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A message for UFV staff members who are part of the Municipal Pension Plan: The plan partners of the Municipal Pension Plan (MPP) represent both employees and employers and share oversight of the plan. They have conducted a comprehensive, multi-year review of the MPP and have come to an Agreement in Principle (AiP) of proposed … Read more
All UFV faculty and staff email will be transferred to a cloud server called Exchange Online, throughout October. The current email system is aging and must be replaced to maintain service and functionality. ITS has a team dedicated to migrating your email from storage at UFV to the cloud. A schedule of the migration is … Read more
As part of a six-week consultation, the University Secretariat invites the UFV community to submit collaborative or individual feedback on the following policies: Final Grade (217) policy Program Discontinuance (222) policy Please distribute to others in your area, as appropriate. Please submit your comments to policyconsult@ufv.ca by the deadline of November 13, 2020. Thank you … Read more
IT Services is continuously working to improve voicemail services for UFV employees, especially now in our current remote work environment. UFV employees will now have the option to listen to voicemails received to their on-campus desk phone via email. This feature is available to all UFV staff who currently have voicemail setup on their on-campus … Read more
What is “contract cheating”? The term contract cheating describes the form of academic dishonesty where students get academic work completed on their behalf, which they then submit for academic credit as if they had created it themselves. What is the International Day of Action Against Contract Cheating? The International Center for Academic Integrity brings together … Read more
SSI: Embodiment in the Virtual Classroom/Globalization and Ethics Please join us for the November (virtual) session of UFV’s Scholarly Sharing Initiative (SSI), featuring Shelley Liebembuk (School of Creative Arts, Theatre), “Remote Acting Pedagogy: Exploring Embodiment in the Virtual Classroom.” Wayne Henry (Philosophy), “Corporations, Globalization, and Ethics.” The event will be made up of presentations from … 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: PeerScholar Workshop — Thurs, Oct 15 (1-2 pm) … 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. Here is a link to the workshops and their descriptions: http://events.ufv.ca/tlc/. Sessions are open to all UFV employees. If you have any problems registering, please contact asktlc@ufv.ca or … Read more
Hands-on, career-focused + far from ordinary! Graphic and Digital Design programs at the University of the Fraser Valley are forward-thinking, dynamic, and flexible. Come and learn about your options! Join our info session and begin shaping the future of the creative industry in the valley and beyond! + Explore various program options + Meet our … Read more
The EDI Task Force has developed a statement on its commitment to and solidarity with Black Lives Matter. See it here: https://www.ufv.ca/president/presidents-task-force-on-equity-diversity-and-inclusion/black-lives-matter/ For more information, contact Christina Forcier at christina.forcier@ufv.ca 10/13/2020
Staff enrolled in the Municipal Pension Plan are invited to attend the MPP AGM Thursday, October 15, 2020 at 10:00 am. Please go to https://mpp.pensionsbc.ca/web/municipal/annual-general-meeting to register. Thurs, Oct 15 10 am-noon Virtual https://mpp.pensionsbc.ca/web/municipal/annual-general-meeting For more information, contact Debbie Dyck at debbie.dyck@ufv.ca 10/15/2020
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
Voting is now underway for one student position on the Board of Governors. All eligible voters received their invitation to vote via email. Voting closes October 10 at 6 pm. The 8 candidates are: – Harman Gill – Ishika Sethi – Jessica Levesque – Kulveer Singh – Maria Benedik – Moninder Grewal – Paul Okano … 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
UFV REACH has partnered up with ParticipACTION for the Great Big Move event to virtually explore Canada while encouraging everyone to be physically active. Event runs from October 1 to 31. To participate you will need to download the ParticipACTION app. This challenge can be done on your own or as a team of 2-8 … Read more