Fraser Valley – Timing is everything… Wildfires are a source of air pollution particularly relevant in BC. In 2017/2018 the wildfire seasons in BC were considered record-setting. And this past week, smoke from wildfires in the western U.S. caused major…
Abbotsford – The Province of British Columbia is providing $1.14 million in funding to the South Asian Studies Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley (SASI) with support from the Abbotsford Community Foundation to deliver Haq and History: A…
Fraser Valley/Victoria – Holding traffic court at school sites and retired judges returning to service are two of several recent actions taken by government and the provincial court to help reduce pandemic-related backlogs and delays. Government has appointed six new…
Abbotsford – The University of the Fraser Valley has teamed up with community partners to rapidly identify and apply innovations that will improve individual and community health. The Community Health and Social Innovation Hub (CHASI) is a physical and virtual…
Chilliwack – Over the weekend, UFV Alumus and Chilliwack Golf Pro Zach Olson won the 2020 Langley Concrete Chilliwack Open at the Chilliwack Golf Club. Final tally/leaderboard can be found here. Pos.PlayerTotalTo ParGrossR1R2TotalGrossPursePoints1Zach Olson Chilliwack Golf Club-126765132$2,500.003000.002Isaac Lee Swan-e-set Bay…
Fraser Valley – Does physical fitness influence COVID-19 symptom severity, symptom duration, and complications? A research team based at the University of the Fraser Valley wants to find out. And they need the cooperation, via an online survey, of people…
Fraser Valley – There was little pomp and no ceremony (yet) for UFV’s graduating class this year. Due to COVID-19, the University of the Fraser Valley was forced to postpone its usual June Convocation ceremonies. However, the university couldn’t let…
Fraser Valley – Kelly Ridder knows a thing or two about juggling priorities. She balanced a full-time job in the human services field with studies toward a Master of Social Work degree over the past 20 months, with being a…
Fraser Valley – Over the weekend, UFV released a Twitter statement on how they do not condone racism. On other social media platforms including Instagram, there were racist slurs against Asian students that were the basis of the UFV post….
Fraser Valley – Not too many people can say that they’ve named a school before they even finished their teacher training. Tsandlia Van Ry can. She and a small group of community members proposed the name Stitó:s Lá:lém Totí:lt (‘place…