Due to severe flooding and deteriorating road conditions in the Fraser Valley, and the potential for power outages, face-to-face classes at ALL UFV campuses are cancelled beginning at 1 pm today, Monday Nov. 15.<\/p>\n
Students should check with faculty through Blackboard (or the usual method of communication with faculty) as well as your UFV student email for further information regarding alternative classes.<\/p>\n
Online and remote classes will continue as scheduled.<\/p>\n
Faculty and Staff:<\/strong> UFV faculty and staff should check with their supervisors regarding leaving work and should also check Drive BC<\/a> for safe routes home before leaving campus.<\/p>\n Events:<\/strong> All scheduled on-campus events are also cancelled starting at 1 pm today.<\/p>\n The UFV Campus Connector<\/strong> shuttle bus status will be updated on the SUS website <\/a>and SUS twitter.<\/a><\/p>\n Buildings:<\/strong> UFV Libraries closed at 1pm. All other UFV buildings and facilities will remain open as long as conditions allow given the dynamic nature of the severe weather the area is experiencing.<\/p>\n If you elect to stay on campus, you can shelter in place at these locations:<\/p>\n Abbotsford Campus<\/strong> – the main UFV cafeteria in Building B, the Spirit Bear Caf\u00e9 (formerly the Road Runner Caf\u00e9) in Building A.<\/p>\n Chilliwack Campus<\/strong> \u2013 Atrium of Building A at CEP or north entrance of the Trade and Technology Centre (TTC \u2013 Building T).<\/p>\n Emergency Shelter: <\/strong>Please note the City of Abbotsford\u2019s Emergency Support Services has set-up a Reception Centre located at the Abbotsford Recreation Centre (ARC) 2499 McMillan Road for anyone displaced by flooding. If you are unable to return home or have been evacuated from your home you can go to the Abbotsford Recreation Centre for assistance and shelter.<\/p>\n Please check ufv.ca<\/a> for more information and updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Due to severe flooding and deteriorating road conditions in the Fraser Valley, and the potential for power outages, face-to-face classes at ALL UFV campuses are cancelled beginning at 1 pm today, Monday Nov. 15. Students should check with faculty through Blackboard (or the usual method of communication with faculty) as well as your UFV student … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/urgent-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/urgent-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/urgent-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/urgent-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/urgent-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1717"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/urgent-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1722,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/urgent-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1717\/revisions\/1722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/urgent-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/urgent-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/urgent-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}