As Canada marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation as a statutory holiday for the first time, there are a variety of events at UFV and in surrounding communities where you can learn more about the tragic and painful history and ongoing impacts of residential schools. UFV will be closed on September 30 to…

Canada’s relationship with China is currently at a delicate point, but Canada’s former ambassador to China says that’s all the more reason to keep the dialogue between the two nations going. UFV’s Peace and Reconciliation Centre will host former ambassador Guy Saint-Jacques (who served in that role from 2012 to 2016) in a virtual presentation…

UFV’s Peace and Reconciliation Centre will launch a series called Peace Talks on April 14 with a session that examines the Crown’s role in Canadian governance, particularly as it relates to Indigenous rights. The event will feature a special keynote speaker: the newly appointed Commissioner of Nunavut, the Hon. Eva Qamaniq Aariak (CM, ONu). The…

Students from a class focused on issues related to race, space, and place will be presenting an online forum, titled Peace, (Re)conciliation and Social Justice, on Thurs, Feb 25. Professors Michelle La Flamme and Anna Griffith will co-facilitate this event, which will feature student research projects from their Interdisciplinary Studies 300 course, Race, Space and…

UFV’s new Peace and Reconciliation Centre has awarded the first of what is hoped to be several grants totalling $30,000 to scholars, students, and community members. Political Science department head Fiona MacDonald has received funding from the Linking Fellowship for Visiting Scholars fund to bring a research partner from New Zealand to Canada to collaborate…