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! […]
Do you ever feel like you could do more to be sustainable but aren’t sure how? If so, you’ll be excited to know that this March at UFV will be full of events dedicated to sustainability. UFV’s Office of Sustainability, alongside 20 other departments and groups, will host the March for Sustainability event series again […]
The University of the Fraser Valley has once again been named one of BC’s Top Employers. This marks the ninth straight year that UFV has been recognized. B.C.’s Top Employers is a competition that recognizes employers in BC that lead their industries in offering exceptional places to work. It is a sub-set of the annual […]
A new student housing building on UFV’s Abbotsford campus has taken another significant step forward with the selection of the project’s architect and builder. Following public requests for proposals, DIALOG + Group 2 has been selected as the project’s architectural team, while Clark Builders and Turner were chosen as the builders. The Province is providing […]
UFV’s Writer-in-Residence is hosting a poetry reading on Valentine’s Day, but don’t expect a bunch of sappy love verses. Rob Taylor concedes that in honour of the day, he will read “exactly one love poem (no more, no less).” You can catch Taylor and other poets reading their work on Tuesday, Feb 14 in Room […]
A message from Acting UFV President and Vice-Chancellor, Dr. James Mandigo. As you are aware, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake has rocked Türkiye (Turkey) and Syria leading to widespread damage and a rising death toll now estimated at over 20,000 people. Thousands more in both countries are injured or are left homeless. The images and stories […]
What if you could take an entire course in two minutes? Sound impossible? Maybe. But you’d be surprised how much you can learn in just 120 seconds, especially when an expert is sharing their knowledge. UFV faculty presenters will take the stage at the annual faculty microlectures for a maximum of two minutes each to […]
When Dr. Sumin Fang first heard about the 2021 flood on the Sumas Prairie, word came to her through unofficial channels. “One of my colleagues was driving to Abbotsford from Maple Ridge and saw pumpkins floating in a farm field. Then some of my students told me they could not come to class because their […]
The University of the Fraser Valley is collaborating with a group of Stó:lō agencies to offer an educational program that will help participants enhance their capacity for reconciliation building. Xwelítem Siyáya: Allyship and Reconciliation Building will be offered by the UFV Peace and Reconciliation Centre (PARC), in partnership with the Stó:lō Nation, the Stó:lō Tribal […]
Did your romance blossom in the library stacks? Did you meet your beloved in the classroom? Did you kindle the fire of love with coffee at Fairgrounds? Did your “meet cute” with your sweetie occur on a field trip or a UFV event or on a long bus ride for a Cascade teams road trip? […]
Amy Mykes (she/her) has been named as the new Director of Community Programming and Experience at the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV). She joins UFV after several years at the University of Calgary (UCalgary), most recently with their Alumni Engagement Team. Mykes started with UCalgary in January 2016, joining the Government and Community Engagement […]
UFV’s Flood Stories project collected introspective and impactful stories, images, art, and insights from people affected by the devastating Sumas Prairie flood of November 2021 and related environmental disasters. Now the public will be able to view the results of the project at a special exhibition at Abbotsford’s The Reach Gallery Museum. The Flood Stories […]
