Awneet Sivia gets passionate about anything that enhances the university experience for students. Awneet, UFV’s Associate Vice-President, Teaching and Learning, is always in favour of technology that provides faculty with new ways to engage learners, and that’s why she’s so keen about a new Learning Management System (LMS).   UFV is transitioning from Blackboard to Brightspace,…

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. Kevin Gannon is the keynote speaker at ConnectED 2024, a teaching and learning conference taking place Wednesday, May 8 on UFV's Abbotsford campus. The annual gathering of UFV faculty is designed for building connections, engaging in teaching, and learning experiences, and creating opportunities for transforming education. Learn more and register here. Gannon’s book, Radical…

A single week could make all the difference in your teaching skills thanks to the Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) offered by UFV’s Teaching and Learning department. Participants come from a variety of fields (including UFV faculty, staff, and members of the local community) to spend four days learning how to build and then conduct engaging…

Lorna Andrews doesn’t have an easy job, but she has an important one. As UFV’s Teaching and Learning Specialist with a focus on Indigenization, she helps faculty and staff understand issues regarding colonial impacts on Indigenous people and the need to work towards reconciliation in Canada. For her efforts, she is being recognized as the…

Come and help celebrate the completion of projects funded by the Strategic Initiative Fund. Project themes include Indigenization and Reconciliation, Community Engagement, Lifelong Learning, and others. Join us as UFV faculty and staff reflect on their work in a series of events from March 1 to 9. Students, staff, and faculty are welcome to join!…

This is not their first rodeo. Heck … for some UFV faculty, it might be their 20th or higher first day of school at this university. At this point they have mastered and established first-day preparations, routines, traditions, and expectations – which have all evolved over time. While this time of year is clockwork (literally)…

Near the top of each on-air interview, Victoria Surtees, the host and creator of the new UFV Ekta podcast series, asks each guest the same two-part question: “What is one time you have felt powerful and one time you have felt powerless?”  For the UFV students on the other end of those questions, it has…

Dr. Awneet Sivia has been selected as UFV’s next Associate Vice-President, Teaching and Learning. Dr. Sivia is currently an associate professor in the UFV Teacher Education department and program chair of the Master of Education in Educational Leadership and Mentorship degree. She has worked at UFV since 2011 and replaces Dr. Maureen Wideman in the…

UFV’s commitment to principles that align with United Nations goals and mandates has earned the university membership in the United Nations Academic Impact Initiative (UNAI). UFV joins approximately 1,500 institutions in 147 countries who are working with the United Nations to promote global priorities, including peace, human rights, and sustainable development. As a UNAI member,…

Pivoting to a full-scale, remote online learning environment within a few days does not just happen. Software and licensing have to be purchased and approved by university leaders. There has to be IT capacity to roll out and maintain the technologies. But possibly most important of all, there has to be a knowledgeable and passionate…

A University of the Fraser Valley professor who prepares the next generation of teachers to enter the field has been honoured for her own teaching skills with a 3M National Teaching Fellowship. Dr. Awneet Sivia, who has taught and provided leadership in UFV’s Teacher Education department since 2011, is one of 10 Canadian post-secondary educators…