Spring/Summer 2021 Archive
Celebrating three decades of university degrees at UFV
As UFV celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2024, we look back at our roots and key moments in our evolution. The year was 1991. Nirvana topped the music charts, Thelma and Louise, Beauty and the Beast, and Silence of the Lambs graced the silver screens, while grunge jeans, scrunchies, and Doc Martens walked the…
Catching up with Justice Shirzad Ahmed — 2011 Distinguished Alumni
A former UFV student from the university-college era is now a Federal Court judge. Justice Shirzad Ahmed was appointed to the Federal Court on September 14, 2017. The Federal Court is Canada’s national trial court. It deals with cases in a broad range of areas of federal jurisdiction, including national security law, intellectual property law,…
Telling her truth — Pursuing her passion leads to success
Jasmin Kaur’s imagination is taking her places. From her bedroom office in Abbotsford she is living the life of a twice-published author and worldwide influencer. Her novel If I Tell You The Truth, is interspersed with poetry and tells the story of Kiran, an international student who stays illegally in Canada to raise a baby…
Teaching social justice — How Nerlap Sidhu is transforming the
Inside Nerlap Kaur Sidhu’s classroom, there’s a giant sign that reads: If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you. Underneath are more than 30 colourful self-portraits neatly lined up and symmetrically organized into three rows. More important than the art quality is the diversity, the pride, and most importantly, the stories, derived from each…
Skookum magazine 2021 — Keeping In Touch — extended version
The Keeping in Touch section of UFV's Skookum magazine features brief updates from a variety of alumni. We couldn't fit every submission into this year's print edition, so here's an extended online version. Sheetal Deo (BA '11) When Sheetal Deo (BA ’12) felt the call to become a lawyer after graduating from UFV, she headed…A different debut — COVID dashed plans for volleyball, but
Put yourself in Ellie Sinclair’s shoes. Back on March 2, 2020, when she was introduced as part of the UFV women’s volleyball team’s class of incoming recruits, she had a very distinct picture of what her first year of university would look like. She’d attend in-person classes primarily on the Abbotsford campus, pursuing her Criminal…
The Indigenizer: Shirley Hardman’s journey of discovery guides her mission
Shirley Hardman remembers the shock she felt when a government clerk asked: “And what kind of Indian are you?” “How do you know I’m an Indian?” replied Shirley, whose Stó:lō name is Swelchalot. “I can tell just by looking at you,” replied the clerk. The thing is, at that point in her life, Shirley wasn’t…Celebrating three decades of university degrees at UFV
As UFV celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2024, we look back at our roots and key moments in our evolution. The year was 1991. Nirvana topped the music charts, Thelma and Louise, Beauty and the Beast, and Silence of the Lambs graced the silver screens, while grunge jeans, scrunchies, and Doc Martens walked the…Catching up with Justice Shirzad Ahmed — 2011 Distinguished Alumni
A former UFV student from the university-college era is now a Federal Court judge. Justice Shirzad Ahmed was appointed to the Federal Court on September 14, 2017. The Federal Court is Canada’s national trial court. It deals with cases in a broad range of areas of federal jurisdiction, including national security law, intellectual property law,…Telling her truth — Pursuing her passion leads to success
Jasmin Kaur’s imagination is taking her places. From her bedroom office in Abbotsford she is living the life of a twice-published author and worldwide influencer. Her novel If I Tell You The Truth, is interspersed with poetry and tells the story of Kiran, an international student who stays illegally in Canada to raise a baby…Teaching social justice — How Nerlap Sidhu is transforming the
Inside Nerlap Kaur Sidhu’s classroom, there’s a giant sign that reads: If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you. Underneath are more than 30 colourful self-portraits neatly lined up and symmetrically organized into three rows. More important than the art quality is the diversity, the pride, and most importantly, the stories, derived from each…Skookum magazine 2021 — Keeping In Touch — extended version
The Keeping in Touch section of UFV's Skookum magazine features brief updates from a variety of alumni. We couldn't fit every submission into this year's print edition, so here's an extended online version. Sheetal Deo (BA '11) When Sheetal Deo (BA ’12) felt the call to become a lawyer after graduating from UFV, she headed…A different debut — COVID dashed plans for volleyball, but
Put yourself in Ellie Sinclair’s shoes. Back on March 2, 2020, when she was introduced as part of the UFV women’s volleyball team’s class of incoming recruits, she had a very distinct picture of what her first year of university would look like. She’d attend in-person classes primarily on the Abbotsford campus, pursuing her Criminal…The Indigenizer: Shirley Hardman’s journey of discovery guides her mission
Shirley Hardman remembers the shock she felt when a government clerk asked: “And what kind of Indian are you?” “How do you know I’m an Indian?” replied Shirley, whose Stó:lō name is Swelchalot. “I can tell just by looking at you,” replied the clerk. The thing is, at that point in her life, Shirley wasn’t…
