Dr. Joanne MacLean will be the new President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Fraser Valley. MacLean is currently Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at UFV and will officially assume her new role on May 1, 2018. She replaces Jackie Hogan, who has held the office on an interim basis since June,…

Lenore Newman, UFV's Canada Research chair in food security and environment, has lengthy experience studying the Agricultural Land Commission and Agricultural Land Reserve and the impact of their 43-year history in BC. Now she will have a chance to weigh in on its future as a member of a goverment-appointed independent commission that will review…

When you wind up in the hospital due to injury or disease, there’s more to your malady and chances for recovery than just genetics and lifestyle. There are also the social determinants of health, such as food security, housing, education, physical security, and social supports. A new service to be based at Abbotsford Regional Hospital…

There was lots of grunt work and little glamour or glory for the coaches in the early years of UFV’s men’s soccer team, but the two co-coaches still count the experience as a highlight of their lives. And for their pioneering contribution to the founding of UFV’s soccer program, retired UFV professors Scott Fast and…

Denise Rehman (now Tuchscherer) was just a 17-year old kid from Langford on Vancouver Island when she started what turned out to be a life-changing and lifelong relationship with UFV in 1992. She knew nobody when she stepped onto campus, not even the coach. “I had been recruited by Mike Hind, but he took a…

There was a lot to celebrate at UFV in 2017, as students, faculty, and staff continued to contribute to the social, cultural, and economic development of the Fraser Valley. Highlights of 2017 More than 2,700 credentials were awarded at four Convocation ceremonies in June. UFV said thank you and farewell to President Mark Evered, who…

Andy Sidhu will be the University of the Fraser Valley’s third Chancellor. A long-time proponent of community engagement and integration, Sidhu will take over from Dr. Gwen Point, who served as UFV’s second Chancellor from 2015 to the present, following two terms by Brian Minter. “I’m extremely honoured and proud to join the University of…

A number of small changes are combining to transform learning at UFV thanks to special project aimed at supporting new initiatives in teaching and learning. Teaching and learning have changed significantly and UFV is taking steps to transform physical learning environments to support this change. The $2.5M in funding comes from two years of special…

December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women in Canada. Established in 1991 by the Parliament of Canada, this day marks the anniversary of the murders in 1989 of 14 young women at l’École Polytechnique de Montréal. They died because they were women. As well as commemorating the 14…

The University of the Fraser Valley will host a panel discussion on the opioid crisis in the Fraser Valley on Wed, November 29, from 2 to 4 pm in its Abbotsford campus lecture theatre (Room B101). The public is welcome to attend. The panel will feature: A representative from the Abbotsford Police Department Lesley Braithwaite,…

The RBC Foundation is supporting student mentoring at UFV by providing a grant that funds the hiring UFV students to research and envision new directions for the UFV RBC Arts Peer Mentorship program. “With the continued support of the RBC Foundation we can envision a new future for Arts mentorship at UFV, mentorship which remains…

We’re not at our best when we’re hungry. It’s hard to concentrate on what the teacher is saying when your stomach is growling from hunger pangs. After 30 years working in Corrections, Mike Csoka knows from experience that the best way to keep people out of the prison system is to help them have a…