Fraser Valley Watersheds Coalition – Lecture Series

Fraser Valley Watersheds Coalition FVWC Lecture Series- 7 pm January 16th 2014 – Abbotsford UFV Campus 33844 King Road Abbotsford BC V2S 7M7 Room: A225 Click Here for Map to Campus We are very pleased to have Douw Steyn, Professor, Atmospheric Science, from the University of British Columbia speak to us about air quality. He … Read more

UFV Research Open House – Feb 27

2nd Annual Science Laboratory and Faculty Research Open House Thursday, February 27, 2014 4:30 – 7:30 pm. This year the event will take place on the CEP campus. [hr] The profile of research in science at UFV is diverse, dynamic–and growing! This peer-reviewed and practically applicable community research is taking place in multiple faculties Science, … Read more

UFV biology student making connections and a future through co-op program

Taken from UFV Today, January 16 2014.  Original post by Darren McDonald. Students at UFV ‘make’ many things, from dresses to buildings to gourmet concoctions, in programs such as fashion design, carpentry, and culinary arts. But students who enroll in the co-operative education option, including biology major Brandon Wood, also make money and important career … Read more

greenSPEAK Seminar – Kerry Coast – Jan 28

Centre for Sustainability 2014 greenSPEAK Seminar Series: Tuesday, 28th JAN., at 3:30 B101, Abby Campus (B Bldg.) Open to the public (free) Kerry Coast: Journalist, dramatist, activist Kerry Coast is a journalist, dramatist and activist. She has just published her first book, a researched account of British Columbia’s history – The Colonial Present. Coast has attended the UN … Read more

Undergraduate Conference – Thompson Rivers University

This year it’s TRU hosts the Undergrad Conference, so we’re  inviting TWU, UBCO and UFV students to present posters at our local event. There are no external participants from other faculties – just Science. March 27 – 28, 2014 – Conference January 31  – Applications Due Application Form is now available on the conference website, … Read more

Calling for Research Excellence Award Nominations – 2014

Do you have colleagues who are making an academic impact at UFV through innovative research? Nominate them for UFV’s annual Research Excellence Award! Deadline for nominations is Feb 7, 2014. 2013 Recipient – Noham Weinberg 2012 Recipient – Olav Lian  

UFV Microlectures – Nov. 13, 2013

List of Presenters Jim Daems – English Darrell Fox – Social Work and Human Services Sharon Gillies – Biology Aleksandra Idzior – Visual Arts/History Marcella LaFever – Communications Judy Larsen – UUP Seonaigh MacPherson – Adult Education Linda Pardy – Communications Prabhjot Parmar – English/Social, Cultural, and Media Studies Peter Raabe – Philosophy Michelle Riedlinger- … Read more

Job Opportunities for Students

Science Outreach – Winter 2014 For science students and students interested in teaching. Contact Christine.Dalton@ufv.ca ————————————————————-  The Faculty of Science is running science outreach programs in two locations this winter semester. Super Science Club is an after-school program for elementary students that UFV offers in collaboration with Science World.  The goal of this program is to … Read more