Community Health and Social Innovation (CHASI) Hub
Turning knowledge into action
Join the Rotary Club of Abbotsford Sumas and UFV’s Community Health and Social Innovation Hub for conversations around advancing equity in our community. Entry is by donation, in support of the UFV-SUS Food Bank. Event speakers and dates are as follows: September 30: Dr. Keith Carlson November 2: Dr. Darryl Plecas November 30: Dr. Carin … Read more
Join us in transitioning the Pride display to a more permanent home! Come to the K Building patio on UFV’s Abbotsford campus for good music, food, and drinks. Please reserve your spot with an Eventbrite ticket. Door admission is $10 ($5 for students), and includes food and your first drink ticket. This public event is … Read more
On May 18, CHASI feels it is important to celebrate our pride and be in allyship together in a safe, celebratory space. Join us for a free evening of button-making, pizza, good music, and great company! This event is open to all, and will run from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the CHASI Hub, located … Read more
On March 10, CHASI welcomed local visual artist and UFV alumni Faria Firoz to the Hub, where she joined our team for a dinner and conversations around her journey of art activism and community-minded creativity. We thank Faria for showing us how research, activism, and art can come together to create change, and appreciate her … Read more
On June 2, we opened the doors to the CHASI Hub and invited friends and colleagues to reconnect and join us in celebrating our second anniversary! Our guests were treated to the big screen debut of Fragments of History: Unearthing the stories and artefacts of Monashee internment camp. The documentary, revolving around the work of … Read more
On March 17, the Community Health and Social Innovation Hub (CHASI) partnered with BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner (BCOHRC), UFV’s Race and Antiracism Network, and the South Asian Studies Institute to present “Revealing Systemic Racism and Inequalities in BC: Using disaggregated demographic and race-based data.” This is a recording of that virtual conversation … Read more