The UBC Faculty Association is the voice of faculty on a number of important issues. To see related posts on these issues including calls for faculty input, select the relevant tag or select the search icon at the top right of this page to use the search bar. Many topics are ongoing and faculty perspectives are always welcome. If you would like to comment on any item, please send an email to [email protected].
The Association of Retirement Organizations in Higher Education (AROHE) and Fidelity Investments® are hosting three webinars* to help faculty members plan for life after retirement. During the sessions, participants will explore the social, psychological, and emotional dimensions of pre- and post-retirement.
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As part of the process to amend the Land Use Plan (LUP) for the Vancouver campus, a legislatively required public hearing was held November 7, 2023. The purpose of the public hearing was to give everyone with an interest in the LUP an opportunity to share comments. It was the final phase in an 18+ month Campus Vision 2050 public engagement process that included opportunities for UBC community members and campus residents to give input, share ideas and raise concerns through workshops, a design charrette, open houses, meetings, and surveys, resulting in over 13,000 engagement touchpoints.
We stand in solidarity with the University of Waterloo. We are sharing solidarity statements from both UBC Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (GRSJ) and the Confederation of University Faculty Associations (CUFA BC).
Please see the full statement from UBC’s Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice here.
Please see the full statement from the Confederation of University Faculty Associations here.
Our 2021 Annual Report is available for view with our Annual General Meeting coming up Wednesday, June 28th.
The UBCFA has responded to the Draft Workplace Accommodation Policy for UBC Employees proposed by the University. Our correspondence to Hubert Lai, Q.C., University Counsel is available at this link.
Please find the full agenda from our 2021-2022 Annual General Meeting with more background and information here.
Our 2021 Annual Report is available for view with our Annual General Meeting coming up on Thursday, June 16th.
Your UBCFA Executive Committee members volunteer their time to help guide the Faculty Association’s operational and policy decisions including advocacy, negotiation, education, communication and planning decisions. This year, the following offices were up for election: President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Chair – Librarians & Archivists, Chair -Member Services & Grievance, Chair – Contract Faculty and 3 Member-at-Large positions.
The Report of the Ad Hoc Investigatory Committee: Academic Freedom & Collegial Governance at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, University of British Columbia was released by the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) in October 2021. Professor Santa Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor, UBC, responded to the release of the Report with a letter to David Robinson, Executive Director, CAUT. The UBC Faculty Association has written to the University on the issue. The Report and correspondence are available through the links below:
Links to previous correspondence to the University and the University’s response on the issue:
