Office of the Vice-Provost

Dr. Awneet Sivia is excited to take on the role of Acting Vice Provost Academic. She has held the role of Associate Vice President, Teaching and Learning since 2023, and has been an Associate Professor, Director, and Chair of programs in the School of Education at UFV, and previously held leadership roles in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. As a scholar-practitioner, her vision for innovative, creative, and resilience-building opportunities aligns well with the university’s Strategic Plan and the goal of supporting UFV as a “House of Transformation” – IYAQAWTXW. Through partnerships, policy revisions, and program creation and development, the Office of the Vice Provost plays a key role in expanding the landscape of possibilities at UFV. Currently, the eight areas that report to the OVPA each play an integral role in the operations and systems that govern how we teach, learn, administer, grow, and engage with the internal and external communities as a university. Beyond that, Awneet hopes she can also inspire new ways to deepen and expand the reach of each of these areas in the work they are doing to support UFV as the place to be, learn, and transform. 
 
As a scholar-practitioner, Awneet is a passionate educator and researcher in social justice/antiracist pedagogy, science education, teacher identity, faculty development, and educational leadership. Awneet’s academic publications can be found in Studying Teacher Education, In Education, Canadian Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Journal of Education, and in books published by Brill, Sense, and Lexington. Her current research interests include decolonizing methodologies, rehumanizing science education, narratives of racism/antiracism in teacher education, leadership in online education, and early career faculty experiences. Awneet leads numerous institutional initiatives, including the Institutional Learning Outcomes, the AI Task Force, the Learning Management System Project, Changemaker Education, Indigenizing new faculty development, and policy revisions. She has been a speaker at TEDx Abbotsford (2023) and was nominated for the YWCA Women of Distinction recognition in 2024. As an educator, Awneet has been honoured with several provincial and national teaching awards, including the Teaching Excellence Award (2021), the Westcoast Teaching Excellence Award (2022), and the 3M National Teaching Fellowship (2022).