{"id":1596,"date":"2024-09-23T20:57:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T20:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/?p=1596"},"modified":"2024-10-24T22:02:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T22:02:46","slug":"pearls-of-wisdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/2024\/09\/23\/pearls-of-wisdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearls of Wisdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/files\/2024\/09\/CC-Sept-2024.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1601 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/files\/2024\/09\/CC-Sept-2024-200x300.png\" alt=\"UFV employee holding pearls of wisdom design\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/files\/2024\/09\/CC-Sept-2024-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/files\/2024\/09\/CC-Sept-2024.png 503w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/files\/2024\/09\/resized-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1602 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/files\/2024\/09\/resized-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"UFV women working on Pearls of Wisdom hoops\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/files\/2024\/09\/resized-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/files\/2024\/09\/resized-rotated.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>To celebrate 50 years of excellence in teaching and mentoring, all UFV faculty and staff are invited to create a collaborative visual art piece that literally weaves together our wisdom as educators and mentors at UFV.<\/p>\n<p>Using embroidery hoops as looms, we will use simple weaving techniques to create unique and beautiful pearls that include the wise teaching practices we\u2019ve developed over the years. Don\u2019t worry \u2013 there is no prior weaving experience required!<\/p>\n<p>In May 2025, we will assemble the hoops into an art piece representing our collective brilliance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can participate in different ways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Join our monthly Craft and Commiserate Sessions, where you\u2019ll be able to meet faculty and staff from across different the institution to chat in a relaxed atmosphere.<\/li>\n<li>Take a hoop home or back to your office and do it as a unit or individually.<\/li>\n<li>Drop by the TLC and add to our communal hoop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Get in touch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/teaching-and-learning\/contact-us\/victoria-surtees.htm\">Victoria Surtees<\/a>, Learning Specialist at the TLC if you\u2019d like to learn more:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:victoria.surtees@ufv.ca\">victoria.surtees@ufv.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate 50 years of excellence in teaching and mentoring, all UFV faculty and staff are invited to create a collaborative visual art piece that literally weaves together our wisdom as educators and mentors at UFV. Using embroidery hoops as looms, we will use simple weaving techniques to create unique and beautiful pearls that include &#8230; <a title=\"Pearls of Wisdom\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/2024\/09\/23\/pearls-of-wisdom\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":268,"featured_media":1602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-workshop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/268"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1596"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1604,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1596\/revisions\/1604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}