Several people with ties to UFV were involved in the recent federal election, which saw the Liberals win a majority government and the Conservatives form the official opposition. Jati Sidhu is the Liberal MP-elect for the newly created riding of Mission-Matsqui-Fraser Canyon. Sidhu, a former UFV Board of Governors member, has a long history with…

UFV agriculture students and faculty gathered recently to thank Otter Co-op for supporting their Agricultural programs through a $75,000 donation of funds and gifts-in-kind. The funding provided by Otter Co-op helped to build and outfit barn facilities in the UFV Agriculture Centre of Excellence (ACE) on the UFV Chilliwack campus. UFV has named the Otter…

Experience the magic and power of one of the world’s greatest stories in this stunning stage adaptation of the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts in their quest for the Golden Fleece. Full of energy and humour, Argonautika by Mary Zimmerman runs through Nov 29 at the University of the Fraser Valley performance theatre. “Argonautika…

Coast Capital Savings and UFV are continuing their collaborative partnership by creating the Coast Capital Savings Peer Resource and Leadership Centre. Student leadership and peer-to-peer student assistance will continue to thrive at UFV thanks to a $50,000 contribution from Coast Capital Savings, Canada’s second largest credit union. Located in the Student Union Building on the…

Breathing. It's something we do thousands of times a day. We take it for granted, until we start having trouble. But the quality of air we breathe has a great impact on our overall health. Air pollution also impacts visibility and the environment. UFV has teamed up with several community partners for an air quality…

Sarah Wierks of the University of the Fraser Valley women’s basketball program has been selected to receive Canadian Interuniversity Sport’s most prestigious academic award. Wierks, a Chilliwack, B.C. product, is a member of the CIS Top Eight Academic All-Canadian team for the 2014-15 season. She is the first-ever UFV Cascades athlete to achieve the distinction.…

We’ve all seen the images. Refugees fleeing their homes with only what they can carry, crossing the ocean on crowded vessels, and walking urban highways looking for a safe haven. Children and old people struggling to keep up, and in some tragic cases, falling by the wayside. The current plight of Syrian refugees has gripped…

From health-related physical activity to exercise physiology — biomechanics and beyond — the field of kinesiology is full of opportunities to explore. On Oct 19, the Kinesiology Student Association organized the second annual Kinesiology Day (aka Kin Day) bringing together students, faculty, and staff to explore various aspects of the field of kinesiology. “This event…

The University of the Fraser Valley men’s golf team staged a massive final-round rally on Friday at the PING CCAA Golf National Championships to earn the bronze medal. Playing at their home course, Chilliwack Golf Club, the Cascades men came into the day in seventh place, 17 strokes back of the front-running Niagara College Knights…

For Dr. Olav Lian and his team of student researchers it’s all about the details. Teeny, tiny, miniscule details — grains of sand in this case — that lead to big discoveries. Lian is an earth scientist in UFV’s Geography and the Environment department, and he and his student researchers have helped make a giant…

Passion is the energy that comes from the core of who we are as defined by our unique set of gifts. That’s the theme of a panel discussion to be led by sports psychologist Roger Friesen at the University of the Fraser Valley on October 15. Friesen and guest panelists — several of whom are…

This past September, the United Nations ratified 17 global sustainable development goals that will provide a framework for the world’s development through 2030. Six UFV students had the opportunity to contribute to the development of these goals during their internship in Tanzania this past summer. On Tuesday, October 13, they will share some of their…