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All UFV campuses and centres will remain CLOSED and all classes and activities are cancelled for the rest of the day and tonight, Thursday, January 16, 2020. No classes or activities will proceed.
Although some campuses including Abbotsford may be seeing less snow with clearer roads, other regions in the Fraser Valley are experiencing very difficult driving conditions. Environment Canada has also forecast more snow, and freezing rain for this evening. These factors dictate a continuance of the closure from this morning.
Our next update will be at 0545am tomorrow morning.
Please check ufv.ca for updates.
Thank you for the updates Dave! You’re doing great!
You are too, Jenna.
And Jenna?
Stay in school.
Is there any building open in Abbotsford location to study?
Sorry A,
No buildings are open on any campus today, Thursday Jan 16. But I applaud your desire to study. Starbucks? Tim Hortons off campus?
Here’s a list of local public libraries if you can get there safely.
Thank you Dave for the update hopefully you are having a good day your doing an awesome job
Jason
Janitor
Thanks Jason. I didn’t pay you to say that did I?
Thanks for all you do to keep UFV running and tidy. Especially during winter conditions. It can get messy with all that snow coming inside. Nice work.
Thanks you Dave for keeping us posted. It takes a lot to stay awake and keep everyone posted.
Take care
Good call Dave. Snow dumping down here in aldergrove right now. 1:13 pm. Once again my walk way is covered in snow.
Hi S,
I do not make the call – it’s a team effort. They’d never give me that much control 🙂
Actually its a committee that looks at a lot of data early in the morning. Like 4 in the morning early.
We know people commute some distance to attend including on hwy 1 – especially hwy 1 – so we look at these factors for all regions and all campuses including these data points:
o Environment Canada warnings and forecasts
o RCMP road advisories
o Drive BC reports
o First hand reports from those who have to drive to campus
o Media traffic reports
o Reports from 24/7 staff in the security offices who take photos of the campuses and measure snow accumulation, wind speed, and condition of sidewalks etc.
o Ability to clear snow so parking is possible
o Staffing levels and ability to clear snow from sidewalks, walkways etc.
o School district closures
o Municipal closures
Stay warm.. and keep studying.