Date(s): Thursday, March 14
Time: 8:30 am - 8:00 pm
Location: : Abbotsford Campus
Time: 8:30 am - 8:00 pm
Time: 8:30 am - 8:00 pm
Location: : Abbotsford Campus
Bring your friends and family to share in the festivities, including open classrooms, UFV’s Got Talent, Riverdale Conference, Bhangra Night, and Valley Fest dinner and finale!
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Thursday, March 14
- Open Classroom: THEA 123 – Stage Craft II, C. Carolan
- 8:30am-12:30pm, C1040
- This course introduces the fundamentals of stagecraft, including communication, conflict resolution, and basic project management. We will be working on scenic art techniques for the stage during this class.
- Contact: Claire Carolan claire.carolan@ufv.ca
- Open classroom Japanese 101, J.Sunami
- 9:30-10:25am, D122b
- Contact: Joe.Sunami@ufv.ca
- Visual Arts Student Film Screenings
- 10am-5pm, C1001
- Selected works from VA 160 and 261 students (2017-present), including narrative films, music videos, and animation, will be screened on rotation.
- Contact: Melanie Jones melanie.jones@ufv.ca
- Art Installation: Scared Space by Elisabeth Langton
- 10am-5pm, C1134
- C1134 aka “The Construct” will be home to Part I of a large-scale installation called Scared Space by Elisabeth Langton, a student VA 332 Sculpture & Extended Media IV.
- Contact: Melanie Jones melanie.jones@ufv.ca
- Open classroom Japanese 101, J.Sunami
- 10:30-11:25am, D122b
- Contact: Joe.Sunami@ufv.ca
- Open Classroom – SPAN 202 Intermediate Spanish
- 11:30am-1pm, C1420
- This course will expand, review and actively practice the fundamentals of the Spanish base acquired in first year Spanish, to develop specific, culturally dependent communicative skills in different areas. As well it will expand students reading and understanding skills while introducing them to contemporary literary work by important figures in Hispanic literature.
- Contact: Jaime Bernal-Boyzo at Jaime.Bernal-Boyzo@ufv.ca
- Open Classroom: ENGL 253 Intro to Storytelling in Indigenous, Theatrical, and Global Communities, M. LaFlamme
- 11:30am-2:20pm, C1423
- You are welcome to come and witness the storytelling class in the process! We will be discussing the power of story, community stories, and social justice in our topic this day. We will be focusing on David Diamond’s use of forum theatre for social justice. After our discussion and presentations we will take a short break and then we will all be engaged in theatre games to develop the story. No experience in theatre is necessary but you will need to wear comfortable clothes and be prepared to participate in the class activities.
- Contact: Michelle LaFlamme michelle.laflamme@ufv.ca
- Poetry Reading, T. Carolan
- 12-1pm, Library Flex Room
- Join English faculty member Trevor Carolan as he hosts interactive poetry reading with two readers including Rob Taylor and Bonnie Nish and Jude Neale. There will be light refreshments served.
- Contact: Trevor Carolan trevor.carolan@ufv.ca
- Scholarly Sharing Initiative
- 1-2:30pm, UHouse F145
- The Scholarly Sharing Initiative is a series of monthly gatherings where members of the UFV community discuss their current scholarly work. This event included: Marie-Gerald Jean as she discusses “Let There Be Light: Visual Representation of Electricity in the Late Nineteenth-century”; and Jamie Bernal-Boyzo work on, “Narco sects: A new form of religion in Mexico.”
- Contact: Melissa Walter melissa.walter@ufv.ca
- African Storytelling Workshop, G.Lagzaoui
- 2:30-5pm, B101
- Contact: Ghizlane Laghzaoui Ghizlane.Laghzaoui@ufv.ca
- Theatre – “Attempt on her life” M. Crimp
- 5-7pm, D105
- Who is Anne? Is she a terrorist? A good daughter? Is she a car? A tree? Do we remember her or are we inventing her? This UFV Theatre production is directed by Alex Lazaridis Ferguson, an award-winning director, and actor, and Co-Artistic Director of the internationally acclaimed performance group Fight With a Stick.
- Contact: Leigh Kerr leigh.kerr@ufv.ca
- Bhangra Night, SASI
- 6-8pm, UHouse F125
- The South Asian Studies Institute (SASI) will host a Bhangra/Bollywood night with a performance and your chance to learn alongside a coach! Bring your workout wear and be prepared to have some fun!
- Contact: Sharanjit Sandhra Sharanjit.sandhra@ufv.ca
Contact: valleyfest@ufv.ca
Event Location : Abbotsford Campus
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Valley Fest
Date(s): Thursday, March 14Time: 8:30 am - 8:00 pm