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Two Bronze Medals Awarded at Canada-Wide Science Fair 2025 This spring, four exceptional students from the Langley and Chilliwack School Districts proudly represented our region at the 2025 Canada-Wide Science Fair in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Their participation was made possible thanks to the generous support of the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) our dedicated … Read more
From the Abbotsford News (Brandon Tucker) University education has been a major part of Afia Raja’s life for more than a quarter of a century now, with the UFV professor using her many years of experience as an undergrad and graduate student to help better prepare her own students for the outside world. Raja first … Read more
UFV Chilliwack Open House 2025 Explore exciting, career-focused opportunities in Trades & Technology, Health Sciences, and Agriculture. What to expect: Tour state-of-the-art facilities, meet expert faculty and staff, attend live demonstrations, experience hands-on activities. Trades & Technology Tour the shops, labs, and kitchens of the Trades & Technology Centre. BC Builders Road Show: Explore a 34′ … Read more
From UFV Now Dr. Lenore Newman cares deeply about food security, and she believes new technologies are key to ensuring Canada’s food production remains strong even as climate change intensifies. Global food production is suffering in the face of droughts, flooding, geopolitical instability, and other threats, and solutions are needed. “Actively growing our innovation portfolio … Read more
Enjoy an informative, fun-filled day on campus Join us in person anytime between 10 am-2 pm (PDT) at the Abbotsford campus Attendees registered as prospective students will be entered to win prizes, including a $500 tuition credit, AirPods 4, first-year starter packs, and more! View contest rules. Scan the QR code to RSVP Whether you’ve already applied … Read more
The Faculty of Science is looking for 2 Student Representatives to sit on our Science Faculty Council. These positions are for a ONE-YEAR term. The Mandate of the Science Faculty Council (SFC) shall: serve as the forum for sharing information and the discussion of academic matters receive recommendations related to academic programs, including but not limited to: … Read more
From UFV Now Dr. Lauren Erland (right) and student Sebastian Molina Ticas (left) share a laugh in the still-under-construction BERRI Lab last June. As an eager undergraduate, Dr. Lauren Erland was hungry for meaningful research opportunities. She still remembers her first experience in a research lab and is grateful to the instructor who opened the … Read more
Hello everyone and welcome to this year’s bonus blog! Though I will be covering multiple days all the events were in the same area I figured let’s just condense it into one post. Bonus day 1 Although yesterday was the official last day of LIYSF, Issie asked me to help her to the airport as … Read more
Wow, LIYSF is almost over yet, the general consensus is that it feels like we arrived only yesterday. Even though I’ve met some great people here and would easily spend another month alongside them, this day was dedicated to getting every last second with one of my new best friends, Issie. From the start of … Read more
Hello all and welcome to LIYSF day 12! This morning we kicked off our day with a principal lecture given by one of LIYSF’s alumni. Throughout life, our bodies wear down, whether it’s just old age, something more intensive like sport, or a freak accident causing body trauma. Though our body has some mechanisms to … Read more