Explore Your Wellness — March 18

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Event name: Explore Your Wellness Hosted by Social Work 380 (Community Development) students and the Peer Resource & Leadership Centre What does wellness mean to you? Come join the conversation about why wellness is important for all UFV students! Explore Your Wellness will feature a guided painting session, a collaborative art activity, games, resources and … Read more

Provost and VP Academic — candidate presentations March 12, 19, and 22

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Dear Colleagues, I’m pleased to invite staff, faculty, and students to join me for presentations from candidates applying for the position of Provost & Vice-President Academic. After preliminary interviews with six individuals, the search committee has identified three people who will present to the UFV community. Each candidate will present on one of the three … Read more

Health Sciences Dean’s Speaker Series with Dr. Don McKenzie — Exercise is Medicine: Breast Cancer — March 18

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Please join Dean Alastair Hodges in welcoming Dr. Don McKenzie to UFV as part of the Faculty of Health Sciences Dean’s Speaker Series. Dr. Don McKenzie is a professor of kinesiology and director of the Division of Sports Medicine at the University of British Columbia. McKenzie is an exercise physiologist and physician with a long … Read more

Learning and Development Workshops — March and April

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Human Resources is committed to supporting your personal, academic, and professional growth. Below is a list of upcoming learning, development, and wellness workshops available (at no charge) for UFV employees. For registration information and updated workshops, please visit ufv.ca/hr/learning–development. Updates include Managing Your Money, The Journey to Wellness and a new date for Evidence Based … Read more

Social Construction of Difference event — March 12

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The social construction of difference involves a society that targets individuals based on race, sex, mental health or anything that can be discriminated against. Treating people like outcasts, because of conditions that cannot be changed without the society accepting and understanding those individuals. Based on the UN day of Social Justice (February 20). The current … Read more

UFV History Department Film Series: Rulers and Rebels — March 19

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Join History faculty and students for the third and final film screening and discussion for the winter term – “Chisholm ’72: Unbought and Unbossed” (PBS, 2004). Shirley Chisholm, mid-20th Century, first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress and first woman to run for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. Everyone is welcome. Tues, March 19 … Read more

Faculty Voting for BoG — March 11-14

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Faculty have the opportunity to vote March 11 through 14, for one of two candidates to serve on the Board of Governors: Christine Slavik Rhonda Snow Humanities Faculty will also have the chance to vote for one faculty to serve on Senate, from two candidates: Shelley Stefan Teresa Arroliga-Piper Eligible voters will receive notification via … Read more

Vote for student member on Senate, March 11-14

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Students have the opportunity to vote March 11 through 14, for four student members to serve on Senate, choosing from the following candidates: Alisha Mutneja Harveen Dhaliwal Sukhan Sandhu Shahbaig Singh Boparai Tyler Branston When voting opens, eligible voters will receive notification via email with instructions. For candidates’ statements, and to view voting results, please … Read more

Valley Fest 2019 author readings — March 12 & 14

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Join us for a series of author readings during Valley Fest! Tues, March 12, 12–12:45 pm Tuesday, March 12, 2:30–3:30 pm Thursday, March 14th, 12–1 pm Details are available on the library’s blog. 03/12/2019 – 03/14/2019 – Abbotsford campus library (G building) https://ufvlibrary.blogspot.com/ For more information, contact Mary-Anne MacDougall at maryanne.macdougall@ufv.ca 03/14/2019

Career opportunities

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Keep up with career opportunities at UFV by checking out the UFV Career Opportunities website. Current positions include: > Sessional Faculty, Fall 2019 03/07/2019 – 03/14/2019 – https://ufv.ca/careers/ For more information, contact Kulvinder Sidhu at kulvinder.sidhu@ufv.ca 03/14/2019

Graduation application deadline — April 1

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April 1 Last day to submit a Graduation Request to the Office of the Registrar (graduation fee $25) for Convocation (June 4 & 5) Visit www.ufv.ca/registrar/graduation/ for further details. Please note, if students are completing requirements in the summer semester, applications will be not be processed until after June and students will not be eligible … Read more