AGENDA for the Regular Meeting - Public Session of the University of the Fraser Valley BOARD OF GOVERNORS Thursday, September 8, 2016 5:00 pm Boardroom A225/A229, Abbotsford campus, 33844 King Road, Abbotsford, BC V2S 7M8

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. 1. WELCOME from the CHAIR - John Pankratz (5:00 - 5:10) . 2. PRESENTATIONS (5:10 - 6:10) . 2.1. UFV Cascades Athletics - Steve Tuckwood, Director, Athletics and Campus Recreation . 2.2. UDistrict - Craig Toews, Executive Director, Campus Planning and Resource development and guests from the City of Abbotsford . 3. CALL TO ORDER - John Panktraz (6:10 - 6:15) . 4. PRESIDENT'S REPORT - Mark Evered (6:15 - 7:00) . 3 - 16 4.1. President's Written Report . 4.2. President's Verbal Report . 5. REPORTS (7:00 - 7:05) . 17 - 20 5.1. Indigenization at UFV Report . 6. BOARD MEMBER ATTENDANCE AT COMMUNITY EVENTS - John Pankratz (7:05 - 7:10) . 7. INFORMATION ITEMS - John Pankratz (7:10 - 7:15) . 7.1. Approved items from Board in-camera sessions To see additional information on these items, please contact Linda Dahl, Executive Assistant, UFV Board of Governors. . 7.1.1. Board in-camera session, 2016 05 20  Strategic Investment Fund . 7.1.2. Board in-camera session, 2016 06 17  2016-2017 UFV Accountability Report  2016-2017 Ministry Mandate Letter  Learning Everywhere: The UFV Education Plan 2016-2020

Page 1 of 20 UFV Board meeting Agenda, Public Session September 8, 2016 Page  Program Report and Plan 2016  Strategic Research Plan 2016-2020  Academic Success Centre, First Year Report  Student Awards Fundraising Plan 2016-2020  2017-2018 Budget Principles and Timelines  2016-2017 Capital Budget  Security Contract  Election of Board officers, term ending June 30, 2017  Board Executive Committee members, term ending June 30, 2017 . 7.1.3. Board in-camera session, 2016 07 13  Campus Food Services contract . 7.1.4. Board in-camera session, 2016 08 05  Collective Agreement . 8. ADJOURNMENT and NEXT MEETING The next public meeting of the UFV Board of Governors is on October 6, 2016 at 5 pm in room 245d on the UFV Mission campus at Heritage Park. . 8.1. IN-CAMERA SESSION WITH UFV PRESIDENT (7:15 - 7:20)

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PRESIDENT’S REPORT TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS

September 2016

President’s Report

Reports received from academic and service units are included below. An update of the President’s activities for the month of June, July and August will be presented at the meeting.

Research, Engagement and Graduate Studies (Adrienne Chan, Associate VP)

Students:

Students Presenting at Conferences Since April, the Research Services Office has supported 19 students with funding to present their research at professional conferences around the globe. Students from Arts, Sciences, Professional Studies and Health Sciences travelled to Victoria, Calgary, Toronto, Florida, California, France and Austria to enhance their formal education with presentation experience and by networking with professionals in their chosen fields.

Recent KPE graduate, Tyler Hamilton, received the Student Poster Award at the Canadian Psychological Association convention. Tyler said there was so much interest in his poster that he could hardly catch his breath!

Student Research Day More than 83 UFV students participated in this lively day with poster presentations and microlectures. This year, the event was combined with the BC Undergraduate Research Conference hosted by UFV. The Student Union Building conference room was bursting with posters and much chatter as students competed for Best Poster awards sponsored by the VP Academic, AVPs and Deans. Photos, videos and more information available at: https://www.ufv.ca/research/students--research/student-research-day/ .

Undergraduate Research Excellence Awards UFV presented 25 students with awards of up to $1,000 each on May 30. UFV administration, faculty, students and their guests enjoyed a celebration dinner at the Ramada Inn. Student recipients of national grants, scholarships and other awards were also recognized. To view the program, photos and more information go to: https://www.ufv.ca/research/students--research/undergrad- research-excellence-award/ .

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The Research Services Office works diligently to ensure all students have the opportunity to participate in research activities. It was heart-warming to note that at convocation this year, three out of four student speakers, four out of five Deans’ medalists, and both the Gold and Silver Governor General award recipients had been supported in numerous ways by the Research Services Office.

Research Chairs:

Hugh Brody, Canada Research Chair, Aboriginal Studies Hugh took a break from his film projects on Syrian refugees in Calais to teach in the Indigenous Maps, Films, Rights and Land Claims Certificate at UFV this summer with Ken Brealey, Sonny McHalsie, and David Schaepe.

Lenore Newman, Canada Research Chair, Food Safety and Environment The Canada Research Chairs program approved Lenore’s application for renewal of her five-year chair. Lenore has been very active in acquiring additional funding for many projects for the Agriburban Research Centre. Lenore also gave a keynote address on Land Use in Delta at the Delta Farmer’s Institute.

Canada Research Chair (CRC), Health and Community An application has been submitted to the CRC program for a new national chair in Health and Community. A UFV selection advisory committee reviewed some excellent candidates and selected one who is a good fit with current UFV programming and who will also generate new research initiatives. Results will be received in October.

Irwin Cohen, RCMP Research Chair The RCMP has extended the research chair to March 31, 2017 and plans to complete a review of the research chair program.

Research Grants:

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Associate Professor Lin Long of the Physics department has received a NSERC two-year grant of $215,000 for her project titled Automated Honey Extraction System. Current systems involve high labour costs, low efficiency and huge honey waste. An advanced robotic honey extraction system is highly desired. Long and her team expect to do extensive research and develop all the drawings, program, and bill of materials for building a prototype.

Research Office Activities:

Personnel After years of temporary positions, a permanent Research Office Assistant position has been created. Kelly Tracey joined our team and is quickly learning the ropes.

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Workshops The Research Services office will again be offering workshops this fall for new faculty, research option and scholarly activity release applications, and student grant and scholarship assistance.

Centres and Labs:

Read more about UFV Research labs at: https://www.ufv.ca/research/centres/ . The annual report on the Centres will be posted there in the near future.

Agriculture Centre for Excellence (ACE) (Garry Fehr, Director) ACE is collaborating with the Ministry of Agriculture, eight other post-secondary institutions and a number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to develop a digital portal as a hub and distribution point for coordinating agriculture education. There is interest from the provincial government to improve the existing British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer (BCAAT) articulation process so that students can more easily access agriculture education from all universities, colleges and institutes.

The Centre is facilitating agriculture research with UFV faculty, researchers from other universities, and industry. For example, the Surrey Biopods is a greenhouse research centre (built with Investment Agriculture Foundation funding) that tests and demonstrates agriculture innovation from industry partners BW Global Greenhouses and Affinor Growing Systems. The Centre is lining up research from SFU Watergenics and their robotics department for 2017, and it is expected that KPU and BCIT will get an opportunity to use the facilities before UFV is back inside. In the meantime, we are training the students from the John Volken Academy and are providing the students an opportunity to earn the Horticulture Technician Industry Training Authority Certificate.

ACE co-hosted the Cities and Food forum June 9 and 10 which included speakers from Kenya, Tanzania and across Canada. It attracted students, researchers, government representatives and NGOs.

In March, Director Garry Fehr was the key note speaker for India’s national seminar on agriculture and food security, and was appointed Visiting Scholar status March 10-19. While in Chandigarh there were two meetings with the BC Trade Commissioner. The Commissioner is interested in working with UFV and agri-business in the Fraser Valley.

Research on the following projects is in process and they are expected to be complete before January 2017:  The Importance of Seasonal Agricultural Labour in the Fraser Valley  Diversifying the Agri-Food Economy in Punjab  Abbotsford Agriculture Business Database for Industrial Research Assistance Program  Mapping Agriculture Curriculum in BC Post-Secondary Education Institutions

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New research projects that will be initiated in September 2016:  Building Agricultural Resilience – two-year project funded by Abbotsford Community Foundation, includes funding for four assistant positions  Low Tech Urban Agriculture Handbook and paper – one-year project funded Work Study position, in collaboration with Suzanne Speak of Newcastle University  Identifying Agriculture Extension Gaps – in collaboration with Rebecca Harbutt of KPU and Hannah Whitman of UBC – White Paper to be submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture

Recent presentations and publications include: Fehr, G. 2016. Agri-Technology, Food Security and the Global Marketplace. Key Note Address at the National Seminar on Agriculture and Food Security in India: Challenges and Opportunities. Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. March 10, 2016.

Fehr, G. 2016. Challenges Implementing the National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) Cultivation Scheme in Madhya Pradesh. National Seminar on Agriculture and Food Security in India: Challenges and Opportunities. Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. March 10, 2016.

Fehr, G. 2016. Food Security and Rural Life in 21st Century India. Abbotsford Learning Plus. Abbotsford, BC. April 12, 2016.

Fehr, G. (In Press). Evolving Aboriginal land claims and rights in British Columbia, Canada. In Azimkhan Pathan and Deepak Srivastava (Eds.), Humanitarian jurisprudence, constitutionalism and rule of law: Contemporary issues and challenges. New Delhi (Peer Reviewed).

Student volunteers working on the associated projects for work experience: Alyssa Bougie – Feeding Nine Billion Challenge Shijie Ou – Abbotsford Agriculture Business Database for Industrial Research Assistance Program Alexandria Bragg, Research Assistant (paid) - Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program research project

Graduate Studies:

Master of Arts, Criminal Justice Admissions: 13 students will begin the two-year cohort program in September.

Master of Social Work Graduates: 19 students received their Master’s degree at convocation in June. Admissions: 19 students will begin the two-year cohort program in September.

Note: Many Research, Engagement, and Graduate Studies related activities are also reported under the Faculties or other sections of the President’s report.

(Jody Gordon, VP Students)

Office of the Registrar: As was noted in the previous report to the Board, a recruitment and selection process to fill the position of University Registrar was conducted in the spring. This process has now concluded with the appointment of David Johnston who began in his new role on July 20. David brings

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extensive experience in student support and enrolment management and is busy this summer getting to know the institution.

The Office of the Registrar is pleased to note that UFV is one of the first post-secondary institutions in BC to provide “another gender identity” option that students can choose to use on their student record. Previously, only the traditional male and female gender options were available. In September, students who are transitioning gender are also allowed to indicate a “preferred name” to be identified by on class rosters, the myUFV system, the Blackboard Course Management system, and in their email address if they so choose.

Preliminary Enrolment Report:

Admission, Fall 2016 With the application cycle for fall 2016 largely complete, we are seeing a small decrease in applications across all programs of -4.5% over 2015. The decline is seen in Trades, Vocational and Developmental (English as a Second Language and Adult Basic Education) applicants. However, when looking at Undergraduate and Graduate program applications, UFV has experienced a modest 1.2% growth over 2015 (8,629 vs 8,524). Additionally, UFV has attracted applications from 1,815 international students, which is an increase of 3.4% over the same time last year.

Registration, Summer 2016 Although UFV had fewer international students on campus this summer, there was an uptick in participation from domestic students leading to essentially the same overall enrolment this year as last year (3,806 vs 3,792). The number of classes students took over the summer term this year fell marginally (7,499 and 7,599 respectively), but is still significantly ahead of 2014 when there were only 6,977 course registrations.

Registration, Fall 2016 While it is expected that students will continue to add courses before classes get underway, overall student registration is running about 1% ahead of the same time last year. While domestic registration is essentially flat there has been a 9% increase in degree (including certificate and diploma) seeking international students as well as additional international student registrations in English as a Second Language programs.

Additionally, 325 students have registered in Applied and Technical Studies programs, which is an increase of 21 students over 2015.

Athletics:

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On June 17, UFV and PacificSport announced they are joining forces to provide a variety of innovative services and programs for students, athletes, volunteers, and coaches across the Fraser Valley.

(L to R) Steve Tuckwood, UFV Director of Athletics and Campus Recreation; Jody Gordon, UFV Vice- President. Students and Enrolment Management; and Jared Kope, Executive Director, PacificSport.

PacificSport Fraser Valley serves the community delivering programs and services throughout the full range of sport participation: from the grassroots level through to elite athletes seeking podium appearances.

The partnership with UFV will support healthy living and sport in the Fraser Valley by offering students experiential learning opportunities as athletic trainers, in athlete-led leadership programs, and through participation in research involving UFV faculty, students, and staff. UFV and PacificSport will also explore paid cooperative, internship, and volunteer positions in marketing, promotion, fundraising, web design, general office support, and leadership training. Where appropriate these activities will be recognized by UFV’s co-curricular record — a portfolio that validates and endorses students’ extra-curricular experiences. PacificSport will also be the official centre of UFV for the development of athletes, coaches and athletic performance. The partnership will offer bursary opportunities for current or former PacificSport athletes to study at UFV. Over the course of the agreement, PacificSport and UFV will also collaborate on space-sharing initiatives and on UFV student-led leadership program delivery to athletes in the Fraser Valley.

The Cascades sports teams are well into their off-seasons; nevertheless, there have been plenty of exciting developments for the UFV athletic department over the summer months. In June, former Cascades rowing team member Lisa Roman was nominated by Rowing Canada to represent Canada at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Roman was part of the Cascades Olympic rower Lisa Roman Canadian entry in the women’s eight, and she is the first-ever Cascades alumna to be chosen for the Olympics. The Olympic rowing events ran August 6-14. Shelby Beck made a trip of her own to Brazil in July – the five-year standout with the Cascades women’s soccer team was selected for the Canadian squad which competed at the World University Futsal Championship in Goiania, Brazil. Beck helped Canada to a fourth-place finish, registering two goals and six assists along the way. The Langley product is the second athlete in Cascades’ history to

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represent Canada at a FISU (Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire) championship – golfer Aaron Pauls is the other.

In mid-July, the UFV athletic department and University Baseball Academy of Chilliwack announced a partnership to launch a club baseball Women’s soccer player Shelby Beck participating in the program in 2016-17. The World University Futsal Championship in Brazil. UFV Cascades Baseball Club will become the sixth team in the Canadian College Baseball Cascades Athletic Director Steve Tuckwood (far left) and UFV Conference (CCBC), and Cascades Baseball Club stakeholders. will play out of Chilliwack’s Fairfield Island Park.

UFV was a key host site for the BC Summer Games, which were held in Abbotsford July 21-24 and brought upwards of 3,000 athletes from across the province into the community. Most notably, the girls’ volleyball tournament (and the boys’ volleyball medal games) were contested at the Envision Athletic Centre. Other highlights included thousands of athletes and coaches congregating on the Abbotsford campus green on the evening of July 21 to get organized for their march over to Abbotsford Centre for the opening ceremony, which was followed by a provincial reception held at the Student Union Building. Additionally, officials from several sports stayed in the Baker House residence during the Games.

BC Summer Games athletes march through the Abbotsford campus on their way to the opening ceremonies.

The Cascades are deepening their connection to the community through summer sport camps for young athletes. This year’s camp offerings included boys basketball (August 22-26) and girls volleyball (August 29-September 1), and featured expert instruction from UFV varsity head coaches with assistance from current Cascades athletes, alumni, and/or community coaches. Adam Friesen (men’s basketball) and Mike Gilray (women’s volleyball) ran the camps in their respective sports.

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The Cascades have continued to roll out recruiting announcements over the course of the summer, welcoming new student-athletes to UFV. Women’s volleyball, men’s volleyball and wrestling all recently unveiled their 2016 recruiting classes. With September fast approaching, a trio of Cascades teams are preparing to embark on their preseason schedules. The women’s basketball team hosted a pair of National Collegiate Athlete Association Division 1 squads, the Wisconsin Badgers and the Florida Atlantic Owls, in exhibition action on August 10 and August 12, respectively. The soccer teams, meanwhile, highlight their preseasons with stateside trips. Men’s soccer hit the road to face three opponents in Oregon and Washington (August 13-16), while women’s soccer took on four Washington foes (August 17-21). Both Cascades soccer teams opened the Canada West regular season on September 2 at their new home pitch, Matsqui Recreation Centre Sports Complex Field 4. The women’s soccer team clashed with their local rivals, the Trinity Western Spartans, and the men faced the Thompson Rivers WolfPack. In staffing news, the Cascades have hired Alicia Hurley as Associate Athletic Director. Alicia is well-known on campus, having previously served as the Cascades event coordinator. Career Centre:

Co-operative education (Co-op) programs in three areas of study at UFV are now nationally accredited by the Canadian Association for Co-operative Education (CAFCE).

The Cooperative Education programs in Arts, Professional Studies and Science at UFV have all attained this accreditation.

“Let me congratulate the University of the Fraser Valley on its accreditation of the above programs,” said Karen Reimer, Chair CAFCE Accreditation Council. “We commend UFV for its ongoing leadership in Canadian co-operative education and adherence to the CAFCE criteria and standards of quality.” UFV’s Co-op programs have demonstrated a standardized approach reflecting the rigorous process of evaluation set forth by CAFCE.

Disability Resource Centre (DRC):

DRC is seeing a successful end to a busy summer period and looking forward to the fall with a growing number of complex cases. The most recent count shows that DRC is currently serving 972 students, a number which has been growing steadily by approximately 10% over the past three years. The chart below lists details of the students we are serving: Chronic Health Impairments 55 Cognitive Disability 5 Hearing Disability 31 Mental Health Disability 245 Multiple Disabilities 6 Neurological – CP/MS/Parkinson’s 88 Neurological – Learning Disability 189 Neurological – ADD/ADHD 18 Neurological – Autism 86 Physical Disability 201

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Visual Disability 17 Other 4 TOTAL 972 With one-time funding provided by the Ministry of Advanced Education, DRC recently completed a search for a new disability advisor who will develop a legacy program for students with disabilities transitioning from high school into Trades programs. Steve Vogel hails from Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) where he worked as an academic strategist, and will be based at the Chilliwack campus. He has begun in earnest, meeting with members of the Trades department and planning methods of data collection.

The workshop “Peer-Assisted Learning: Working with Students with Disabilities” was delivered to the peer tutors and staff of the Academic Success Centre (ASC) on July 8 and 22. The first section of the workshop addressed research on peer-assisted learning, fundamental concepts in human cognition (e.g., mental representations, cognitive bias), “elements” of learning (e.g., working memory, abstract thinking) and the importance of developing a distributional understanding of human ability. The second section of the workshop elaborated on the ways strengths and weaknesses among the elements of learning occur across students, how disability can/is/should be defined, and the ways peer tutors can recognize and address difficulties in language, social skills, concept formation, writing and planning.

The Self-Determination and Disclosure symposium has been scheduled for late October. The half-day symposium will include a student panel, research presentations by UFV DRC disability advisors, perspectives from Counselling and guidelines to support staff and faculty who are working to support students registered at DRC.

Counselling Services:

Logistics for fall workshops, events and initiatives were reviewed and included the following offerings: Mental Health Screening and Education Day, Career and Life Planning workshops, Study Smart Day workshops and Stress Management and Study Skills workshops. These workshops will target the broader UFV student body, in addition to specific student groups including Health Science nursing students, Applied Business Technology, Workplace Training in Attitudes, Skills, and Knowledge (TASK) and Student Life student leaders. In addition, targeting specific populations, including international and male students, was also identified as important groups to support.

The Counselling department is participating in an initiative focused on stigma reduction and mental health awareness on university campuses. During the month of July, the Counselling team began planning for the October 6 event, in partnership with Art with Impact http://www.artwithimpact.org/ a nonprofit organization that uses the emotional power of short film to reduce stigma around mental illness on university and high school campuses. The Movies for Mental Health event will take place during the Mental Illness Awareness Week, October 2-8, and is intended to have a positive social impact among students, encouraging them to access campus and community resources. Student Life, Student Union Society and the Mental Health Awareness Club will be collaborating with the Counselling department during this important Mental Health Week.

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The Counselling department collected and reviewed statistics for 2015. Results showed personal counselling appointments had increased by 56% compared to 2012. The increases in service demands did not prevent the department from remaining committed to their areas of service: Personal Counselling and Mental Well-Being, Crisis Counselling and Support, Career and Life Planning, Study Skills Instruction and Student Success and consultation with faculty, staff and administrators. The Counselling department continues to operate efficiently by meeting the needs of students in a supportive and timely fashion.

Student Life and Development:

Financial Aid and Awards Adult Upgrading Grant (AUG) Year-End Update 2015/16 $409,053 was disbursed as part of the Ministry-provided Adult Upgrading Grant (AUG). These are transition funds from the previous Adult Basic Education Student Assistance Program (ABESAP), designed to support students who are eligible under the new government funding model for university upgrading and high school credential completion.

Applications for the 2016/17 year are now available on the Financial Aid and Awards Website.

Advising Qualifying and Exploratory Advising The Qualifying and Exploratory (Q&E) Advisors have been working closely with the Office of the Registrar and the Dean of the Faculty of Access and Continuing Education to finalize the Qualifying Studies (QS) regulations as per the Strategic Enrolment Management Plan.

During fall 2016 registration, the Q&E Advisors saw their first round of students who were prevented from registering because they had not met with an Academic Advisor to develop their educational plan prior to completing 18 university-level credits. The Q&E Advisors increased available drop-in times around QS registration to accommodate those students who needed to register for classes.

The Q&E Advisors will not know exactly how many students will be prevented from registering for the winter 2017 semester until after stable enrolment in September. However, we are anticipating a significant number of students will require mandatory advising prior to registering. The Q&E Advisors are currently working on a plan to accommodate the demand during the winter 2017 registration period.

The Q&E Advisors will also be doing High School Onsite Advising during the fall semester. This will take place at the end of October/beginning of November.

Residence Life Recruitment for the Assistant Residence Life Coordinator (ARLC) has begun. Reporting to the Manager, Housing and Residence Life, the ARLC will support the manager in the planning, implementation and evaluation of a comprehensive residence life program in UFV’s student residence housing. This position is designed as an advanced student leadership position for those interested in gaining experience in the residence life and student affairs field. In this capacity, the ARLC will develop supervision skills through overseeing the Resident Assistant (RA) staff, and will work as part of the Residence Services department in providing direction to the residence life program at the University of the Fraser Valley.

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Baker House Kitchen Committee The Baker House Kitchen Committee completed its review of the community standards and processes related to kitchen use, and has developed a kitchen orientation program for the fall. The program will be delivered during Move-in Week. Eight, 30-minute orientations are being offered to new and returning students. The objective is to increase student engagement in establishing and maintaining food safe practices within the community, to provide an opportunity for students living on their own to develop their daily living skills with respect to food preparation, food safety and kitchen safety.

Baker House Community Garden Phase II of the Community Garden project is now complete. Two keyhole gardens and a herb garden were established this summer. Students have begun to use the salad greens and fresh herbs in their cooking. During the fall Kitchen Orientations produce from the garden will be used during the demonstrations to promote access and use of the vegetables and herbs being grown.

The project was led by Resident Assistant, Cody Dumas and Front Desk Assistant, Camda- Gaye Johnston. The two student staff were responsible for coordinating the construction, planting and maintenance of the gardens as well as engaging student residents in the project.

Baker House Gardens

Community Building Throughout the summer a variety of community building programs were coordinated by the Summer Resident Assistants. These events were attended by an average of 10-15 people (35%). These activities included ping pong tournaments, movie nights, an art center was built and promoted, Surrey Fusion Festival; community dinners and regular lawn game nights.

Canada Day Twenty-eight Baker House residents participated in a traditional BC salmon barbeque on Canada Day. Fresh wild sockeye salmon was procured through the Independent Grocer at cost. The students who attended collaborated to prepare the food, decorate the kitchen and patio and to set up a variety of lawn games.

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On July 19 and 20, Residence Services and the Coast Capital Savings Peer Resource and Leadership Centre hosted a two-day facilitator training for the workshop “Let’s Get Consensual.” Ten UFV professional staff and students along with representatives from UBC, SFU, Trinity Western University, Douglas College and Camosun College attended and are now qualified to deliver the Anti-Violence Project’s workshop “Let’s Get Consensual” to UFV students. UFV professional staff who attended are now meeting to develop a UFV-branded curriculum to train additional UFV professional staff and students in the future.

Staff and students who attended are also members of the CLEAR Committee. The committee’s purpose is to develop and implement a student-centered campaign that promotes awareness of gender based violence on university campuses, and to begin creating an educational framework that supports a shift towards consent culture for students who are navigating intimate relationships. The committee has established the following goals and potential events for this year’s campaign:  Collaborate with UFV Marketing and Communications to create a campaign name and brand;  Create and launch a pledge campaign;  Tabling and pledging at all student-centered events;  Deliver the Let’s Get Consensual Workshop to students once per month. This would be available to all UFV students;  Host a number of events to inform, educate and engage UFV on the topic; o September or April host an outdoor concert with a well-known spokesperson against gender-based violence o Viewing of documentaries followed by a faculty-led discussion o Restroom Campaign o Host a visual Art Display and Feminist Poetry Slam on International Women’s Day o Paint the Campus Teal Campaign during Sexual Assault Awareness Month o Host a panel discussion during Male Survivors Awareness Month

Housing Operations Housing Applications We currently have 34 students residing in Baker House for late summer. As of early July, Baker House was full for the fall term (199 students), and 33 students are on the waitlist. The winter application period opens September 15 and it is anticipated that Baker House will be full for the winter term by mid-October.

The Residence demographics for the fall 2016 academic term are:  75 domestic students  124 international students (includes 28 exchange students)  137 new residents  60 returning residents

Baker House Renovations Renovations to the second and third-floor common rooms and one of the residence units are complete. As part of the renovations, two kitchen areas were also added to support Strategic Enrolment Management Goal 5.7 targets for student retention. The additional kitchens will also help to remove barriers related to food security in residence by providing sufficient resources for students to safely prepare nutritionally adequate, and culturally appropriate food.

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One of the residence units was renovated into a fully furnished unit suitable for a couple; it includes a double bed, small living room and full galley kitchen. The intent is to provide a fully functional, self-contained apartment for an ongoing Residence Intern.

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Renovated Suite (Leslie Courchesne, Executive Director, University Relations)

Publications:

UFV Community Report We produced 90,000 copies of a new publication, the UFV Community Report, for Fraser Valley residents and UFV audiences. The goals of the report are to: demonstrate the value UFV brings to students, the community as a whole, and the world; create a sense of ownership, reinforcing for residents the message that UFV is their university; and, strengthen UFV’s image as a transparent, competent and efficient steward of resources. The report will complement Skookum magazine and other UFV publications, showcasing UFV’s stories, facts and figures in a succinct four-page document. In early September, the UFV Community Report was distributed as an insert in the following Black Press papers: Abbotsford News, Chilliwack Progress, Chilliwack Times, Mission City Record, Hope Standard, Agassiz Observer and Aldergrove Star. We also placed an advertisement in the Punjabi Patrika, inviting readers to view the report online.

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UFV+You: Viewbook 2016/17 In consultation with faculties and service departments, we produced a new version of the UFV viewbook. Our student recruitment team will distribute copies on their tour this fall, where they meet on average 10,000 prospective students in person at high schools and education/career fairs across southwestern BC. The book is also available on the Future Students area of the website. In partnership with UFV International, we also produced a new version of the UFV International Viewbook for their use in global markets.

Events:

Abbotsford International Airshow In partnership with the President’s Office, University Relations, the Faculty of Professional Studies, the Faculty of Applied and Technical Studies and the UFV Alumni Association, UFV was a partner sponsor of the Abbotsford International Airshow held August 12-14. We hosted more than 300 UFV supporters, donors, alumni, board members, staff, faculty and community leaders at the UFV chalet over the three days. In addition, UFV’s 727 was on display, and the public was invited for a free photo by University Relations in the cockpit. In advance of the airshow, Leslie Courchesne did a promotional skydive with the Canadian Forces SkyHawks. We produced a video and story of the jump to raise awareness of UFV’s Airshow partnership and encourage attendance of the show.

BC Summer Games University Relations contributed to UFV’s sponsorship of the BC Summer Games, held in Abbotsford in July. We organized the BC Government reception event in the Student Union Building, provided event lanyards, banners, communications, photography, and attended the athlete parade, opening ceremonies, civic lunch, and Friends of the Games reception. Leslie Courchesne awarded medals on behalf of UFV in the triathlon events.

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Indigenization at UFV – Report to the Board of Governors September 2016

Indigenization is a key strategic priority of the University of the Fraser Valley. As stated in Board Policy 200.05: Fulfilling Our Commitment to Aboriginal Peoples, UFV

embraces its responsibility to peoples of Aboriginal ancestry to provide respectful, relevant and responsive post- secondary education and training that support their personal development, career success, and their participation in the social, cultural and economic development of our communities. The University is also committed to promoting knowledge of and respect for aboriginal history, language, culture, values and indigenous ways of knowing in its educational, research and service programs, and to including Aboriginal voice in its planning and decision-making.

Goal Four of the new Education Plan, 2016-20 is to Develop Local and Global Citizenship:

Part of being a UFV citizen also involves responsibility to our communities and environment. Locally we work on the unceded territory of the Stó:lō people and the Indigenization of UFV is a priority. Indigenization informs everything we do at the university in every program, department and service area, through the inclusion of Indigenous content, perspectives, and ways of knowing.

Indigenization Acknowledgement of At UFV Indigenizing means most simply: To make the university S’olh Temexw both responsive and responsible to the Indigenous peoples’ We acknowledge the ancestral lands of the goals of self-determination and well-being. Indigenizing places Fraser Valley and express our gratitude for what relationships at the core and is about doing. to the Stó:lō people is S’olh Temexw, our Sacred Highlights of Indigenization Activities, 2015-16 Land. The Stó:lō trace their roots back • The Indigenization Committee of Senate was thousands of years in this territory. We established in the fall of 2015 to support Senate and recognize that each of the places throughout the UFV in embracing Indigenous ways of knowing, landscape of our beautiful valley were first learning, and being. Membership includes UFV named in Halq’emeylem. students, faculty and academic administration and Indigenous community members from throughout S’olh Temexw, and is led by Chair Mark Point (educator, canoe-maker and Stó:lō community member) and Vice-Chair Wenona Victor (Stó:lō and a faculty member in Indigenous studies). • A Culture Committee was struck to provide guidance and care of UFV’s Indigenous resources and to develop a framework for protocols for Stó:lō teachings and ceremonies as they are actualized at UFV. • UFV signed the Colleges and Institutes Canada Indigenous Education Protocol, reaffirming our commitment to improving Indigenous education practices and better serving Indigenous learners and communities.

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and Peter Geller , Vice Provost & Associate VP Academic

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• People and Events: One of the richest resources of Indigenization is the people and the relationships we are able to build in the community. In this past year the Indigenous Affairs Office has partnered with a number of other areas at UFV to support guest speakers and projects: • The Visual Arts Department, inspired by the work of Winnipeg Metis Artist Jaime Black, installed several Red Dresses throughout the UFV campus to bring awareness to the missing and murdered Indigenous girls and women. Ernie Crey, Fay Blaney, and Theresa Neel spoke eloquently and decisively to a standing room only crowd about their personal stories and their struggles with Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (October 2015). • Faculty and staff in a number of departments participated in the Moosehide Campaign, a national fast dedicated to ending violence against women and children (October 2015). • Eugenia Sojka, University of Silesia (Poland) was visiting scholar for three weeks in February, exploring intersections between Indigenous literature in Canada and Europe. Eugenia is of Silesian descent, one of the Indigenous peoples of central Europe (February 2016). • The UFV Library, under the guidance of Lisa Morry, hosted a Storytelling Day, Sx̱wōx̱wiyám: Stories of Long Ago, featuring community storytellers David Gutierrez (Chawathil First Nation), Mary Sandoval (Chawathil First Nation), Glen Malloway (Tzeachten First Nation), and Joseph Dandurand (Kwantlen First Nation) (February 2016). • Greg Younging, professor at UBC Okanagan, Managing Editor of Theytus Books and a former Assistant Director of Research for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) spoke about the TRC’s recommendations and his personal journey of the Commission. Following his lecture Greg read from a newly published work, River of the Salmon People which features a number of local Stó:lō youth, Elders and fishers (March 2016). • Truth & Reconciliation (TRC) Report - Reading Circle and Changing My Face: Forces for Reconciliation workshops provided faculty and staff an opportunity to learn and reflect on aspects of Indigenization at Connect, Learn, Grow: UFV Professional Development Day (April 2016). • On May 25, 2016, the Indigenous Student Centre hosted an Indigenous Student’s Graduation Gathering for graduates and their families and friends. Volunteers from many of the areas and departments at UFV came out to volunteer and participate.

Aboriginal Students at UFV Indigenous Programming at UFV • Number of full time equivalent (FTE) Aboriginal students On May 18, 2016 UFV’s new Bachelor of Arts Major at UFV in 2015-16: 578 (an increase from 556 FTE the and Minor in Indigenous Studies (IS) was approved previous year) by the Ministry; UFV will welcome the first students • Aboriginal student FTE’s as a percentage of UFV’s total to the program in September 2017. The IS program domestic student FTE’s in 2015-16: 8.1% includes courses from a wide range of disciplines • Percentage of Aboriginal people in the Fraser Valley and is anchored in the knowledge and teachings of Region: 5.7%; percentage of Aboriginal youth: 7.4% (2006 the local First Nations peoples of the Stó:lō Nation. Census) This degree is place-based and at its core are Stó:lō • On June 2016, 124 self-identified Aboriginal students studies and the Halq’eméylem language. The were eligible to graduate. curriculum ensures that students in the program • Aboriginal students are enrolled in programs throughout are prepared to understand the issues of Nation the university, including Adult Basic Education, certificate, building and sovereignty in the territory in which diploma and degree programs in Arts, Science and they study. Students will learn about Indigenous professional programs, trades and technology as well as culture, aesthetics, history, traditional knowledge, Continuing Education philosophy and spirituality, social relations and politics.

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and Peter Geller , Vice Provost & Associate VP Academic

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Reconciliation Reconciliation at UFV In 2011 the government of Canada established the Truth and Reconciliation Elder Elizabeth Siyamiyateliyot Commission (TRC) to examine how residential schools impacted Aboriginal Phillips, our last living fluent native communities over the past 150 years. In June 2015 the TRC published its speaker of the Halq’emeylem findings along with 92 Calls to Action to redress the legacy of residential language translated what schools and advance the process of reconciliation in Canada. As stated in the reconciliation means to her in TRC Final Report (p. 285): Halq’emeylem: Xwla ye toteló:met Much of the current state of troubled relations between Aboriginal and qas ye slilekwel – Towards non-Aboriginal Canadians is attributable to educational institutions and understanding and harmony. what they have taught, or failed to teach, over many generations. Despite that history, or, perhaps more correctly, because of its potential, the Harmony suggests a like-mindedness, Commission believes that education is also the key to reconciliation…. which is a core value of Stó:lō people, Education must remedy the gaps in historical knowledge that perpetuate letse mot – to be of one mind. It is a ignorance and racism. way to describe working together. Nine of the Calls to Action relate directly to post-secondary education, Understanding, in part, means to learn including that educators and institutions work in consultation and about treaties, residential schools and collaboration with Survivors, Aboriginal peoples, and educators to: Aboriginal peoples’ historical and contemporary contributions to Canada. • Develop curriculum that includes residential schools, the histories of This learning of our colonial history will Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples in Canada, the United Nations only get us part way to understanding. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, inter-cultural It points us in the right direction; competency, conflict resolution, and human rights and anti-racism. however we may still need to undergo • Increase access to post-secondary education for Aboriginal learners, our own self-reflective transformative and improve their completion rates. process that will allow us to embrace • Transform the education system in Canada into one that rejects the this new knowledge in a way that we racism embedded in colonial systems of education and treats can use it in our everyday life. Aboriginal and Euro-Canadian knowledge systems with equal respect.

Reconciliation at Work Reconciliation, as we define and embrace it, at UFV, is understanding and harmony. The litmus test is whether First Nations / Indigenous communities recognize us as having done this work and identifying us as the post-secondary institution they will turn to when planning and implementing programming for their learners. Two such examples this year are our partnerships with the First Nations Summit (FNS) and the Nuxalk Nation in Bella Coola. Both sought out UFV and our educational expertise in developing and delivering indigenized curriculum within an indigenized framework. First Nations Public Service Secretariat of the First Nations Summit UFV partnered with the First Nations Summit (comprised of a majority of First Nations and Tribal Councils in BC to address issues related to Treaty negotiations) to support the work of the First Nations Public Service Secretariat (FNPSS). The FNPSS was established by FNS to develop capacity for First Nations public service in human resource management, financial management, information and records management, and policy development. First Nations Summit is now a practicum site for UFV Library and Information Technology students. On June 9, 2016 UFV President Mark Evered signed a Memorandum of Understanding with First Nations Summit Grand Chief Edward John to recognize the joint

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commitment to work towards Aboriginal specific education and training to meet the capacity needs of First Nations communities and organizations. Nuxalk Nation and NVIT UFV received confirmation of funding in July from Indigenous Affairs and Northern Development Canada to offer a program of degree completion to a third cohort of graduates of Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (NVIT)’s Chemical Addiction Worker Advanced diploma. The students will receive 90 credits towards their Bachelor of General Studies (BGS) and will be taking eight upper level UFV courses this academic year, taught by faculty members from Arts, Science and Professional Studies. This will provide the requirements for a BGS, allowing these Aboriginal students to gain the degree required for employment in their field of addictions counselling as well as provide opportunities for further graduate studies. As a community-based program that is being delivered in partnership with the Nuxalk Nation at the Lip’alhayc Learning Centre in Bella Coola, faculty will have the opportunity to co-teach with Elders and cultural knowledge keepers from the community. Most importantly, students will be able to earn a BGS degree from UFV while continuing to be supported by their friends and family.

Upcoming Reconciliation Activities

• The Indigenous Affairs office, with support from faculty members Geoffrey Carr (Visual Arts) and Melissa Walters (English), are hosting TRC Report Reading Circles throughout the Fall term from 11:30 am to 12:45 pm on Tuesdays of Weeks 1 & 3 and from 1:00 to 2:15 pm on Wednesdays of Weeks 2 & 4 of the UFV meeting schedule. • UFV will host the Witness Blanket from September - December 2017. As described by artist Carey Newman Inspired by a woven blanket, we have created a large scale art installation, made out of hundreds of items reclaimed from Residential Schools, churches, government buildings and traditional and cultural structures including Friendship Centres, band offices, treatment centres and universities, from across Canada. The Witness Blanket stands as a national monument to recognise the atrocities of the Indian Residential School era, honour the children, and symbolise ongoing reconciliation. The exhibition will be hosted in the S'eliyemetaxwtexw Art Gallery and will provide opportunities to link to course activities, bring in speakers, and facilitate visits by schools, community groups and Indian Residential School survivors.

Kw’as ho:y / Thank you

Journey of Heroes Canoe Located at the Aboriginal Gathering Place, CEP Campus

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