Dr. Peter Jones, who served as the University of the Fraser Valley’s third president from 1987 to 1997, passed away peacefully at his home on Gabriola Island on March 10, 2026. Peter served as president during a time of great change for the institution. He came to what was then Fraser Valley College in 1987,…

Shantini Klaassen uses her arts education to imagine a future without fossil fuels. As people and culture manager at the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative, Shantini, who earned a BA from UFV in 2007, supports global experts and activists working to create a roadmap for a just transition away from coal, oil, and gas.   “We have an infrastructure that completely relies on fossil fuels, and what we need to do is invest in the…

She walked in the door as an accounts payable officer in 1989. She’ll retire this month as Vice-President, Administration. There were many steps along the way, including an unexpected year as Interim President. Jackie Hogan has grown up with the University of the Fraser Valley. Before she joined as an employee at the age of…

For nearly two years during and after the pandemic, the halls of the University of the Fraser Valley’s Hope Centre sat quiet.  Now, guided by extensive community feedback, the centre is rebuilding its role as an education hub for the eastern Fraser Valley.  Through interviews and surveys with partners including the District of Hope, School…

The University of the Fraser Valley marked an exciting milestone on March 17, welcoming students, community members, and government partners to its Abbotsford campus for the official opening of new student housing and a revitalized dining hall. The celebration included a ribbon cutting for Lá:léms Ye EverGreen, a six-storey student housing building that adds nearly…

The University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) welcomed agriculture leaders, alumni, and sector partners to campus on February 10 to mark Canada’s Agriculture Day and highlight the partnerships that support applied agricultural education.  Approximately 55 representatives from farms, agri-food businesses, and industry organizations gathered for campus tours and discussions focused on strengthening collaboration between UFV…

As Nathan Speedie, UFV’s new director of student housing, looks up at Lá:léms Ye EverGreen, the brand-new six-storey, 398-bed building on UFV’s Abbotsford campus, he’s struck by the notion that he has returned to a university that has grown and changed in many ways since he was a student in 2003. And he’s changed too. …

Climate change doesn’t always arrive as drought or wildfire.  On May 28, 2021, Travis Hopcott found it in the form of an unexpected cold snap that wiped out 90 per cent of a cranberry field, a $130,000 loss in a single morning.  “If you ever wanted to see a grown man cry, that was the night,” recalls the UFV agriculture alumnus, a…

Imagine a future for UFV that includes liveable communities nestled beside the Abbotsford and Chilliwack campuses: developments that would enliven the campus environment and help the university by funding institutional priorities. That’s the long-term goal of the UFV Properties Trust, also known as Campus Communities: to develop land on our campuses in order to generate…

Climate change has far-reaching implications for our planet, with intensifying weather causing changes to the landscape, displacing communities, and threatening our long-term survival.  An unhealthy planet also affects our daily lives. At an upcoming Science Café on Wednesday, March 18 at the UFV Chilliwack campus library (45190 Caen Ave., Building A), four speakers will discuss how climate change impacts our physical, mental, social, and spiritual health.  Science Cafés offer casual, dynamic interactions between the…

What begins as a patchwork of blankets laid out to represent Stó:lō territory slowly shrinks, fragments, and disappears. In a year marked by a landmark B.C. Supreme Court ruling on unsurrendered Indigenous land, the lessons of Beyond Blankets: A Stó:lō Lands Exercise are resonating more deeply than ever.  When Hi:olemtel (Grand Chief Clarence “Kat” Pennier) first considered Beyond Blankets, he saw it as a way…

Every day, fire alarms ring and firefighters do their courageous work, risking their own lives to save others. Their deeds are sometimes recognized in a newspaper or social media post, but memories of their heroic acts fade with time.  That’s why Adam Campbell and the Abbotsford Firefighters Association enlisted the help of UFV history students Sophie Jones and Hunter Gauthier. Adam knows there’s a rich history within the Abbotsford Fire Department, but with each…