Yearly Archives: 2026

An overdue note to forgotten friends

I thought I had said a proper goodbye to everyone before I left to study abroad. I hosted a dinner, gave lots of hugs,...

A local’s guide to Abbotsford

As someone born and raised in Abbotsford, I’ve always thought of it as a liminal space: not quite a city, but not a charming...

Profs: change takes bravery

As a fourth-year student, it’s become increasingly obvious which of my classmates are using ChatGPT. If I can tell after four years of university,...

Social Innovation Certificate to debut Fall 2026

The Social Innovation Certificate program will be implemented at UFV in the Fall 2026 semester. This two year program was created to help students...

CIVL Shuffle

CIVL’s Aaron Levy welcomes you into 2026 with some songs from many, MANY new years’ ago. Akron/Family - “Last Year” I don’t often share “content” to...

Witchcraft and willpower — Hades II casts its spell in the Game of the Year race

Long ago, there was nothing but chaos. And from chaos, as we all know, came Titans, then Olympians and so on. Also, long ago,...

The Knotty Brew: spilling the coffee and creation

On Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, Downtown Abbotsford saw the grand opening of The Knotty Brew — Canada’s first crochet cafe — on Essendene Avenue....

Professor Profile: Thirty years of storytelling, art, and performance with Dr. Tetsuro Shigematsu

Dr. Tetsuro Shigematsu is an associate professor in theatre from the School of Creative Arts. He is a professional artist with several careers within...

The science behind intuition

Have you ever made decisions based on a gut feeling? It has happened to me on multiple occasions where I made decisions solely because...

What the [REDACTED] Netflix??

Having grown up reading Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments (2007-2014) series, you can imagine my excitement when it was adapted into the Netflix television show,...

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