**New residents!**
Please print off our Move-In Info Sheet -- This will provide you with all the information you will need in order to have a smooth move-in!
Welcome!
The University of the Fraser Valley is proud to offer accommodation
in Abbotsford during your time at UFV.
The heart of residence is in the community
A residence community encourages social and academic growth and provides a rich student centred environment for outof class learning and personal development. Students spend 70% of their time out of class; therefore, it is logical to connect classroom learning to the student and their life in the residence.
It is believed that the single most important environmental influence on student development is the peer group, and research has found that peer group interaction/involvement in the university experience is a key factor for retention and completion of studies. Students living in residence are more likely to participate in more activities and have greater contact with other students, and a more satisfactory social life.
A rich and satisfying residence community allows learning to take place informally, in casual contacts with faculty, staff, and peers. Through real life opportunities, residence living provides opportunities to form and maintain supportive relationships, improve life skills, create life long learners, develop self esteem, emotional maturity, and self responsibility.
Providing a safe environment and enriched opportunities while maintaining a strong focus on the developing needs of the student creates an academic culture where students can value and achieve success. Students will make educational and career decisions, develop leadership qualities, develop and clarify values and learn to live cooperatively with others. Residence is the optimal environment to engage more fully in the university experience, and reflect on their beliefs and understanding of the world.
Students living in residence this September will have
- Frequent and wider ranging contact with faculty, staff, and peers
- Learning community opportunities
- Supports for personal adjustment
- Supports for intellectual growth
- Interactive opportunities to become fully engaged in their own learning and development.
- An interpersonal environment that reflects personal responsibility, citizenship, concern for others, leadership, and an overall atmosphere that is conducive to learning.
Our vision
UFV Residence Services will be recognized for its service to students, excellent out-of-the classroom learning environment, and success in developing independent global citizens.
Our Mission Statement
Residence Services fosters a positive living-learning environment for residents by providing staff, resources, programs, services and facilities that support and promote educational acheivement, personal development and engagement with the global community.
Our philosophy
Our philosophy is to create a community that enhances your university experience. Residence life provides a living/learning environment that enhances the positive development of your academic, social, and personal growth. You will find that living on campus is the best way to maintain your academics, expand your circle of friends, and utilize campus resources. Residence life provides the connections between living, learning, and leadership; provides more access to faculty and staff; and eliminates the stress and cost of commuting. We want your on campus living experience to create a lifetime of fond memories!
Our location
UFV Baker House Residence is located in Abbotsford BC. If you are not from the lower mainland, please click on this Abbotsford map for an introduction to the area. In brief, this location, by car, is approximately 30 minutes away from the Chilliwack campus and 15 minutes away from the Mission campus.
Our accommodation
Each suite at Baker House Residence has two separate bedrooms. In each of these bedrooms there is a desk, chair, night table and single, extra-long bed. The shared area in the unit has a microwave, mini-fridge, kitchen table, and chairs. There is wireless internet throughout the building.There is also a land-line telephone with a direct line. There is a shared common room on all floors with comfortable couches and satellite TV, a study room with moveable tables and chairs and laundry rooms on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floors. This is a non-smoking building.
Residence account payments
Visit the Residence Portal . You will require your Residence USER ID # and PIN # which you received at time of application. If you have lost or misplaced these numbers, please contact us and we will send it to you. Please note:This is NOT your UFV Student Number.
** Click here for important dates & deadlines **
Interested? Have questions?
We want to hear from you!
Feel free to come and talk to us in person at Baker House.
You can also email us at residence@ufv.ca or call: 604-557-4063 Toll-free: 1-888-504-7441 ext 4063 Residence at UFV
Frontdesk Hours
Monday to Wednesday
8 am-10 pm
Thursday & Friday
8 am-1 am
Saturday
6 pm-1 am
Sunday
6 pm-10 pm
University of the Fraser Valley
Residence Services
Phone: 604-557-4063
Fax: 778-880-0270
Toll Free: 1-888-504-7441 ext. 4063
