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PeerScholar is much more than just a self-and peer assessment tool Have you wanted to help develop your students’ metacognitive skills? Are you designing activities and assessments that promote transferrable skills such as critical, creative and analytic thinking? Have you thought about how students can improve their ability to accept “sh*t sandwiches” and work with … Read more
MicroCourse 4 – Online Teaching Fundamentals – Discussion Forum This MicroCourse will cover Student led discussions, self and peer assessment, grading and assessing student activity Mon, Sept 21 from 3-4 pm Facilitator: Ken Harmel, Learning Designer These series of MicroCourses will introduce the essential Blackboard tools, but the primary objective of these MicroCourses is the … Read more
Do you deal with procrastination and find yourself avoiding homework? Do you have high standards that get in the way of starting your work? Has the transition to online learning been difficult? Learn better ways to stay engaged with your learning! This workshop is offered by UFV counselling over three weeks and will involve self-reflective … Read more
Want to help select the 2021 Faculty Service Excellence award recipient? The Faculty Standards Committee of Senate seeks one student and one staff member to join the selection committee for the 2020-21 year. What about the commitment? It’s not a huge commitment. The committee meets 2 or 3 times, between December and February, depending on … Read more
This session will introduce participants to the concept of mindfulness and how this can be incorporated into their professional and personal lives. The benefits of mindfulness will be shared, along with specific mindfulness-based practices for body scan, yoga and meditation that can be done anywhere, anytime! Resources for continuing a practice will be provided. Facilitator: … Read more
This workshop addresses the needs we all have in relation to the development of self and self-care practices. Excellent self-care needs to be integrated into our lives to be able to sustain a quality of professional functioning over time. We will explore self-care as stewardship, managing personal resources during difficult times, and how to integrate … 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
Keep up with career opportunities at UFV by checking out the UFV Career Opportunities website. Current positions include: – Assistant, Registrar – Director, Counselling and Student Wellness – Team Lead, Payroll Operations To view details on these postings, and for a complete list of opportunities, visit: https://www.ufv.ca/careers/job-postings/ For more information, contact Ally Ghakkar at ally.ghakkar@ufv.ca … Read more
Need to chat with a peer? We are here for you! We are excited to introduce the PRLC Peer Support Line, booking appointments Monday to Friday from 5-11 pm! The Peer Support Line is a one-on-one audio and chat peer support resource facilitated by trained peer leaders through Blackboard Collaborate. Our peer leaders employ active … Read more
Are you a new student of Biology or Chemistry at UFV? Looking for ways to connect with other students at UFV? Come and learn about the Biology and Chemistry Student Association — who we are, what we do, ways you can connect, and our online events and platforms! This will be an online information session … Read more
The University Secretariat invites your feedback on the following policy that has been recommended to be rescinded. Reserved Seats (85). Supporting documents are available at: https://www.ufv.ca/secretariat/policies/updates/policy-in-consultation/ If you have any feedback, please submit your comments to Policyconsult@ufv.ca by October 6, 2020. Thank you for your input. For more information, contact Marlene Affleck at marlene.affleck@ufv.ca 10/06/2020
The Race and Antiracism Network at UFV Presents: RAN FORUM: So You Want to be an Ally? Tuesday, October 6th at 4:30pm The Race and Antiracism Network invites ALL UFV staff, faculty, admin, students and leadership to our forum based on the follow-up from the forum in June, 2020. In this forum, the Race and … Read more
The Urgency of Anti-Racism Drawing upon our shared reading of Ijeoma Oluo’s So You Want to Talk About Race, Eric Davis will kick-off a discussion about the meaning and urgency of anti-racism. What does anti-racism mean to each of us and for how we live our lives? What does it mean for what we do … Read more
James Mandigo, Provost and VP Academic, will host virtual “brown bag sessions” on a variety of topics. At times this will be a safe space for important conversations, and other times it will be an entertaining place for informal, fun discussions. We hope you can join us (from noon to 1 pm), on the upcoming … Read more
Antigone Adapted and Directed by Shelley Liebembuk Based on English translation by Ian Johnston Performances: November 25-27, 2020 at 7 pm and November 28, 2020 at 2 pm * Performances will be live, via a virtual platform. Seeking 6 Performers for this contemporary take on Sophocles’ powerful tragedy about the individual’s struggle to resist injustice. … Read more