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Thursday, March 10 saw a rare and unusual spectacle at UFV’s student-run restaurant, Casey’s on Campus: a wildly successful student event. Put on by members of Geography 460, the event was an information gathering session for the future UFV-centered area of Abbotsford – or “U District,” – for which planning is currently underway.
The class, a practicum and planning course that meets on Saturdays, is led by professor Cherie Enns, who has also been involved in the university’s global development efforts. A small and dedicated group of students in the class, which includes Scott Varga, Kristin Galcso, Chris Ovens, Milan Francisty, Angeline Mushumanski, Jessica Kugler, were responsible for organizing the event, which registered over 300 attendees – no small feat on a typically disengaged campus.
UFV’s Food and Agriculture Institute (FAI) is conducting a survey for Abbotsford and Chilliwack farmers to gain an understanding of farming challenges during COVID-19.
UFV English professor Dr. Michelle Superle said that Joshua Vanderheide, the owner of Field House Brewing Co. in Abbotsford, reached out to UFV in the spring with the idea of creating a survey. Over the summer semester, Superle and practicum student Meagan Pitcher became connected with the project to write the survey questions and web copy.
The survey, called Cultivate Connect, was released in November, but Superle confessed there were challenges prior to and after releasing it. “When you look at the website and you look at the survey and the questions, it looks very simple, but it’s quite astounding what has happened behind the scenes,” she said. After one research assistant took the survey questions to berry farming communities, the team modified the questions based on their feedback. UFV complies with