Teacher Education Archive
School of Education moving to new home in Mission
Moving day is coming for UFV’s School of Education. On July 29 they’ll be relocating from their current home on the Abbotsford campus to a new home in Mission. The UFV building in Mission has been completely renovated and provides room to grow for a thriving program. “We’ve gone from 64 students to 106, making…
UFV partnership with Stó:lō Nation gives students a head start
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.’…
Innovative mindfulness program model takes a trickle down approach to
Pay it forward in the form of mindfulness. That’s the idea, at least around the Fraser Valley as of late. People of all ages are practising staying present. They take walks. They learn how to pause before reacting during conflict, focusing on their breath and hands. You see it in daycares, in high school classrooms,…
Dr. Awneet Sivia recognized with inaugural West Coast Teaching Excellence
Dr. Awneet Sivia has received a West Coast Teaching Excellence Award as one of the province's top teaching professors. Dr. Sivia is an associate professor in the Teacher Education department at UFV and program chair of the Master of Education in Educational Leadership and Mentorship degree. The British Columbia Teaching and Learning Council (BCTLC) selected…
Teaching Excellence 2021 — Awneet Sivia: education must be centred
There were two key experiences early in the teaching career of 2021 UFV Teaching Excellence award recipient Awneet Sivia that defined her approach to her profession. One was accepting a job in Merritt, BC, in 1988, for her first teaching post. The student body was a diverse representation of Indigenous, White, and South Asian backgrounds.…
Lieutenant governor’s medal — Tsandlia Van Ry: UFV learning journey
Not too many people can say that they’ve named a school before they even finished their teacher training. Tsandlia Van Ry can. She and a small group of community members proposed the name Stitó:s Lá:lém Totí:lt (‘place of crossing, house of learning’ in Halq'eméylem) for the new elementary/middle school under construction in Chilliwack. This name…
Tips for teaching your kids at home during COVID-19
The COVID-19 crisis has turned many of us into home schooling families. In honour of National Teacher Day, Dr. Vandy Britton, head of UFV's Teacher Education department, passes along some tips for parents and children suddenly faced with learning from home and online. Here’s the list: Create a structure or routine together that…
Teacher candidates adapt to sudden switch to virtual classroom
Before schools paused for spring break on March 13, UFV Bachelor of Education student Tsandlia Van Ry was living her dream of becoming a teacher. She was posted to Vedder Elementary in Chilliwack, close to her Skowkale First Nation traditional home. Van Ry, who also holds a Bachelor of Kinesiology from UFV, had completed just…
Historian Jean Barman to speak about Abbotsford legend Irene Kelleher
Governor General Award-winning author Jean Barman will present a talk about Abbotsford teacher Irene Kelleher at the University of the Fraser Valley on February 10. In her new book, Invisible Generations: Living Between Indigenous and White in the Fraser Valley (Caitlin Press), Barman explores the history of the region and the prejudice people of mixed Indigenous and…
Daughter and father team up for Potlatch as Pedagogy book
As a very young man in the 1960s, Haida artist Robert Davidson returned home and became the first person to raise a totem pole in Haida Gwaii in nearly 100 years. Potlatch as Pedagogy, a new book that his daughter, UFV education professor Sara Davidson, wrote in collaboration with him, grew out of their life…
School of Education moving to new home in Mission
Moving day is coming for UFV’s School of Education. On July 29 they’ll be relocating from their current home on the Abbotsford campus to a new home in Mission. The UFV building in Mission has been completely renovated and provides room to grow for a thriving program. “We’ve gone from 64 students to 106, making…UFV partnership with Stó:lō Nation gives students a head start
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.’…Innovative mindfulness program model takes a trickle down approach to
Pay it forward in the form of mindfulness. That’s the idea, at least around the Fraser Valley as of late. People of all ages are practising staying present. They take walks. They learn how to pause before reacting during conflict, focusing on their breath and hands. You see it in daycares, in high school classrooms,…Dr. Awneet Sivia recognized with inaugural West Coast Teaching Excellence
Dr. Awneet Sivia has received a West Coast Teaching Excellence Award as one of the province's top teaching professors. Dr. Sivia is an associate professor in the Teacher Education department at UFV and program chair of the Master of Education in Educational Leadership and Mentorship degree. The British Columbia Teaching and Learning Council (BCTLC) selected…Teaching Excellence 2021 — Awneet Sivia: education must be centred
There were two key experiences early in the teaching career of 2021 UFV Teaching Excellence award recipient Awneet Sivia that defined her approach to her profession. One was accepting a job in Merritt, BC, in 1988, for her first teaching post. The student body was a diverse representation of Indigenous, White, and South Asian backgrounds.…Lieutenant governor’s medal — Tsandlia Van Ry: UFV learning journey
Not too many people can say that they’ve named a school before they even finished their teacher training. Tsandlia Van Ry can. She and a small group of community members proposed the name Stitó:s Lá:lém Totí:lt (‘place of crossing, house of learning’ in Halq'eméylem) for the new elementary/middle school under construction in Chilliwack. This name…Tips for teaching your kids at home during COVID-19
The COVID-19 crisis has turned many of us into home schooling families. In honour of National Teacher Day, Dr. Vandy Britton, head of UFV's Teacher Education department, passes along some tips for parents and children suddenly faced with learning from home and online. Here’s the list: Create a structure or routine together that…Teacher candidates adapt to sudden switch to virtual classroom
Before schools paused for spring break on March 13, UFV Bachelor of Education student Tsandlia Van Ry was living her dream of becoming a teacher. She was posted to Vedder Elementary in Chilliwack, close to her Skowkale First Nation traditional home. Van Ry, who also holds a Bachelor of Kinesiology from UFV, had completed just…Historian Jean Barman to speak about Abbotsford legend Irene Kelleher
Governor General Award-winning author Jean Barman will present a talk about Abbotsford teacher Irene Kelleher at the University of the Fraser Valley on February 10. In her new book, Invisible Generations: Living Between Indigenous and White in the Fraser Valley (Caitlin Press), Barman explores the history of the region and the prejudice people of mixed Indigenous and…Daughter and father team up for Potlatch as Pedagogy book
As a very young man in the 1960s, Haida artist Robert Davidson returned home and became the first person to raise a totem pole in Haida Gwaii in nearly 100 years. Potlatch as Pedagogy, a new book that his daughter, UFV education professor Sara Davidson, wrote in collaboration with him, grew out of their life…
