LETTER FROM PRESIDENT Éy swáyel,

Welcome to this year’s 2022/23 Annual Report of UFV’s Integrated Strategic Plan titled IYAQÁWTXW – House of Transformation. This report represents what is possible when a dedicated group of people share and celebrate their gifts in diverse ways to make a positive difference in the world.

While it is almost impossible to capture into words and numbers through our Key Performance Indicators the impact that members of the UFV community have each and every day, this year’s Annual Report highlights our ongoing commitment to our local community and beyond. It also shares with you our vision and goals for the future and the impact that we are all striving to make. Here you will read about exciting initiatives that represent diverse pathways of scholarship that lead to community connections, reconciliation, and prosperity, locally and beyond. I am so honoured to be part of a community at UFV where being agents of positive change is at the heart of what we do and I am excited that this Annual Report is an opportunity to share these stories and successes with you.

None of this would have been possible without the continual stewardship by the Stó:lō (people of the river) of Stó:lo Temexw since time immemorial upon which UFV is located. UFV is committed to ongoing action towards supporting authentic Truth and Reconciliation with all Indigenous peoples and to weaving Indigenous ways of knowing throughout all that we do and hope to become.

Kw’es hoy

Dr. James Mandigo Acting President & Vice-Chancellor