Welcome to the CFC Information and Events page. The UBCFA Contract Faculty Committee organizes a number of events throughout the academic year for sessionals and lecturers. In this section on our site, we hope to keep you updated on all of them. If you’re a sessional or lecturer, you’ll also receive email notices advising you of what’s coming up (and if you aren’t receiving our notices, please get in touch).
For more information on our Sessional Conference Fund click here.
April 28: Contract Faculty Colloquium
The UBC Faculty Association Contract Faculty Committee, in partnership with the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology, is hosting the Annual Contract Faculty Colloquium on Tuesday, April 28th. We have an exciting Program of talks from across a wide range of disciplines. This is our opportunity to share and learn about the innovative pedagogies and research interests of our Contract Faculty colleagues.
The event will be held in-person on the Vancouver campus, as well as virtually for those who cannot make it in-person.
We will be serving coffee and a light lunch for those who attend in-person. Registration is free, but we would ask that you honour your registration or kindly cancel well ahead of time so we can include as many people as possible and avoid food waste. We hope to see you there!
RSVP here for attendance in-person or online.
UBCV LOCATION: Chilcotin Room 256, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
UBCO ONLINE: Zoom link will be provided to registrants
Fair Employment Week
Every fall, the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) and its member associations including the UBC Faculty Association, organize and host a week-long celebration of contract faculty. We also take the opportunity to remind the University of the importance of Contract Faculty. A copy of our 2025 letter to President Benoit-Antoine Bacon and Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal Lesley Cormack has been posted here.
FEW October 20 to 24, 2025 “Know Your Rights” Workshops – Copies of the Powerpoint presentations are now available:
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LECTURERS
Know Your Rights (PPT Presentation 2025)
Sessional Conference Fund – 2026
The UBC Faculty Association and UBC are pleased to announce travel grants for sessional faculty who will be presenting papers at academic conferences in 2026. Please note that Applications will only be accepted after a call has been made – generally at the end of January.
Depending on demand, this year’s grant will have a maximum value of up to $1500.00 and may be used for travel, accommodation, conference fees and meals (UBC per diem). You may claim expenses for presenting at a conference you attend in 2026, regardless of whether you are on contract at the time of the conference. You can submit your expenses for reimbursement once you return to employment, so long as it is prior to February 26th 2027.
The deadline for applications was February 27, 2026 for this calendar year.
Although not guaranteed every year, this grant is available to sessional lecturers who present papers at conferences within the calendar year. Applications are only accepted after a call has been made (usually in January) and MUST be submitted by the deadline for conferences in that calendar year in order to qualify (unless otherwise specified). Applications made after this date are not accepted. For additional information, visit the Sessional Conference Fund page.
