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Cheer on the Cascades women’s basketball team as they take on the UNBC Timberwolves in Canada West regular-season action! Capacity at the UFV Athletic Centre will be capped at 50 per cent of the usual maximum, per provincial health officer regulations. Proof of full vaccination will be required to enter, and masks must be worn … Read more
Cheer on the Cascades women’s basketball team as they take on the UBC Okanagan Heat on home-opening night at the UFV Athletic Centre! 50 per cent capacity at the UFV Athletic Centre will be permitted, per provincial health officer regulations. Proof of full vaccination will be required to enter, and masks must be worn at … Read more
Mark your calendars! It’s back! The UFV & United Way Breakfast Cook-Off will be back virtually at 8 am on Wed, Nov 3. 2020 Cook-off champion, Lenore Newman, has hung up her spatula, but join us while UFV staff chefs, including returning chef James Mandigo, cook alongside UFV Culinary students! On this year’s menu — … Read more
Dr. Ghizlane Laghzaoui, an associate professor in Modern Languages, will present research on the impactof RateMyProfessors as a deciding factor in course selection. How would an instructor or a department react if they knew students choose courses and sections based on RateMyProfessors ratings? This research examines what criteria students give priority to when evaluating the … Read more
The Bookstore is getting ready for Winter 2022! If you still have outstanding needs, like coursepacks or specific items for your class (such as metric graph paper or hard cover bound notebooks) you have until November 15 to order to ensure enough time to have these requests fulfilled. Please check our website out or email … Read more
From the global pandemic to countless social injustices, many of us have experienced drastic changes in our everyday lives and have had to just keep moving forward as best we can. We have been broken. We are full of imperfections. But we will come back stronger and more beautiful. We are resilient. Wed, Nov 17 … Read more
By Sumitra Robertson Every public post-secondary institution in British Columbia is reviewed in an external Quality Assurance Process Audit (QAPA) every seven years. A QAPA is overseen by a standing committee of the Degree Quality Assessment Board (DQAB) in the BC Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Training. It is designed to ensure public universities … Read more
As the pandemic marches on, UFV continues to rise to the challenge, with a growing number of research projects spanning a diverse array of areas impacted by COVID-19. The Research Office will be hosting an online public panel discussion to showcase the outstanding research some of our faculty have taken on over the past year … Read more
In this study, we want to determine which core exercises produce patterns of muscle activity that are most similar to patterns we see during walking and running. The core exercises that produce muscle activity most similar to walking and running might be the best exercises for improving running performance. This study will involve one visit … Read more
In this study, we want to find out if there are relationships between muscle activation patterns that are shown to predict knee osteoarthritis progression and balance, perceived instability, and a decreased ability to know what position your knee joint is in. This study will involve one visit to the Human Performance Lab in the School … Read more
Ana Adamik has kindly offered to take a group of participants on a scenic ride on the Vedder trail. The entire loop can take up to 2 hours and participants of all riding abilities are welcome to join. The group will head out in (not too much) rain or shine on October 30 at 9:30 … Read more
What do I need to know? Increased traffic and parking congestion are expected around UFV’s Abbotsford campus during the Brothers Osborne concert Thursday, Oct 21, 2021. What time is the concert? 7:30pm, Thurs, Oct 21. What do I need to do? Please be conscious of heavier traffic near campus in and around these times. Allow … Read more
EDI training sessions or programs are meant to be tactics of a much larger strategy for advancing EDI within an organization. Training alone cannot create just and inclusive spaces, but these training sessions are valuable if leveraged effectively and honestly. Diversity and Inclusion initiatives often miss the mark because they tend to emphasize diversity over … Read more
Make your online courses more meaningful. Enhance your teaching with ed tech tools from TLC’s top picks inventory. Browse our A-Z listing or find tools based on teaching outcome, popularity, and type of support. Be sure to check back regularly for updates and new apps. Upcoming Schedule: Zoom Workshop — Tues, Oct 26 (2-3 pm) … Read more
The Teaching and Learning Centre is offering an ongoing MicroCourse series of workshops (essential Blackboard tools for online and hybrid 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 … Read more