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The Physics Student Association (PSA) represents the Physics and Engineering students at the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV), in Abbotsford, British Columbia. We exist to serve the students of UFV by augmenting the existing instruction provided through presentations, tours, and social events.
The Quantum Computing event: D-Wave will be hosting its annual Qubits Worldwide Users Conference virtually from Oct 5-7. Qubits is an excellent opportunity to connect with other innovators involved in quantum computing! There is no cost to attend. Mathnasium Hey PSA pals, we have an opportunity for you!Online or in-centre instructors needed for tutoring K-12 students (Instructors can preference work with younger or older students). Located at #110 3050 Gladwin Road in Abbotsford (right beside Afterthoughts). Any level of education is great but a score of 80% or higher is required on an employment test that covers topics learned in K-12. Hours of Operation are Tuesday-Friday 2:30-7:30 and Saturdays 12:30-5:30 (Applicants do not have to be available everyday). Resumes are accepted via drop-in or emailed to abbotsford@mathnasium.caFor any inquiries please send them an email or check out their website. 57th Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conference Registration NOW OPEN The Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conference (CUPC) is an annual conference for Canadian Physics students organized by Canadian physics students from a different university each year. Physics students from across Canada will virtually meet to attend keynote lectures, panels and workshops. Students will also have the chance to share their own research with others, and learn about graduate and industry options available after their undergraduate degree.As per Canadian public health and safety guidelines, the conference this year will be held virtually from November 4th-7th, 2021 via zoom. For more details on all our events and to RSVP for our pre-conference events, please visit our website. Lake and Link Join us in kicking off the new semester with games at Mill Lake August 30th at 5pm! We will have volleyball and spikeball but feel free to bring any other outdoor games 🏐 Register on myCampusLife! Happy Retirement to Tim Cooper and Norm Taylor Happy retirement Tim and Norm! We’re so thankful for all that you both have done for @goufv Physics and Engineering Physics 📚Tim, we’ll never forget your humour and wit. Learning mechanics from you was a treat! Norm, thank you for teaching us all about astronomy 🔭🌑 and for being the best lab instructor 🥼. We will miss you both and we hope you two can come back as sessional instructors. We wish you a happy and peaceful retirement. From UFV Physics 🔭📚🪐 Student Success: Emily Congratulations to past PSA President, Emily, on her research! UFV featured her on their website recently. Check out the article here.Congratulations again to Emily! She plans to go to graduate school and study nuclear power to build new tech! Student Survey Exams are over, summer is starting, and another academic year has come to a close! You made it through another year and your first (and hopefully last!) year of online learning. Congratulations!We’d like to begin by welcoming next year’s executive team. Please welcome back Annabelle Czihaly as President and Halen Davies as Vice President of Academic Affairs. Please welcome Catherine Laflamme as the Vice President of Social Affairs, Madisyn Taylor as Secretary, and last but not least, Jose Toffoli as Treasurer. We’re all so excited for next year and we’ve already started planning! That’s where we need some of your help… We at the PSA wanted to check-in with you and ask for some feedback so we can serve you better next year. Please fill out our survey to give us some feedback on what you’d like to see from us next year.We hope you all have a wonderful summer!Sincerely, Your 2020-2021 PSA TeamAnnabelle Czihaly, Halen Davies, Kaitlyn Collantes, Garrett Paddon UFV PSA MAY THE FORCE May the FORCE be with you all on this May the Fourth! UFV PSA Presents: Tim Stephenson Guest lecture by Tim on the fascinating history of astronomy! UFV PSA 2021-2022 Executive Elections Want to be on our team? From March 1 to March 21, nominate yourself or someone great to join our executive team! More information will be released along with a nomination package on March 1! Elections will be held via mycampuslife in April (dates TBA).