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UFV presents Literary Cafe at Harrison Festival of the Arts
UFV’s Literary Café at the Harrison Festival of the Arts offers an intimate opportunity to get up close and personal with some of the west coast’s brightest writers and poets. Join us on July 10 for an evening of summertime stories that celebrate nature in beautiful British Columbia. This year we introduce a vibrant mix…Miriam Nichols’ dedication earns her UFV Research Excellence award
Miriam Nichols believes that teaching and research go hand in hand. For the 23 years that she has been an English literature professor at UFV, she has pursued research in addition to her teaching duties. Now she’s being recognized for her dedication with the 2017 UFV Research Excellence award. “I have always viewed my profession…Dhawan’s latest play explores experience of terrorism from a female
Four women: all victims of terrorism, all potential terrorists, and all sharing an apartment in multicultural Vancouver. UFV English professor Rajnish Dhawan’s latest play, A Full House, is the story of their coming to terms with their sense of loss, grief, and desire for revenge. Dhawan didn’t set out to write a play with all…Literary Arts Week features Writer-in-Residence Jordan Abel
UFV's Writer-in-Residence for 2017 is Nisga'a writer Jordan Abel. He will make his debut during UFV's Literary Arts Week, starting Feb 20. Abel’s creative work has recently been anthologized in Best Canadian Poetry (Tightrope), The Land We Are: Artists and Writers Unsettle the Politics of Reconciliation (Arbiter Ring), and The New Concrete: Visual Poetry in…Dhawan’s latest play explores experience of terrorism from a female
Four women: all victims of terrorism, all potential terrorists, and all sharing an apartment in multicultural Vancouver. UFV English professor Rajnish Dhawan’s latest play, A Full House, is the story of their coming to terms with their sense of loss, grief, and desire for revenge. Dhawan didn’t set out to write a play with all…Taylor Breckles enriches her UFV experience by embracing opportunities
It’s often said that to make the most of your university experience, you should do more than just attend classes and study for exams. Taylor Breckles takes that advice to heart. She refuses to give in to the commuter campus syndrome, and makes UFV’s Abbotsford campus her home away from home even though she lives…UFV publishes Shauna Singh Baldwin’s first non-fiction book
Reluctant Rebellions: New and Selected Non-fiction, to be launched at UFV on Sept 29. The author is available for other BC and Alberta engagements. The University of the Fraser Valley’s long association with writer Shauna Singh Baldwin will be strengthened this fall when the university’s Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies publishes Baldwin’s first work of non-fiction.…Get to know Jen Sookfong Lee, UFV’s Writer-in-Residence
Novelist Jen Sookfong Lee is the 2016 Writer-in-Residence at UFV. Lee is the author of novels The End of East, Shelter, and The Better Mother. Her fourth book, The Conjoined, will be published in September. She will be on the Abbotsford campus Mondays and Tuesdays until April 8 and is available for class guest lectures…UFV Top 40 Alumni: Terry-Lynn Stone — A way with
“University changed my life!” That’s how Terry-Lynn Stone summarizes the effect that her time at UFV (then UCFV) had on her. She was a stay-at-home mother with four children with 20-year-old credentials when family circumstances influenced her to seek a return to the workforce. She planned to start with childcare courses, and came home in…UFV Top 40 Alumni: Bonnie Reilly Schmidt — RCMP veteran
Bonnie Reilly Schmidt graduated from UFV with a BA (with a double major in history and English) in 2004. She came to UFV as a mature student after a career with the RCMP. She went on to complete an MA and PhD in history at Simon Fraser. Throughout her graduate studies, she received various fellowships…UFV hosting Literatures of the Fraser Valley conference March 5
British Columbia has long been a beacon for storytellers’ imaginations, and while the lion’s share of critical attention to the literary culture of British Columbia seems to often rest on Vancouver, the Fraser Valley’s own literary community is as vibrant as ever. That vibrancy will be on display on Thurs, March 5, as UFV hosts…UFV launches exhibit on Canadian Sikhs in First World War
Many Canadians fought in the First World War, and many were killed or injured. But it is often forgotten that those Canadians included ethnic minorities such as Indo-Canadians. The year 2014 marked the beginning of the centennial of World War I (also known as the ‘Great War’), which resulted in an estimated loss of 16…Carolan recognized for special Cascadia-focused issue of writing journal
UFV English professor Trevor Carolan has been recognized for his work on a special Cascadia-focused issue of Manoa: A Pacific Journal of International writing. Cascadia: The Life and Breath of the World (issue 25:1 of Manoa), edited by Prof. Frank Stewart (University of Hawaii) and Dr. Trevor Carolan (University of the Fraser Valley, Canada), has…Prabhjot Parmar to lecture on forgotten Indian soldiers of the
Most of us know that Canadian, British, Australian, and eventually American troops fought in the First World War. But we don’t always think of soldiers from other colonies that saw action in Europe, Africa and Asia to support Great Britain’s war efforts. When UFV English professor Prabhjot Parmar compares the rich sense of history associated…Vintage Rose: a retired professor finds personal growth in lifelong
When the UFV Bachelor of Arts grads of 2017 crossed the convocation stage in June, Rose Morrison wasn’t among them. “I left it to the younger ones to have their moment of glory,” says Rose, who was 72 at the time.The septuagenarian had achieved both her Bachelor of Arts and the right to be there,…UFV Alumnus Seamus Heffernan releases debut novel Napalm Hearts
As a kid who feasted on pulp fiction, Seamus Heffernan thought the coolest guy in the room only needed two things – a tan trench coat and enough grit to pave the Trans-Canada Highway. Seven years, 7,000 kilometers and one master’s degree later, and Heffernan finally has his own flawed hero in Thaddeus Grayle, the…Creative & Performing Arts Festival takes off April 27
Culture will be on the menu at UFV on April 27 when Interpret, the inaugural Creative and Performing Arts Festival, launches. The move to Abbotsford by the Theatre department has inspired the Visual Arts, Theatre, and Creative Writing students in the English department to host, for the first time, a festival celebrating the creative and…Two authors with UFV connections BC Book Prize finalists
Two authors with UFV connections have been named a finalists for a BC Book Prize. English associate professor Andrea MacPherson’s most recent novel What We Once Believed is in the running for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, through the BC Book Prizes. What We Once Believed (Publisher: Caitlin Press) is the story of Maybe Collins,…Billeh Nickerson returns to Fraser Valley roots as writer-in-residence
UFV is welcoming a Valley Boy back to his roots as its 2018 writer-in-residence. Billeh Nickerson will take on the residency, which is funded by the Kuldip Gill Writing Fellowship, for the winter semester. Nickerson is the author of five books including the 2014 City of Vancouver Book Award- nominated Artificial Cherry. He is also a…Bright berries see a juicy future with Raspberry magazine
Bands blast, rappers lay down beats, and poets are slamming — all in one night and all in one room. One young woman is in her element, putting herself on the line and reading for a live audience. It’s all part of a fundraising evening organized by the Raspberry collective at the Reach Gallery and…UFV presents Literary Cafe at Harrison Festival of the Arts
UFV’s Literary Café at the Harrison Festival of the Arts offers an intimate opportunity to get up close and personal with some of the west coast’s brightest writers and poets. Join us on July 10 for an evening of summertime stories that celebrate nature in beautiful British Columbia. This year we introduce a vibrant mix…Miriam Nichols’ dedication earns her UFV Research Excellence award
Miriam Nichols believes that teaching and research go hand in hand. For the 23 years that she has been an English literature professor at UFV, she has pursued research in addition to her teaching duties. Now she’s being recognized for her dedication with the 2017 UFV Research Excellence award. “I have always viewed my profession…Dhawan’s latest play explores experience of terrorism from a female
Four women: all victims of terrorism, all potential terrorists, and all sharing an apartment in multicultural Vancouver. UFV English professor Rajnish Dhawan’s latest play, A Full House, is the story of their coming to terms with their sense of loss, grief, and desire for revenge. Dhawan didn’t set out to write a play with all…Literary Arts Week features Writer-in-Residence Jordan Abel
UFV's Writer-in-Residence for 2017 is Nisga'a writer Jordan Abel. He will make his debut during UFV's Literary Arts Week, starting Feb 20. Abel’s creative work has recently been anthologized in Best Canadian Poetry (Tightrope), The Land We Are: Artists and Writers Unsettle the Politics of Reconciliation (Arbiter Ring), and The New Concrete: Visual Poetry in…Dhawan’s latest play explores experience of terrorism from a female
Four women: all victims of terrorism, all potential terrorists, and all sharing an apartment in multicultural Vancouver. UFV English professor Rajnish Dhawan’s latest play, A Full House, is the story of their coming to terms with their sense of loss, grief, and desire for revenge. Dhawan didn’t set out to write a play with all…Taylor Breckles enriches her UFV experience by embracing opportunities
It’s often said that to make the most of your university experience, you should do more than just attend classes and study for exams. Taylor Breckles takes that advice to heart. She refuses to give in to the commuter campus syndrome, and makes UFV’s Abbotsford campus her home away from home even though she lives…