UFV University Librarian Camille Callison was presented with the 2024 Ron MacDonald Outstanding Service Award at a reception in Ottawa on October 3, 2024. The award recognizes an individual from a Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) member institution who has demonstrated vision, dedication, and outstanding service in building bridges and collaboration to advance knowledge infrastructure…

Walking into Longhouse Branding and Marketing, the values instilled by founder Keenan Beavis are immediately evident. The office buzzes with a team of nearly 15 people, working collaboratively in one large open space – reflecting the long-standing traditions of the Stó:lō People, who have done so for generations in their longhouses. Keenan is an up-and-coming…

  In March 2024, a hard drive representing the culmination of a year’s worth of archival research returned to its rightful home. For most of the 20th century, Canada’s Indian Residential School system uprooted hundreds of young children from their community on Haida Gwaii. The forced separation of families left deep scars on the island’s…

Two Indigenous scholars from the east and west coasts are working together to develop a dynamic, multilingual platform for Indigenous terminology that can be used in libraries, archives, museums, and information systems worldwide. Camille Callison, UFV's University Librarian, and Dr. Stacy Allison-Cassin, an assistant professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, are co-leaders of…

Content warning: This post relates to residential schools. A reminder that the Indian Residential School Survivors Society has a 24 hour Crisis Line available at 1-866-925-4419. As Carlanna Thompson prepares for the next step in her educational journey, she gives credit to the University of the Fraser Valley for getting her ready. “Without my time…

Content warning: This post relates to residential schools. A reminder that the Indian Residential School Survivors Society has a 24 hour Crisis Line available at 1-866-925-4419. Dr. Sarah Beaulieu, an anthropologist and assistant professor in the UFV School of Culture, Media, and Society, has been celebrated with a prestigious Governor General’s Innovation Award along with…

Indigenous People’s Day falls around the time of the summer solstice, which has been marked for centuries by many Indigenous groups as a time to come together and celebrate the beginning of a new season. It was first recognized as National Aboriginal Day by the Canadian Governor General in 1996. Every June 21, communities gather…

An exciting partnership between BMO and the University of the Fraser Valley’s Peace and Reconciliation Centre (PARC) is set to benefit the Collaboratorium — providing UFV students with research training and practical experience in a way that benefits the communities around them. At a celebration on Tuesday, June 25, on the UFV Chilliwack campus, BMO…

Michelle Good is a Cree woman, an activist, lawyer, storyteller, mentor – and now a 2024 Honorary Degree recipient from the University of the Fraser Valley. Through her writing and activism, she has confronted the genocidal nature of Canada’s laws and policies regarding Indigenous people, in particular, the pervasive removal of children through the Residential…

Eddie Gardner was drawn to drumming and singing at an early age, from learning songs from Indigenous people back east where he grew up, to having Stó:lō songs come to him upon returning to his territorial and cultural roots. “Songs help connect us with our ancestors and bring harmony and joy to the work we…

UFV joined hands to welcome Q’um Q’um Xiiem Dr. Jo-ann Archibald into her new role as University Chancellor. Held May 9 at the Gathering Place on UFV’s Chilliwack campus, the proceedings were designed to honour both academic tradition and Stó:lō ceremony. Dr. Archibald is UFV’s fourth chancellor, taking on the title after Dr. Andy Sidhu’s…

Red Dress Day is on Sunday, May 5, serving as a day of reflection and activism in honour of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ peoples. This week, the Xwexwilmexwawt office (room B309) at the Abbotsford campus is commemorating the day with a red dress memorial. The Red Dress campaign grew from the…

A collaboration between the University of the Fraser Valley and Stó:lō Nation is giving high school students a taste of early childhood education (ECE) before they dive into full-time university studies. Monique Belanger, childcare supervisor at A:lmélháwtxw Early Education Centre, launched a leadership project through Early Childhood Educators of BC called ‘Leading Change with ECEBC.’…

Dr. Jo-ann Archibald has been announced as the University of the Fraser Valley’s fourth Chancellor.  Also known as Q’um Q’um Xiiem, OC, Dr. Archibald is an esteemed scholar, member of the Soowahlie First Nation, Professor Emeritus of Educational Studies at UBC, and a recipient of an Honorary Degree from UFV (2022). In 2018, she was…

Trigger Warning//past trauma, death, residential school experience// The following post includes description of the fate of Indigenous children in British Columbia. This content may be disturbing and you may wish to avoid reading further if this will be upsetting. Access emotional and crisis referral services by calling the 24-hour National Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line:…