The Value of a Degree
Herb O'Heron
Mon, Jan 28 • 4:30 pm
Building A, Room A225
Abbotsford Campus
33844 King Rd, Abbotsford, BC
Please join UFV president Dr. Mark Evered in welcoming Herb O’Heron to UFV as the first speaker in the 2013 lecture series.
Mr. O’Heron is the Director, Research and Policy Analysis (RPA), at the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) and secretary to the standing advisory committee on university research. Since 1988, Herb has been working with senior university executives to develop policy positions on a wide array of issues from R&D and innovation, to university financing, faculty renewal, student aid, and more. He has authored many of AUCC’s Research File publications, and is the primary author of AUCC’s Trends in Higher Education publication, which examines factors that influence university enrolment, faculty, and finance in Canada, and the resulting impacts on the resources universities require to meet student demand.
Herb also works with the Centre for Education Statistics at Statistics Canada, and is a member of their National Advisory Committee on Post-secondary Education Statistics. He is a founding member of the Canadian Institutional Research and Planning Association, and has represented AUCC at several international meetings.
This free event is open to members of the community as well as students, alumni, faculty, and staff of the University.
For maps and directions, visit www.ufv.ca/Contact_us.
For additional information, email betsy.terpsma@ufv.ca .
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Indigenizing Our Academy:
Implications for the Health Sciences
Dr. Madeleine MacIvor
Mon, Nov 26 • 4 pm
Aboriginal Gathering Place
Chilliwack campus at Canada Education Park
45190 Caen Avenue, Chilliwack, BC
The University of the Fraser Valley has a long but intermittent history of working collaboratively with Aboriginal communities to develop and deliver programming. In the fall of 2005, the University strengthened its commitment to Aboriginal education by initiating an Indigenization process that includes consultations with Aboriginal communities, developing a working paper, and hosting a national conference. Madeleine MacIvor contributes to the conversation about “Indigenizing Our Academy” by discussing the challenges and opportunities of the Indigenization process with a particular focus on the health sciences.
Madeleine MacIvor is a Métis woman whose family comes from the historic Métis community of Lac Ste. Anne in northern Alberta. She is mother of three adult children and 13 grandchildren. Madeleine moved to Coast Salish territory in 1984 to study at the University of British Columbia where she earned a BEd in Elementary Education (1987), an MA in Science Education (1993), and an EdD in Educational Leadership and Policy. The topic of her doctoral dissertation is “Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education Policy Development in British Columbia, 1986-2011.” In 2011 she received a Doctorate of Letters, honoris causa, from the University of the Fraser Valley for her work in Aboriginal education.
Madeleine spent over twenty years serving the educational needs of Aboriginal students at UBC through her work with the First Nations House of Learning and the Faculty of Forestry. She retired in 2011, and continues to live in Coast Salish territory with her partner, Tim Michel, and her mother, Dorothe Stevenson.
This free event is open to members of the community as well as UFV students, alumni, faculty, and staff.
For maps and directions, visit www.ufv.ca/Contact_us.
2011 UFV news release Madeleine MacIvor.
For additional information, email betsy.terpsma@ufv.ca.
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New Technology and Student Learning
Eric Jordan
LInk to lecture:
http://stream.ufv.ca/onDemand/PLLS/PresidentsLectureSeries_03-Apr-2012_EricJordan.wmv
Tues, Apr 3 • 4:30 pm
Room B101, Abbotsford campus
New technology is rapidly changing the way young people connect with the world. It is shaping how they learn and how their teachers teach. Please join UFV president Mark Evered in welcoming Eric Jordan, who will share his unique perspective on education, new technology, and learning in the 21st century.
Eric Jordan has been recognized as a Canadian internet pioneer, an entrepreneur, and a technology champion. In 2008 he was appointed president of the Premier’s Technology Council, providing guidance on developing BC’s knowledge-based economy and 21st-century education. He has also served on a number of technology and innovation boards and councils and as executive-in-residence in the Faculty of Business at the University of Victoria.
Mr. Jordan was co-founder, CEO and chief strategy officer of PureEdge Solutions. The software he helped develop served millions and was purchased by IBM in 2005 as a key element for many of its Lotus Workplace products. He has also been recognized for his many community and charitable contributions.
This free event is open to members of the community as well as UFV students, alumni, faculty, and staff.
For maps and directions, visit www.ufv.ca/Contact_us.
For additional information, email betsy.terpsma@ufv.ca.
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Gabbing with Gabereau with Dr. Vicki Gabereau
LInk to lecture:
http://stream.ufv.ca/OnDemand/PLLS/UFVPresidentsLectureSeries_VickiGabereau_22-March-2012.wmv
Thurs, Mar 22 at 4:30 pm
Room B101, Abbotsford campus
Canadian radio and television personality and UFV’s 2011 honorary degree recipient Vicki Gabereau is returning to campus to share a few of her stories and life experiences.
Vicki has had a varied career: wife, mother, professional clown, community and CBC radio talk show host, and CTV television personality.
More recently, she’s been filling her days with speaking engagements, fundraising for the Knowledge network, and serving as ICBC’s somewhat reluctant demystifier of car insurance.
Through all these roles, Vicki’s wit and colourful personality shines. She lives by her message to students at convocation: “Life is one big learning curve and you have to keep learning every day of your life.”
Students, faculty and staff, members of the community and alumni are invited to come to this informal session with Vicki and UFV BoG member and student host Justin P. Goodrich. Bring your questions and be prepared to be entertained!
For maps and directions, visit www.ufv.ca/Contact_us.
For additional information, email betsy.terpsma@ufv.ca.
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Necessary Journeys with Karsten Heuer and Leanne Allison
Link to lecture:
http://stream.ufv.ca/OnDemand/PLLS/UFV_PresidentsLectureSeries-KarstenHeuer_29-Feb-2012.wmv
Wed, Feb 29 at 4:30 pm
Room B101, Abbotsford campus
Over the past 15 years, park ranger Karsten Heuer and filmmaker LeanneAllison have walked, paddled, skied and sailed over 10,000 kilometres in an attempt to better understand North American wildlife. In 1998 and1999, they walked from Yellowstone to the Yukon; in 2003, they skied and trekked for five months amidst a herd of 123,000 caribou; and in2007, they canoed and sailed with their two-year-old son across thecountry to visit one of their heroes, author Farley Mowat. What did they learn in all those travels? Join us for insightful stories and wisdom sourced from the land itself.
This free event is open to members of the community as well as students, alumni, faculty, and staff. For maps and directions, visit www.ufv.ca/Contact_us.
For additional information, email betsy.terpsma@ufv.ca.
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Social Justice in an Age of Occupy with Dr. Patsy George
Link to lecture:
http://stream.ufv.ca/OnDemand/PLLS/PresidentsLectureSeries2012_PatsyGeorge_20-Feb-2012.wmv
Mon, Feb 20 at 4:30 pm
Room B101, Abbotsford campus
Please join UFV president Dr. Mark Evered in welcoming Patsy to UFV as the first speaker in the 2012 lecture series.
Dr. Patsy George is a social worker, women’s right activist, and community volunteer. Although retired, she remains a social activist with a keen interest in social justice and a strong desire to see improvement in the conditions of marginalized people, particularly those from Aboriginal communities.
She has received many honours and accolades including the Order of British Columbia (2002) and the Order of Canada (2007). In 2011, she received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from UFV.
This free event is open to members of the community as well as students, alumni, faculty, and staff of the University. For maps and directions, visit www.ufv.ca/Contact_us
For additional information, email betsy.terpsma@ufv.ca.
