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The engineering graduate school fair at UBC is a part of the Canadian Graduate Engineering Consortium. Representatives from UBC and the universities of Toronto, McGill, Waterloo, Queen’s, McMaster and Alberta will be on hand to answer questions about their graduate programs. Register today and meet with experts, faculty and students from Canada’s top graduate engineering … Read more
Worker Bee Honey, the largest beekeeping operation in BC, is setting up an analytical lab to analyze honey samples collected around North America. Currently, a Bruker 400 MHz NMR Food Screener is on site with plans for also setting up quantitative PCR pollen analysis. In addition, collaborations with groups using Raman spectrometry and mass spectrometry … Read more
Are you a new or returning UFV science student? If so, this event is for you! Come on out and visit with your fellow science students, science faculty and staff while getting information on the Science Clubs and Associations. Of course there’s free pizza, refreshments and door prizes! Music provided by CIVL Radio. This is … Read more
Math Mania is an evening of mathematical demonstrations, puzzles and hands-on activities for elementary school children. It’s designed to show children – and their parents – how much fun you can have playing with mathematical games and concepts. Volunteers run individual tables, each with their own activity or activities. You’ll get a chance to try … Read more
SustainableUFV has 2 WORK-STUDY POSITIONS currently available for students that share passion for sustainability: Sustainable Transportation Feasibility Coordinator Resource Reduction and Recovery Analyst Flexibility. Income! Build connections. Improve skills. Make a significant impact. Go to the CareerLink website to apply by Wednesday August 29th. Don’t keep these positions a secret, we want to ensure lots … Read more
Hello one more time, everyone! This day marks the final day of the LIYSF/CERN experience, with us visiting CERN itself. It was an early start, as it usually is. We had our last french breakfast and headed to CERN on the bus. When we arrived we were all given your typical visitor lanyards and entered … Read more
Hello again, everybody! Today marked the 5th day of the CERN Programme, and our last bit of time in Paris. It was a short amount of time spent, as we wasted no time waiting and left for the train the moment breakfast was finished. We loaded our luggage onto the train, and quickly noticed the … Read more
Hello again! Another amazing day of tourism, this time with a little more flavor. Literally! Today began with the usual groggy wake up and a delicious baguette breakfast. We then left, taking the metro to the le tour Eiffel. It’s even more magnificent up close than from where we saw it before. Surrounding the tower, … Read more
Science Rocks! was invited to take part in the static display at the 2018 Abbotsford International Airshow alongside UFV’s branded Boeing 747 aircraft and the Aerospace Trades booth. This was a great opportunity for us to showcase our summer camps as well as other science outreach programs. David Mora Perea, our Let’s Talk Science Coordinator, … Read more
Bonjour! Welcome back to the LIYSF / CERN blog! I think the entirety of the science done in Paris happened yesterday. Today was a day of tourism! Our first visit after breakfast was to the Louvre museum. Never had I ever really understood how many pieces of art and displays you could cram into one … Read more