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The Retirees Café is open to all UFV Retirees and employees who are retiring soon. It is held every other month, on the fourth Wednesday, alternating between Abbotsford and Chilliwack. Wed, Jan 22 11:30 am-1 pm Bow & Stern, 2550 Montrose Ave, Abbotsford For more information, contact Deanna McIntyre at Deanna.McIntyre@ufv.ca 01/23/2020
Papers are due! Finals are coming, but panic is NOT setting in! You are calm and relaxed because you are getting a jump start on your preparation to avoid all of that last minute cramming. Come alone, bring a friend, or sign up as a group! It is going to be a hoooooot! Peer Tutors … Read more
Please be advised that the Abbotsford Centre is hosting Paw Patrol Live on Wed, Jan 22, 2020 with shows starting at 9 am, 1 pm, and 5 pm. This will affect traffic and parking on and around campus. To help reduce the impact on UFV Abbotsford campus employees and students, event attendees will be restricted … Read more
Papers are due! Finals are coming, but panic is NOT setting in! You are calm and relaxed because you are getting a jump start on your preparation to avoid all of that last minute cramming. Come alone, bring a friend, or sign up as a group! It is going to be a hoooooot! Peer Tutors … Read more
Please join the English, Linguistics, and Music department welcome the incoming writer-in-residence for 2020, Adéle Barclay. Adéle Barclay is the author of If I Were in a Cage I’d Reach Out For You, which won the 2017 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, and the recently released Renaissance Normcore. She is the recipient of the 2016 Lit … Read more
Call for proposals We invite all Faculty and Staff to submit proposals for workshops for UFV’s fifth annual Professional Development Day 2020 (PD Day) happening on April 30. Workshop proposals should be related to the theme of ‘Be well. Learn well. Teach well…the connection between good health and academic performance’ and fit into one of … Read more
This series of free Wellness Workshops are designed to help students strategize how to go beyond merely surviving the semester. Through the course of the academic year you will learn how to cultivate good mental health, develop resilience, and generate healthy habits. The workshops are supplemented with Movement & Mindfulness classes focused on restorative stretching, … Read more
You’re Invited! Join us for a reading, question-and-answer and book signing by Jean Barman, author of Invisible Generations: Living Between Indigenous and White in the Fraser Valley. Jean Barman is an award-winning historian and author of over a dozen books about British Columbian and Canadian history. Much of her writing attends to the stories and … Read more
Researchers from the Kinesiology department at UFV are conducting a study to investigate the effect of an 8-week core stability exercise program on abdominal and back muscle activity, strength, and endurance. You will get to attend bi-weekly 30-minute classes for free at the UFV Chilliwack campus. We are recruiting participants with and without a history … Read more
Connect with other UFV alumni and current students working in or working towards careers in environmental practice and planning. The event kicks off with a panel discussion on transitioning from school to the workplace at 1 pm, followed by opportunities to network with others in a supportive, professional atmosphere. Event is free and open to … Read more
Co-operative Education Information Session Explore your career options. Come to an information session to learn more! Information Session: Wednesday Jan. 15, 2020 2:30-3:30 PM Abby B121 Abbotsford Campus Thursday Jan. 16, 2020 11:30 AM-12:30 PM Abby B121 Abbotsford Campus For more information and to apply on line visit ufv.ca/coop Application Deadline: Jan. 27, 2020 http://www.ufv.ca/coop … Read more
You are invited to the book launch for Unmooring the Komagata Maru, which is co-edited by Dr. Satwinder Kaur Bains. Unmooring the Komagata Maru challenges conventional Canadian historical accounts of the incident by drawing from multiple disciplines and fields to consider the international and colonial dimensions within the context of political resistance, migration cultural memory, … Read more
Calling for student nominations! Join the Senate and Board of Governors and have a voice in UFV Governance. Nominations are open for the following student positions: – 2 student positions on the Board of Governors – 4 student positions on the Senate Terms of office are one year, from August 1, 2020 to July 31, … Read more
Tues, Feb 11 3-4:15 pm Abby B101 Public Perception of Science: Lessons from a Dead Sheep. Please join the Faculty of Science in welcoming TV Host, writer, comedian, and molecular biologist, Dr. Adam Ruben, for an entertaining examination of the public’s perception of science. In February 1997, Dr. Ian Wilmut announced that he had cloned … Read more
Join us for a program info night to learn about UFV’s mentorship & leadership development program, and find out all the awesome benefits you get as a student in UFV Lead! Friday, January 17 from 11:30 am–12:30 pm in B121 Monday, January 20 from 6–7 pm in B121. Learn how UFV Lead can help you… … Read more