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UCFV Today: Thurs, Jan 31, 2008
Contact us: ucfvtoday@ucfv.ca
Tomorrow: Feb 1 -- Children of War and Peace forum
Revision to Convocation lineup
Change in direct deposit pay stubs
Health tip of the week
Health & Wellness Series
Living the Retirement Lifestyle workshops
Auditions for UCFV Directors’ theatre festival
CIVL Radio AGM
Chair massage
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Tomorrow: Feb 1 ― Children of War and Peace forum
How do wars affect children? How do children become soldiers? What is done for the orphaned, imprisoned and traumatized children and child-soldiers? How can peace education create a sustainable culture of peace? What can Canadians do for children in war-torn and post-war countries?
More than 300,000 children under the age of 18 are believed to be fighting in conflicts. Join us for a thought-provoking afternoon that will challenge your notion of what contemporary warfare looks like today in Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Bosnia/Herzegovina.
We will examine the impact of armed conflict on children, explore ethical issues surrounding the imprisonment of child soldiers and learn about the possibility of developing peace curriculum as part of the educational system in post-conflict societies. The afternoon will conclude with a panel discussion where questions from the audience will be welcome.
Guest speakers include:
Wendy van Tongeren Harvey
(BC Crown Counsel, Former member of the prosecution team at the Special
Court of Sierra Leone, in Freetown and the Hague)
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Jean de Dieu
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(Founder and Executive Director of Neighborhood Care International,
human rights activist and survivor of genocide in Rwanda)
Naghmeh Sobhani
(Director, Education for Peace Balkans office. UN consultant in the Ukraine, the Balkans and Africa)
Stacey Makortoff
(Academic Program Coordinator for Education for Peace International)
Feb 1 ― Children of War and Peace forum
2–5 pm
Abby B101
This event is free of charge, and coffee and tea will be served.
Registration is requested. Please visit www.ucfv.ca/international/cida to register.
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Revision to Convocation line-up
There's been a slight change to which programs are graduating on the Fri, June 13 ceremonies, within the Faculty of Professional Studies. The Aviation, Business Administration and Health Sciences programs are affected. Please see the updated schedule at: www.ucfv.ca/Convocation.htm . It would be appreciated if those areas could advise their students of the time/ceremony change.
Also, the ceremony for the Faculty of Trades & Technology will be held in mid July; the date, time, and location will be finalized soon.
Guest ticket allocation for each graduate is (up to) four tickets each.
Dave Stephen
dave.stephen@ucfv.ca
Amelia Kennedy-Maki
amelia.kennedymaki@ucfv.ca
Convocation 2008 co-managers
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Change in direct deposit pay stubs
Pay information at UCFV is currently available to you in two formats — a paper pay stub issued twice per month showing your direct deposit information, and on-line through “myUCFV”.
Effective February 1, 2008, your direct deposit pay information will be available only online through “myUCFV”. We will no longer be sending out the twice per month paper version.
If you still prefer a print record of your pay information, it is available from myUCFV. If you do not have access to a computer, or you require assistance using myUCFV, a kiosk has been set up in the IT department, Room #B243, and someone from IT will help you access myUCFV to obtain your pay information.
To access your pay information:
Log in to myUCFV
• Select Employee Services tab
• Select Personal Information
• Select Employee
• Select Pay Information
We are also working on streamlining the absence reporting process, and information will be provided at a later date. In the interim, absence report forms normally circulated with your direct deposit pay information will be available from Employee Services or your department.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Employee Services at 4554.
Shelley Engen
HRIS Specialist
Employee Services
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Health tip of the week
Want to know ways to burn 100 calories in less than 30 minutes? Go to http://www.ucfv.ca/es/Fitness_Challenge/Fitness_Tips_of_the_Week.htm for the health tip of the week.
These health tips will be posted on a weekly basis, so stay tuned for the next one!
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Health & Wellness Series
Life Charts Good health is more than sheer physical fitness. Join us for a healthy lifestyle assessment seminar exploring eight key factors that affect the balance of one’s life and plot your personal profile.
Tues, Mar 11
9–11 am
Abby A260
Body-Mind Connection The body-mind connection! Explore with us how the mind operates and how understanding this can change our behavior and our reactions to the situations and people around us. We will address the eight key factors from life charts and begin developing a personal goal plan to support a more balance life.
Thurs, March 20
9 am–11 am
Abby A261.
To register for these, please contact Tara Rozenek at tara.rozenek@ucfv.ca or local 4536.
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Living the Retirement Lifestyle workshops
When your 40-hour work week is now spent at home, something or someone may need to change. These sessions are designed to help you get re-acquainted with people in your household and re-arrange your routine to fit your retired life. Identify new expectations and interests, learn how to adjust well to the retirement lifestyle, and seek out new ideas and adventures that you may want to incorporate into your dream that is about to become a reality.
Two-part workshop
Tues, Feb 5
9 am to noon
Tues, Feb 12
9 am to noon
Abby A260.
To register, please contact Tara Rozenek at tara.rozenek@ucfv.ca or local 4536
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Auditions for UCFV Directors’ Theatre Festival
The UCFV Theatre department will hold open auditions for its annual Directors’ Theatre Festival on Tues, Feb 5, at 7 pm in the theatre on the Chilliwack campus. Local community performers, including UCFV employees, are invited to attend these auditions.
The Directors’ Theatre Festival is a five-day, fringe-style event showcasing some of the best young theatre talent in B.C., featuring directors, performers, and writers from UCFV and other university and college theatre programs.
The Festival will take place April 23 to 27 in the theatre complex on the Chilliwack campus. For more information call: 604-795-2814 or email: theatre@ucfv.ca
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CIVL Radio AGM
Have an interest in community radio?
Campus and Community Radio Society
AGM
Tues, Feb 5
5:15 pm
Registration 4:30 pm
@University House, Abbotsford
We will be looking to elect a couple of staff/faculty/community members as well as student members to the society board.
Bob Simpson
Station Manager
CIVL-fm
bob@civl.ca
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Chair massage
Chair massages will be held on Tues, Feb 5 from 10 am to 1 pm in Abbotsford, B239. The cost is $20 for 20 minutes or $30 for 30 minutes. To book an appointment, please contact Tara Rozenek at tara.rozenek@ucfv.ca or local 4536.
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