Lee 01-Aug-2020 Assistant Professor, Biology Keith Harms 01-Aug-2020 Assistant Professor, English Keziah Wallis 01-Aug-2020 … Read more
Congratulations to the following faculty members, who have received professor emeritus status. Dr. Trevor Carolan, English, College of Arts Lynn Kirkland Harvey, Communication, College of Arts Dr. Doug Hudson, Social, Cultural, and Media Studies; College of Arts Dr. Adrienne Chan, Social Work and Human Services; Faculty of Professional Studies John Belec, School of Land Use … Read more
The Teaching and Learning Centre is offering more sessions of its popular microcourses to help you adapt to teaching online. SCHEDULE — May MicroCourse 1 — Course Organization (Tues, May 19 at 11 am) MicroCourse 2 — Adapting Instruction Starting May 6 (Wed, May 6 at 2 pm/Tues, May 12 at 11 am/Wed, May 20 at 2 … Read more
Spring 2020 – Online Workshops Week of April 13 Home Ergonomics The remote education session will provide participants with practical knowledge about how to set themselves up correctly in their home work space and how to work safely. MoveSafe focuses on the importance of integrating lots of movement breaks into the employees day and … Read more
UFV has a new and exciting opportunity for community involvement! During times of crisis communities come together and assist those in need. We welcome you to join Research, Engagement & Graduate Studies’ online brainstorming forum on Thurs, April 9, at 10 am, a bluejeans link will be provided to those who RSVP. Let’s generate a … Read more
Video Collaboration Gate Crashing, also known as ZoomBombing, is an interruption of a synchronous online session or meeting in a malicious manner. This is made possible when a session link is shared with participants and then becomes available to individuals other than those attended participants. Some hacker websites have begun to publish these links, and … Read more