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Dr. Ian Affleck was on Sabbatical from the Math & Stats Department at UFV for 2014-2015 and he has generously provided a great overview of his new open textbook. “Calculus for Everyone”: Developing an Application-Based Open Textbook for First Year Calculus At UFV, as at many post-secondary institutions, the first-year calculus courses required in Science … Read more
Dr. Debbie Wheeler was on Sabbatical from the Biology Department at UFV for 2014-2015 and she has generously provided a great overview of her adventures in Ecuador. ¡Hola Ecuador! It’s me again. Notes from the World’s Worst Traveller. Tapichalaca, somewhere in deepest, darkest Southern Ecuador. It is cold, it is wet, and I am miserable. … Read more
Tropical Ecology and Applied Tropical Ecology Field school in Ecuador is planned for July 2016 8 credits (400 level) Information Session Date: Dec. 8, 2015 Time: 2pm Room: A360 Abbotsford Campus Contact: Debbie.wheeler@ufv.ca or Gregory.schmaltz@ufv.ca
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this talk has been cancelled. Please accept our apologies. Centre of Sustainability greenSPEAK Seminar and the Department of Geography Discoveries Speaker Series present: Dr. Lionel Pandolfo: “Climate Change: Chronology, Perils, Science and Opportunities” Thursday Nov. 26, 2015 2:30 – 4pm Room A413 Abbotsford Campus Climate change is the pivotal issue … Read more
November 26, 2015 7-9:30pm Room B132 Abbotsford Campus Free Pizza Here is your chance to hear what medical school is really like! UFV Alumni who are currently attending UBC medical school will be sharing their experiences thus far and providing some tips for getting ready to apply. There will be food and a raffle ticket … Read more
Who’s who in Science… Dr. Olav Lian joined UFV’s Geography Department in Spring 2004 and began teaching in January 2005 teaching courses in Physical Geography, a Major option in the Bachelor of Science program. Interview: Personal I was born in Vancouver, and grew up in North Vancouver near Seymour Provincial Park, where I went to … Read more
Who’s who in Science… Dr. James Bedard joined UFV’s Biology Department in Fall 2012. Interview: Where did you grow up? I was born and raised in Winnipeg, MB. Where did you go to school? I completed both undergrad and doctoral studies at the University of Manitoba in the department of Microbiology. What brought you to … Read more
For UFV’s 40th Anniversary, Dave Dhat, Jennifer Owen, and Evan Wiens were the three science alumni that were chosen as part of UFV’s Top 40 Alumni. Dave Dhat Dr. Dave Dhat didn’t take a very direct route to a career in medicine. Now an emergency room physician at Abbotsford Regional Hospital, he started his post-secondary … Read more
On October 27, 2015, the Department of Biology and the Dean of the Faculty of Science had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Tara Klassen from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at UBC. Dr. Klassen spoke about her research into a personalized medicine approach to assessing and possibly treating Epilepsy, a disease which is caused by … Read more
“An Introduction to the Mathematics of Data Assimilation” Guest speaker Dr. Sam Pimentel, Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, Department of Mathematics (TWU). Wednesday, November 18 Room A 402 4:30 pm Refreshments will be provided. “Data assimilation refers to a group of methods that seek to improve forecast skill by combining available observations with a … Read more