News and Events
Please welcome Sharisse Birk who will be taking over the role as Student Sustainability Coordinator from Travis Gingerich who will be graduating this year. Sharisse is a 3rd year Business student, with a penchant for communications and social media. Her most recent foray into sustainability has been to live a zero-waste lifestyle. She’s been working … Read more
Students brought their learning to life on Thursday, April 5 at the annual Student Research Day event hosted by the Research, Engagement and Graduate Studies department. The event included a two-minute micro-lecture challenge, where students shared the results of their research in a fast-pace format, followed by a poster fair and research awards. Asking questions, … Read more
The Faculty of Science is pleased to announce that Nikola Trotzuk has been selected to represent UFV at the 60th London International Youth Science Forum this summer! He’ll be joining the world’s leading young scientists from more than 75 participating countries. For two weeks, he’ll be immersed in an international community exchanging ideas and experiences … Read more
The Fraser Valley Regional Science Fair would not be possible if it was not for the generous support of our partners, sponsors and donors. We are extremely grateful for their help in making our Science Fair possible! Please join us in thanking the following organizations: PARTNERS SILVER SPONSORS BRONZE SPONSORS Abbotsford/Sumas Rotary Club FRIENDS … Read more
Students from grades K-12 across the Fraser Valley came together last week to compete for thousands of dollars in cash and prizes including the chance to represent the Fraser Valley with Team BC at the Canada Wide Science Fair to be held in Ottawa, Ontario next month. We were honoured to have the Honourable Judith … Read more
Please join us on Saturday, April 7th for our Fraser Valley Regional Science Fair Open House and have some FUN WITH SCIENCE!!! All of our Science Fair participants have worked very hard on their science projects and now is the time for them to show you what talent lies within the Fraser Valley! Doors will … Read more
Ekanki Chawla, Isabelle St. Martin and Nikola Trotzuk have successfully cleared the first hurdle and will now present a research topic of their choice to our Selection Panel. When: March 28, 2018– 4PM – 6PM (Q&A Period to Follow) Where: D213 Abbotsford Campus The successful candidate will be traveling (all expenses paid!) to the London … Read more
Sustainable UFV has a few exciting plans up their sleeve for the months ahead. More will surely come with a new Student Sustainability Coordinator at the helm as well! EnergyWise Network: We’re back with BC Hydro for another year of EnergyWise. Through this program, we receive coaching and financial support to achieve greater energy efficiencies. … Read more
2018 Grads: Book your photo session now! Professional photographers from Artona Group, the official graduation photographer for UFV, will be on the Abbotsford and Chilliwack CEP campuses in February and March for graduate portrait sessions ($15 sitting fee). Feb 22 – 24 – Chilliwack CEP campus Classroom: CEPA 2428 March 5 – 17 – Abbotsford … Read more
The Faculty of Science was pleased to welcome Dr. Lucy Lee, Dean of Science at UFV. Although she is on sabbatical/administrative leave, she stopped by to talk about her research passion as part of the Faculty of Science Dean’s Seminar Series. Dr. Lee has devoted over 35 years to fish cell line development. Invitromatics is … Read more