Life in Quarantine During the COVID-19 Era

Submitted by guest blogger, David Harper, Associate Professor, Kinesiology at UFV I’m sure I was exposed to the SARS-COV2 virus at the Denver Airport on March 15th. I was returning home from delivering a keynote address at a conference and arrived at the airport three hours before my flight. Everything there was busy, but normal … Read more

Expanded Options for Professional Development Funds

UFV Human Resources is pleased to announce that all faculty and staff who are working remotely will now be able to use their professional development funds to purchase essential home office equipment. This means for fiscal year 2020-21 you can purchase: Computers to be used for remote work Computer Peripheral Devices: printers, scanners, docking stations … Read more

Routine [and] Connections

Submitted by Guest Blogger Joanne MacLean, UFV President The Covid-19 pandemic has changed what we do and how we do it. Many people tell me they feel as if the virus is impacting every aspect of life, and that can pose a threat to both our physical and mental health. We’ve been asked to physically … Read more

Sounds of Comfort

Submitted by Guest Blogger Marnie Wright, Associate Vice-President, Human Resources   In times like this the need to dig deep, face and respond to change and try to keep ourselves level is a challenge.  One of my tasks over the past several days, has been to set up processes that provide guidance for UFV colleagues … Read more

Deadline is Fast Approaching to Submit Health Spending Account and Training & Development Account Claims

Employees eligible for Health Spending and Training & Development funds are reminded to submit claims for 2019/2020 by March 31, 2020. If you have funds in the Health Spending Account on March 31, 2020 from fiscal year 2019/2020, they will be carried forward for one more fiscal year, but expenses incurred in this fiscal year … Read more