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Last week’s discovery of the remains of Indigenous children at the Kamloops Indian Residential School once again bears witness to the lasting impact and responsibility that residential schools have in the genocide committed against Indigenous people. The 215 victims join the growing list of over 4100 documented children on the National Residential School Memorial Registrar … Read more
Dr. Peter Geller’s term as Interim Dean of the Faculty of Applied and Technical Studies has been extended until August 31, 2023. He will leave his current role as Vice-Provost on August 31, 2021 in order to focus solely on the Faculty of Applied and Technical Studies. At this pivotal time and as we look to … Read more
Dr. Sylvie Murray has been selected as Dean of the College of Arts. She will commence her duties in this role on July 1, 2021. Murray has held the role of Associate Dean of Faculty in the College of Arts since September 2016. Her career at UFV spans 27 years and has been characterized by … Read more
Randy Kelley has been named Associate Dean of Faculty in the Faculty of Applied and Technical Studies at UFV. He begins a five-year term on March 1, 2021.Kelley brings extensive experience to the role, having begun his career at what was then UCFV as an electronics instructor in the early 1990s. He was one of … Read more
Sundeep Hans will be UFV’s first Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Hans brings with her a wealth of experience in a variety of sectors including education, healthcare, government, and the not-for-profit space, where she has a proven record of advancing EDI through an anti-racism and anti-oppression approach. With a Master of Arts in Global … Read more
June 15 marked the three-month anniversary of UFV announcing that it would move the majority of its academic programming to remote forms of learning. A lot has changed, both in our personal and professional lives, since that announcement was made. The way in which we buy groceries; the way in which we take part in … Read more