Hometown hero Nick Taylor took a trip to Paris this month; the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) honorary degree recipient represented Team Canada at the 2024 Olympics.   Nick won the RBC Canadian Open in 2023, slingshotting himself all the way to the Olympic golf team. The 36-year-old Abbotsford local was the first Canadian to…

  Nick Taylor is a star in the world of professional golf. In 2023 he won his fourth PGA Tour event – the RBC Canadian Open, the first Canadian to do so since 1954 – and he’s currently the No. 32 ranked golfer on the planet. But he’s never forgotten his hometown of Abbotsford and…

For the third year in a row, the Career Closet is clothing student job-hunters while battling prejudice in the workplace. Hillary Rowe, a Student Transition and Engagement Coordinator with UFV’s Student Experience Office, created and directs the project. The Career Closet is part of March for Sustainability, an annual event series addressing topics like climate…

Those looking for community at UFV don't need to look far. There’s a variety of fun, welcoming groups on campus with exciting events for those that identify as 2SLGBTQIA+ and allies to enjoy. The UFV Pride Collective The UFV Pride Collective is a student-led organization that strives to make the university a safer and more…

Located in room S1111 of the Abbotsford Student Union Building, the Student Support Centre helps students navigate university policies and challenging circumstances while connecting them to resources. Though previously known as Priority Access to Student Support (PASS), they now provide the same care and assistance through a Student Support Referral instead of a PASS referral.…

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…

A great idea can start with a sticky note. A year and a half ago, UFV peer tutor Phillip Retief jotted down the words “accessibility lab” as part of a brainstorming activity during a staff training day. Today, he hosts the real thing twice a week at the Academic Success Centre, bringing an array of…

UFV welcomes the ‘Quake Cottage’ to its Abbotsford campus Oct 19 as the BC Earthquake Alliance (BCEA) kicks off its province-wide Earthquake Preparedness Tour. The Quake Cottage by Motion Safe is a mobile earthquake simulator that demonstrates what a major earthquake feels like, mimicking one that rates 8.0 on the Richter Scale. The public is…

Amanda McCormick admits it's tough hearing the stories of people who’ve experienced domestic violence. It’s part of her job leading projects on intimate partner violence in UFV’s Centre for Public Safety and Criminal Justice Research, and running the Reducing Domestic Violence Community of Practice in the Peace and Reconciliation Centre, and it exacts an emotional toll. But…

Is there an increasing youth crime problem in Abbotsford and across Canada? That’s the impression you might have following the news and social media, but is it accurate? Dr. Darryl Plecas offers his take Nov 2, 2023 when he joins the Exploring Equity Speaker Series for a talk titled ‘What’s Really Going on with Youth…

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on society. It has forced us to change many of our daily habits and challenged our assumptions about routines and activities we took for granted in the past. It also provided researchers with the opportunity to conduct real-time research on the effects of a pandemic. The UFV…

Bands blast, rappers lay down beats, and poets are slamming — all in one night and all in one room. One young woman is in her element, putting herself on the line and reading for  a live audience. It’s all part of a fundraising evening organized by the Raspberry collective at the Reach Gallery and…