Welcom
e back to campus everyone – we’ve missed you! We are pleased to offer you some great learning and development opportunities this fall semester.
Living our Values – Integrity
Respect in the Workplace
The University of the Fraser Valley is enriched by the students, staff and faculty from varied and diverse backgrounds. Each and every community member is an integral part of the mosaic that is UFV and being respectful of one another is a fundamental cornerstone of the growth, learning and engagement necessary to keep the university thriving. As such, there is no room for discrimination, harassment or bullying on any of the UFV campuses.
The University acknowledges its responsibility in providing all members of the university community with access to information on the Discrimination, Bullying and Harassment in all its forms and to provide appropriate avenues for redress.
UFV’s Harassment Prevention Policy 18 provides information on the university’s commitment to provide a harassment free environment for staff and faculty. This workshop will:
- Cover the key elements contained in Policy 18
- Provide ample opportunity for discussion and shared learning
- Engage learners in scenario-based understanding of harassment, discrimination and bullying
Date & Location: October 5, 2021 Room C1429 Abbotsford Campus
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Facilitator: Kim White
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/respect-in-the-workplace-tickets-162963725891
Respect in the Workplace – Preventing Discrimination, Harassment, and Bullying
This interactive course includes:
- increased understanding what is a respectful workplace
- definitions of discrimination, harassment, and bullying
- increased awareness of behaviours that constitute discrimination, harassment, bullying, or disrespect
- information about what employees can do if they have a complaint or a concern
- tools on how to speak up if employees witness discrimination, harassment, or bullying
- provides information on respectful language and gender identity expression</li
- opportunity to apply the principles they learn to realistic workplace situations
Date & Location: October 28, 2021 Online – Zoom (20-25 participants)
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Facilitator: Rebecca Frame & Associates
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/respect-in-the-workplace-preventing-discrimination-harassment-and-bully-tickets-165143014201
Understanding your Blind Spots
Increase awareness of your blind spots – those elements of your personality of which you are unaware, but others see. To improve your performance through consciously working on your blind spots. To deepen understanding of the impact of the ‘less conscious’ and of the ‘shadow’ in your life. To build an awareness and acceptance of your blind spots and their relation to your shadow.
*Pre-requisite – Must have completed either the initial Beginning the Journey Workshop, or have a completed Insights Discovery Profile*
Date & Location: September 29, 2021 Online – Zoom
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Facilitator: Kim White
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/understanding-your-blind-spots-tickets-162963868317
Making Effective Selection Decisions
Overview: This workshop explores the best practices in hiring and is designed to help employees be effective SAC Chairs or members. Topics covered are: purpose of the interview, legal considerations in hiring, job descriptions and competencies, developing interview questions, and deliberation and decision making.
Date & Location: October 27, 2021 Abbotsford Campus, Room A203B
Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Facilitators: Mark Pearson & Tara Rozenek
Audience: All employees, supervisors, managers, & leaders
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/making-effective-selection-decisions-tickets-162963974635
Community
Playing with Possibilities
As we transition to in-person work, how might we strengthen relationships across teams at UFV for greater resilience?
Objective 1: Resilience tools and wellness practices for the transition to in-person work
Objective 2: Connect the dots of commonalties, similar goals, and build bridges of connection across silos for increased communication and collaboration
Objective 3: Get to know each other in a relaxed and playful state that reduces tension, obstacles and possible anxiety of hesitations. Create new connections and spark potential relationship building
The quality of our relationships impacts our health, happiness and stress. If you’ve ever enjoyed the energizing feeling of well-being after playing around the campfire with reflective conversations this is the professional remote version of that “glow”.
Limited spots available for a small group, hands-on, experience of two 120 minute sessions
Dates & Location: September 14, 2021 and September 28, 2021 Online – Zoom (max 25)
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Facilitator: Kirsten Anderson
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/playing-with-possibilities-tickets-162964133109
Beginning the Journey – Insights Discovery Session
Self-Awareness is the foundation of excellent teamwork, improved communication, enhanced productivity and truly inspirational leadership. Insights can raise the level of self-awareness throughout the university and help faculty and staff re-integrate into a highly successful future.
The Insights Discovery model is a simple and accessible four-color model which, accompanied by an Insights Discovery Personal Profile, helps people to understand more about themselves and others. It creates a common language that makes it easier to identify strengths and address weaknesses, so that individuals and teams can perform at their highest level. This model provides an effective foundation for learning programs since it inspires individuals to think about how they act and communicate.
Every person has all four colour energies within them but has a natural preference for some over others which influence their motivations and behavior; it is the combination of these energies which creates each unique personality.
By understanding your own and others’ preferences better, you can take simple, practical actions that improve your everyday relationships. The Insights Discovery Profile is your guide, enabling you to take control of your own development.
In this two-hour virtual event using ‘Zoom’ technology, participants will be guided through the engaging learning content by a skill facilitator. The content covered in the session includes:
The Insights Discover model
- Perception
- The four colour energies of the model
- Jungian preferences of Introversion and Extraversion, Thinking and Feeling and Sensation and Intuition
Understanding the four color energies
- How to recognize the color energies in yourself and others
The Insights Discovery Personal Profile
- Reviewing validity and connecting with your profile
- Exploring the overview page
- Explaining the graphs and preference flow
Adapting to connect
- Adapting and connecting with your team members
Action plan
- How to apply this knowledge of self and others in the workplace
Learner commitments
- We want you to be fully engaged with the facilitator, your fellow learners and the material as you move through this virtual experience
- We encourage you to commit fully to your personal development by completing the self-directed learning
- A webcam is highly recommended for the virtual Introduction to Insights Discovery session
- A quiet space to connect to allow full participation and concentration is essential
- If you cannot get a fully private space in your office or home please let everyone around you know you are engaged in a learning experience
- Please treat this program as if you were in a room with others for a face-to-face experience
Date & Location: September 16, 2021 Online on Zoom
Time: 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Facilitator: Kim White
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beginning-the-journey-insights-discovery-session-tickets-162964275535
Building Effective Relationships
Objectives: To build relationships that can transform our own level of effectiveness. To learn practical steps on how to adapt and connect to a variety of styles. To approach interactions and relationships from a new point of view.
Date & Location: October 20, 2021 Online – Zoom
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Facilitator: Kim White
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/building-effective-relationships-tickets-162964436015
*Pre-requisite – Must have completed either the initial Beginning the Journey Workshop, or have a completed Insights Discovery Profile*
Excellence
Get Organized – Time Management
“Get Organized” workshop was developed and honed through coaching hundreds of business people on how to be more effective with one of their most important commodities – time
Paradoxically, poor organizational habits are often encouraged by the same technology that was designed to make us more effective: it is not uncommon for business people to spend most of their days swamped with e-mail, meeting requests and piles of paper around the office. This typically results in a reduced ability to get work done (particularly strategic work), coupled with high levels of stress and even burnout.
This course will help participants develop superior organizational skills by providing a simple, yet effective workflow system that is integrated with standard tools and technology such as Microsoft Outlook.
Results You Can Expect
- Productivity gains of 20-80%
- Greater ability to get strategic work done
- Greater accountability and ability to meet commitments
- Reduced stress
Date & Location: October 14, 2021 Abbotsford Campus, Room A203B
Time: 9:00 am to 12:30 am
Facilitators: Helen Schneiderman, Kwela Leadership Group
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/get-organized-time-management-tickets-162964536315
Building Emotional Intelligence
Emotional intelligence involves understanding yourself –goals, intentions, emotions, and responses plus recognizing others and their feelings. This involves a level of self-mastery (self-awareness and self-regulation), plus social intelligence (empathy and social skill). Managing your own feelings so they are expressed appropriately and effectively plus enabling people to work together smoothly toward their common goals is key to building success in the workplace. This session will review some important strategies to help you develop your emotional intelligence
Date & Location: November 4, 2021 Online – Zoom
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Facilitator: Ryan van’t Kruis, Homewood Health
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/building-emotional-intelligence-tickets-162964638621
Giving and Receiving Feedback
Objectives: To enable you to master the practicalities of giving and receiving feedback. To present the ‘D4’ Insights feedback model. To increase the effectiveness of your feedback. To reflect on what there is for you to learn about yourself from the feedback you give to others.
Date & Location: November 16, 2021 Online – Zoom
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Facilitator: Kim White
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/giving-and-receiving-feedback-tickets-162964791077
*Pre-requisite – Must have completed either the initial Beginning the Journey Workshop, or have a completed Insights Discovery Profile*
Inclusiveness
Responding with Respect: Workplace Mental Health Skills for Managers (workshop is full)
This workshop has been designed specifically for managers and supervisors to build on their knowledge and skills to support an employee when they are struggling with what may be a mental health challenge, or with a situation that is affecting their mental health.
Date & Location: September 7, 2021 Online – Zoom
Time: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Facilitators: Canadian Mental Health Association
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/responding-with-respect-workplace-mental-health-skills-for-managers-tickets-162965122067
Responding with Respect: Workplace Mental Health Skills for Managers
This workshop has been designed specifically for managers and supervisors to build on their knowledge and skills to support an employee when they are struggling with what may be a mental health challenge, or with a situation that is affecting their mental health. – CMHBC
Date & Location: October 4, 2021 Abbotsford Campus Room A203B (max 24 participants)
Time: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Facilitators: Canadian Mental Health Association
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/responding-with-respect-workplace-mental-health-skills-for-managers-tickets-162965298595
Unconscious Bias in the Selection Process
Date & Location: October 7, October 13, October 20
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Room A225
Facilitators: Sundeep Hans, Director, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Register: October 7: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/unconscious-bias-in-the-selection-process-tickets-164660689555
October 13: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/unconscious-bias-in-the-selection-process-tickets-164660761771
October 20: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/unconscious-bias-in-the-selection-process-tickets-164660874107
Health & Wellness
Coping with Change – Homewood
Change is a fact of life, but letting go of the familiar can be challenging. When we understand the need for change, and are resourced to manage it, we transition with greater ease. Participants in this half-day workshop explore strategies, frameworks, self-care tools and resources to navigate the change process successfully. Participants will also get an opportunity to reflect on their own reactions to change and
discuss common issues relating to coping with change.
Date & Location: September 23, 2021 Online – Zoom
Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Facilitator: Ryan van’t Kruis, Homewood Health
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coping-with-change-tickets-162965354763
Building Resilience: Understanding Challenges, Learning Strategies, and Accepting Change
Resilience training is the journey towards knowledge and mastery of the body, heart, mind, and spirit. This session will help you break negative thought patterns and find healthier ways of thinking and behaving, by drawing on a series of effective practical strategies in the areas of looking after your physical health, respecting your mental/ emotional health and building a strong social network
Date & Location: October 21, 2021 Online – Zoom
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Facilitator: Ryan van’t Kruis, Homewood Health
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/building-resilience-understanding-challenges-and-learning-strategies-tickets-162965467099
Leading Through to the Next Normal – Wellness Works
What will it take to navigate this crisis, now that our traditional metrics and assumptions have been rendered irrelevant? More simply put, it’s our turn to answer a question that many of us once asked of our grandparents: What did you do during the war? Our answer is a call to act across five stages, leading from the crisis of today to the next normal that will emerge after the battle against COVID-19 has been won: Resolve, Resilience, Return, Reimagination, and Reform.
Date & Location: September 21, 2021 Online – Zoom
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Facilitator: Victoria Grainger, Wellness Works Canada
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUscOmvpzssE9RIxLIkzIJiBbi7XLtUyDce
Privacy Training – FIPPA Basics
An overview of privacy legislation in British Columbia. Topics to be discussed will include freedom of information requests, protection of privacy and a consideration of privacy issues that arise in a remote-work environment.
Date & Location: October 5, 2021 Abbotsford Campus room A203B
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Facilitators: Stephen Gaspar
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/privacy-training-fippa-basics-tickets-164661014527
Supporting Students – Early Assist for Fall
Many of our students are struggling with the various impacts of COVID-19 and physical distancing measures. In this session, we will discuss how to support students equitably and sustainably when our own capacity for empathy is limited. Participants will be asked to reflect upon and share their own experiences of supporting students during this time of uncertainty and anxiety.
Date & Location: October 5, 2021 Online – Zoom
Time: 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Facilitators: Bryanna Anderson, Student Support Coordinator and Greg Mather, Associate Director, Student Affairs
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/supporting-students-early-assist-in-the-fall-tickets-168815360287
Advanced Excel
Learn advanced skills in Microsoft Excel through Blackboard Collaborate. Topics may include financial functions, table creating and manipulation, PivotTables and PivotCharts, custom formatting, and consolidating data. Contact the instructor at Courtney.Boisvert@ufv.ca by November 22th. if you have specific topics you’d like covered.
Date & Location: November 24, 2021 Online
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Facilitator: Courtney Boisvert
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/advanced-excel-tickets-164049174497
Advanced Word
Learn advanced Microsoft Word skills through Blackboard Collaborate. Topics may include form, index, table of contents, and tab stop creation. Review and revising documents and document protection. Contact the instructor at Courtney.Boisvert@ufv.ca by November 1st if you have specific topics you’d like covered.
Date & Location: November 4, 2021 Online
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Facilitator: Courtney Boisvert
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/advanced-word-tickets-164049621835
Managing Email Effectively
Looking to be more efficient with your emails? This workshop covers tips and tricks used in MS Outlook to enhance your productivity by utilizing the calendar to categorize, create recurring appointments, and plan meetings with others. Additionally, learn to effectively utilize contacts and manage your day-to-day tasks.
Date & Location: October 19, 2021 Online
Time: 12:00 pm– 1:30 pm
Facilitator: Courtney Boisvert
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/managing-email-effectively-tickets-164049718123
Transitioning to MS Office 365: Word, Excel, Outlook
UFV has transitioned to MS Office 365, providing employees with access to additional MS programs and services. While there aren’t many major changes within the programs, this course will highlight differences and how to navigate this new system. We will discuss Excel, Word and Outlook. Contact the instructor at Courtney.Boisvert@ufv.ca by Sept 20th if you have specific topics you’d like covered.
Date & Location: September 22, 2021 Online
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Facilitator: Courtney Boisvert
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/transitioning-to-ms-office-365-word-excel-outlook-tickets-164049986927
Minute Taking
This workshop provides introductory minute-taking skills in a digital environment. Participants will learn the steps in the minute-taking process including agenda, pre-meeting minutes, and minute template skills. The workshop will also focus on iCompass, an agenda and meeting management software.
Date & Time: October 15, 2021 Online
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Facilitator: Lisa McMartin
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/minute-taking-tickets-164050251719
Fundamentals of Content Marketing
One of the primary goals of marketing is to connect in a meaningful way with your audiences. Content marketing helps you to create a deep connection based on the needs and interests of your audience, so that you become a trusted resource that people turn to repeatedly. Get an overview of content marketing and learn how you can develop, run and measure your own content marketing program.
Date & Location: October 6, 2021 Abbotsford Campus Room B121
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Facilitator: Breanna Willock
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fundamentals-of-content-marketing-tickets-164050466361
Fundamentals of Writing for the Web
Research shows that the ways in which we consume information have been changing significantly as more information and content moves online. Learn the fundamentals of how to inform, instruct and inspire your website visitors.
Date & Location: September 14, 2021 Abbotsford Camus Room A232
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Facilitator: Stephanie Jantzen and Marieme Mbengue
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fundamentals-of-writing-for-the-web-tickets-164050813399
ATS Training Session for Hiring Managers and SAC Chairs
Human Resources has been offering ongoing training sessions to train users on the functions of the new Applicant Tracking System, which has now been LIVE since January 7, 2021. Features of the new system include:
- Web-based posting requisition form
- Multi-level, online approvals, and posting tracking
- Online application interface for job seekers
- Secure resume viewing dashboard for selection committee and chairs
- Optional online shortlisting and interview booking tools
- Online recommendation process including salary placement recommendation (NEW)
- Online approval between Finance and HR
- Electronic request for contract form – generated when an employee is placed into a positio
- Secure online SIN and Birthday upload following job offer
- Online onboarding email with links to orientation process.
Additional training sessions for hiring managers/SAC chairs and selection advisory committee members have now been scheduled.
Hiring Manager/SAC Chair Session
Date & Location: September 22, 2021 Online – Zoom
Time: 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ats-training-session-hiring-managerssac-chairs-tickets-164052867543
Date & Location: October 26, 2021 Online – Zoom
Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ats-training-session-hiring-managerssac-chairs-tickets-164052973861
SAC Members
Date & Location: September 29, 2021 Online – Zoom
Time: 11:00 am – 11:30 am
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ats-training-session-sac-members-tickets-164053216587
Employee Information Session for the Bachelor of Integrated Studies (BIS) and General Studies Diploma (GSD) Program
Are you a UFV Employee who’s thinking about earning a BIS or GSD credential? Do you have questions and want more information?
Please join us on Wednesday, September 22 at this virtual information session and learn how:
- a BIS degree or GS diploma credential could ladder and prepare you for career advancement within UFV
- UFV supports employees to further their education through staff educational leaves
- tuition assistance and in-service professional development fund can support your educational endeavours
- transfer credits, ABT credits or professional training can be applied towards a BIS degree or GS diploma
- you can customize your own educational experience to fit your educational and professional goals
All are welcome! Registration is not required.
For anyone who is unable to attend, the info session will be recorded and uploaded online for viewing.
Please email igs@ufv.ca if you have any questions
Date & Location: Wednesday, September 22 Online – MS Teams
Time: 10:30 am to 12:00 pm
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