Week of June 1
Cultures of Education: Reflecting on Study Habits, Student-teacher Relationships, and Academic Integrity Through an Intercultural Lens
Ever wonder why some students stay silent in whole-class discussions? Or why other students copy from online sources without citing? How about why some students ask for higher grades… sometimes more than once!? This interactive webinar explores the role that differences in educational cultures might play in shaping students’ behaviours. It also provides a few concrete strategies for helping students understand educational and academic values at UFV, for example around plagiarism academic honesty. Come ready to share stories from your own educational experiences!
This webinar is a stand-alone offering that builds on the discussions and themes covered in the Internationalization and Intercultural Education Webinar.
DATE & LOCATION: June 4, 2020 FROM 10:00 am — 11:00 am Online, Bluejeans
FACILITATOR: Victoria Surtees
REGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cultures-of-education-tickets-107149392718
Helping your Child Succeed
Every parent wants their child to be happy and successful at school. Many parents struggle with knowing how to support their children with school-related activities. This session will invite participants to seek a partnership between each child, the school and themselves. This partnership will create a positive structure at home to support their children’s experience at school and focus on ways to reward effort rather than outcomes.
During this one-hour wellness session participants will:
- Learn to build partnerships between each child, the school and themselves as parents
- Discover how to create a positive structure at home to support their children’s experience at school
- Become aware of ways to reward effort rather than outcomes
DATE & LOCATION: June 1, 2020 from 12:00 PM — 1:00 PM
FACILITATOR: Ryan van’t Kruis , Homewood Health
REGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/helping-your-child-succeed-tickets-107150925302
Goal Setting
At the conclusion of our session, it is my intention for you to be able to take away and have a clearer vision on how to connect the dots to achieving your goals. Through a few thought provoking exercises and some time management ideas, I’m hoping to help you get the ball rolling. Individual goals are different for everyone but I believe they all start by fitting yourself in!
DATE & LOCATION: June 2, 2020 from 12:00 PM — 1:00 PM
FACILITATOR: Lynn Long, Integrative Nutrition Health Coach
REGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/goal-setting-tickets-107151338538
Credit Counselling Society’s – Food & Finance
During this webinar you will learn how to create healthy and financially sustainable meal plans and tips on frugal meal plans. You’ll learn how to find deals that can help make your dollar go further when shopping for groceries.
DATE & LOCATION: June 3, 2020 from 12:00 PM — 1:00 PM
FACILITATOR: Anita Moore, Credit Counselling Society
REGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/credit-counselling-societys-food-finance-tickets-107151444856
Prioritizing Your Personal Well-Being
In this workshop Vanessa Ronksley (B.Sc., B.Ed) will be sharing her personal story about her health and wellness journey and how she made her well-being a priority. She will provide participants with knowledge and strategies about how she overhauled her life with exercise, as well as the challenges she had to overcome to get to her new self. Through this journey Vanessa also realized the passion she had to help others to become the healthiest version of themselves and started up her own health and nutrition business. When she’s not helping others, Vanessa is teaching biology to adult learners, training for her first half-ironman and staying active with her family hiking or exploring the bike paths of Calgary, AB and enjoying the simple pleasures that life brings.
DATE & LOCATION: June 3, 2020 from 12:00 PM — 1:00 PM
FACILITATOR: Vanessa Ronksle
REGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/prioritizing-your-personal-well-being-tickets-107151807942
Project Management
Project management is a fundamental skill in today’s workplace. This workshop will provide you an overview of the discipline, explore how its applied in the business world, and look at ways you can apply it to your work; including essential software to keep your project on track.
DATE & LOCATION: June 4, 2020 from 1:00 PM — 2:00 PM
FACILITATOR: Thomas Jones
REGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/project-management-tickets-107152237226
Health & Wellness
UFV Unite – Connecting the UFV Community
he UFV Athletics and Campus Recreation and Human Resources departments are launching a virtual initiative to build our community while keeping our physical distance. Starting Tuesday, April 14, 2020 join our Facebook group: UFV Unite – Connecting the UFV Community to stay connected and engaged while remembering the importance of exercising the body and mind.
As an added bonus we will be offering incentives and giveaways for your participation. So dust off those runners, prep your veggies and get your boom boxes ready for some creative and interactive ways to stay connected, have fun and be strong!
Got Ideas for upcoming activities or prizes? Email campusrec@ufv.ca or send us a Facebook message: @ufvrec. We’d love to hear from you!