Newsletters

Faculty Relations newsletters are produced 3 or 4 times per year and are emailed to adminstrators, Heads and Deans.  Should you wish to receive the Faculty Relations newsletter please send an email to majordomo@interchange.ubc.ca with "subscribe fr-newsletter" in the body of the email (do not include quotation marks).  

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Newsletter

New Tenure and Promotion Guide 2009/10; Immigration from the US – New Policy for Police Certificates; New Website: Employee or Independent Contractor?; Advertising Positions for Teaching Assistants; Offer Letters for Sessionals; First Paycheques; Reappointment Confirmation Template; Reminder Re Confidentiality; CUFA BC - Early in Career Award Announcement; Managing Sick Leaves; Reminder Regarding Illness and Tenure Clocks; Vacation Entitlement for Faculty Members; Reminder Re Deaths and Resignations; Tuition Fee Waiver Application Deadline; Requests for Appointment from other Universities; A-Z Guide; Staff Changes in Faculty Relations; Happy Holidays!

2009 December

H1N1 News & Updates; Taxable Benefits for Tuition; Offer Letters – Updated Templates; Sessional Lecturers: Financing; Guidelines for Advertising Positions; Equity Statement Updated; Approval of Tenure Stream Ads; Faculty Payment Reminder; HON/HN1 Query; Faculty Appointment Form; Policy #25 – Changes; Professional Development Reimbursement; Work-life and Relocation Services Centre; Leadership for Heads, Directors and Associate Deans; Staff Changes in Faculty Relations

2009 September

Sessional Benefits; Notice Requirements for Termination of Research Associates & Postdoctoral Fellows; Offer Letters; Retirement Workshops @ UBCV; Retirement Statistics; Financial Retirement Counselling Form; Retirement Options Pilot Project Extension; Rehiring Retired Faculty; Retirement Information Update; Work Permit – Timing; Professional Development Reimbursement Cut-Off date – June 30th!; Librarian Appointment Committee Guidelines; Faculty Association Dues Increase; Instructor I Qualifications @ UBCV; Immigration Updates; Focus on People Annual Report; Postdoctoral Fellow Newsletter

June 2009

Postdoctoral Fellows

2009 February

Staff Updates; New Administrator’s Calendar; Permanent Residency - Canadian Experience Class; Paying Sessional Lecturers; New Hires and Direct Deposit; Up-to-date Email Addresses; Tuition Waivers Now On-line; Emeritus Status; Reappointments - Tenure Track; Reappointments; Term Positions; New Recruitment Record Keeping Rule; The New Reappointment, Promotion & Tenure Procedures Guide; Faculty Appointment Form Udated; Advertisements for Faculty Positions; Capping Benefits Maintenance while on an Unpaid Leave of Absence; Convocation Regalia Now an Eligible PDR Expense; Impact of Other Leaves on Study Leave Eligibility; Workplace Experiences Survey; Joint Appointment Checklist

2009 February

HRMS-Early Assignment of ID; Letters of Reference for CRC’s and LEEF Chairs; Postdoctoral Fellows Update; Postdoctoral Fellows as Employees and Trainees; Tenure & Promotion Workshops; Focus on People Integration Team; Academic Leadership Development Program (ALDP); CUFA BC Distinguished Academics Awards; TAG’s Pre-Tenured Faculty Program; Health, Safety and Environment Training Programs & Seminars;  Staff Changes at Faculty Relations

2008 October

Reference Letters for Assistant Professors; Honoraria Payment Update; Salary Increases; Travel & Professional Development Reimbursement Fund for Research Associates; Rehiring Retirees; Board Notices Available Online; ALDP – Training for New Heads, Directors & Associate Deans; Heads Voting at the Faculty Advisory Committee Level; Professional Development Reimbursement Fund

2008 June

Salary and Additional payments for faculty members

2008 February

Discover and Rediscover UBC; Retirement Updates; Advertising - Teaching Standards; Immigration Process for Foreign Clinical Fellows; Offer Letter Templates; Professional Development Reimbursement Fund; Visitors to UBC; Renewal of Work Permits; Arbitration Decision - Senior Instructor Promotion; Appointment, Tenure & Promotion Decisions; Postdoctoral Fellows; Academic Leadership Development Program (ALDP); Seeking Internal Coaches - Coaching Internship Program; Live Well, Work Well – 5th Annual UBC Health Symposium; Web Updates

2007 September

Website Updates; Moratorium on Mandatory Retirement; Post-Retirement Appointments; Immigration Updates; Joint Appointments; Administrative Appointments and Stipends; Appointment Process for Sessionals; Advertising Changes; Salary Increases; Tenure Decisions for 2007

2007 June

Travel to the United States – New Passport Requirements; Permanent Residency Cards – Expiry Dates; Freedom of Information & Protection of Privacy Act (“FOIPPA”) and the Hiring Process for Faculty; Online Faculty Self-Service; Mandatory Direct Deposit; Integrated Sessional Information System (ISIS) Reports; Reduced Workload Option; Reappointments of Term Positions, including Research Associates; Internal Applicants; Postdoctoral Fellowships – Using the Correct Earnings Code; Tenure & Promotion Procedures Workshop; Research Associates – July 1 Salary Increase

2007 February

Emerita/Emeritus Status; Employee Profile View on-line; OUC Salary Placement Decision (BCLRB No. B213/2006); Promotion of Senior Instructors to Assistant Professors; Recruitment Guidelines; Social Insurance Cards; Study Leaves

2006 October

Benefits Information-Available on-line; Compassionate Care Leave; Housing Allowance;  Post Retirement Appointments; Research Associate Salaries; Study Leave Entitlement; T2200 Form-Deduction of Expenses; Timing of Faculty Salary Increases

2006 July

2006-2010 Collective Agreement Summary

2006 April

Collective Bargaining Update; Contact Information while Travelling; Freedom of Information Requests;  Permanent Resident Cards; Offer Letters; PDR Fund for Sessional Lecturers; Requests for References; SIN Cards; Tuition Fee Waivers

2006 February

HRSDC Processing Times for Labour Market Opinions; Immigration Updates; Permit Reminder Letters; Provincial Nominee Program-Permanent Resident Applications; Work Permit Query on HRMS;  Work Permit - Is it Required in all Circumstances

2005 November

Benefits and Offer Letters; Bargaining Prep; Honoraria; Immigration Information for Incoming Foreign Faculty Members; New Passport Requirements; PDR-Borrowing Ahead; Recruitement Guidelines; Research Associates and Minimum Salaries; Third Party Liability; UBC's People Plan

2005 September

Fellowships and Benefits at UBC;  Foreign Academics and Temporary Work Permits; Maternity/Parental Leave and the Tenure Clock;  Meetings with Candidates for Reappointments, Tenure & Promotion; PDR-Borrowing Ahead; Reference Checks; Reduced Appointments; Welcome to UBC Okanagan

2005 July

Mandatory Retirement and Post Retirement Appointments; Non-Canadian Faculty and HRSDC Confirmation;  Offer Letters When are they Required; Professor Emeritus Status -Who Qualifies; Regular Retirees-Who Processes What; Responsibilities for Advertising On-line; Paperwork-When must it be Submitted;  Visiting Scholar Appointments; Years in Rank How is it Calculated

2005 May

2004-2006 Collective Agreement Summary

Spec Ed July 2004

Adjunct Appointments; Advertisements; Appointments - All faculty positions must have an appointment: New Hire Announcements; Non-Canadian Research Associates; Professional Development Fund; SINs-'9' numbers & Expiry Dates

2004 July

 

Advertising and Salary Information; HRMS Access; Maternity & Parental Leave; Tax Issues for Non-Residents; Whistleblower Protection; Work Permits & MSP

2004 November

 

 

 

 

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