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.
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)
Hybrid Community of Practice Sessions – UBCV/UBCO
TBD
Save the Date – CoP’s
TBD
Pub Socials (UBCV Campus)
TBD
Sessional Conference Fund
The UBC Faculty Association and UBC are pleased to announce travel grants for sessional faculty who will be presenting papers at academic conferences in 2025.
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 2025, 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 28th 2026.
If you would like to apply for one of these grants, please complete the Application Form available on the UBCFA website or on the Faculty Relations website and forward it to the UBC Faculty Association at [email protected] by February 28, 2025. Successful applicants will be notified.
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 February 28th 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.
