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Situated on the unceded, ancestral, and traditional territories of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓-speaking Musqueam people, UBC Vantage College invites applications for a Part-Time Sessional Lecturer for the 2026 Winter Term 2 session, effective January 1, 2027 until April 30, 2027. The successful candidate will teach up to two sections of ASTU 101: Introduction to Writing and Research in the Social Sciences and the Humanities.

Recognizing the situated, socio-cultural nature of knowledge production and communication, we embrace anti-racist and anti-colonial approaches in our teaching of ASTU 101. Thus, we seek to foster an open and diverse community within our unit, and encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Métis, Inuit, or Indigenous person. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Background:

UBC Vantage College offers academically strong international students whose English language proficiency does not yet meet the English language requirements for direct admission into UBC a first-year university curriculum in either Arts, Sciences, or Applied Sciences (Engineering). The primary goals of the Vantage College curriculum are (1) to encourage students’ cultural, linguistic, and academic engagement in disciplinary communities and (2) to maximize students’ successful transition into UBC, year two. In the Vantage College Arts program, students will undertake a curriculum that provides instruction in social scientific and humanities ways of thinking, speaking, and writing.

For more information about Vantage College: www.vantagecollege.ubc.ca

ASTU 101 takes a rhetorical, writing-in-the-disciplines approach to reading and writing Arts research: students read, analyze, discuss, and produce forms of communication that represent a range of research situations typically found in social sciences and humanities disciplines.

Duties include lesson planning, teaching, holding regular office hours, marking assignments, providing feedback, reporting grades, and attending occasional planning meetings as needed. Successful applicants will work closely with the Chair of the Vantage One Arts Program and other members of the ASTU 101 instructional team at UBC Vantage College.

Qualifications:

Successful applicants must meet the following requirements:

1. A doctorate in a relevant field (including writing and discourse studies, rhetoric, applied language studies, and communication studies) OR significant experience teaching research writing within and across different disciplines in university settings (this teaching should be informed by current writing, rhetoric, applied linguistics, or communications theory and research).
2. Evidence of strong performance in teaching, including: a command over subject matter pertinent to ASTU 101, such as an understanding of recent developments in writing studies and related fields, as well as pedagogy that reflects an active commitment to anti-racist and anti-colonial work in the teaching of writing; preparedness in the classroom; accessibility to students; and a positive influence on their academic growth as writers and researchers.

To Apply:

For new instructors, applications should include:

1. a cover letter addressing how you meet the criteria for the position;
2. a Curriculum Vitae;
3. evidence of teaching excellence and experience (please include teaching evaluations and course syllabi for university-level writing courses developed and/or taught);
4. a statement of teaching philosophy (500 words), highlighting key aspects of your approach to teaching writing, including recent developments in your teaching of writing studies courses, your success as a writing instructor, and your specific approaches to recognizing and fostering diversity within the writing classroom;
5. the names and contact information for three referees.

For current members of the ASTU 101 Sessional pool at UBC Vantage College, only an email indicating their interest in the position and teaching availability suffices.

Please submit your application materials by August 10, 2026. Review of applications will occur thereafter, and will continue until the position(s) is/are filled.

Completed application packages are to be sent electronically as PDF documents to employment@vantagecollege.ubc.ca. Please indicate in the subject line: UBC Vantage College ASTU 101 Sessional Instructor. If you have any questions about the position, please contact the Academic Director, Dr. Richard Arias Hernandez academic.director@vantagecollege.ubc.ca.

All positions are subject to funding and enrolment numbers and are governed by Part 7: Conditions of Appointment for Sessional Lecturers, Collective Agreement between the University of British Columbia and The Faculty Association of the University of British Columbia. The current minimum salary is $9,559.11 per 3-credit course.

Situated on the unceded, ancestral, and traditional territories of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓-speaking Musqueam people, UBC Vantage College, Vantage One Arts Program, invites applications for 1 full-time Graduate Teaching Assistant position in the 2026-2027 Winter Terms (September 2026-April 2027). The successful candidate will assist in the teaching of VANT 148: Vantage College Projects, a course that introduces first-year students to the cultures of inquiry and related research methods found in the Social Sciences and Humanities. The application deadline is July 14, 2026.

Background

UBC Vantage College offers first-year curriculum in a cohort program to academically strong international multilingual students whose English language proficiency does not yet meet the English language requirements for direct admission into UBC degrees. Students take courses in one of the Vantage One programs (Science or Engineering) before transferring into second year in their degree program. The primary goals of the Vantage One curriculum are: (1) to encourage students’ cultural, linguistic, and academic engagement in disciplinary communities and (2) to maximize students’ successful transition to Year Two in the Faculties of Applied Science, Arts, or Science. For more information about the Vantage One programs, please see https://vantagecollege.ubc.ca/

VANT 148 for Vantage One Arts students offers a first-year introduction to the quantitative and qualitative research methods found in research conducted in social science and humanities fields (e.g., conducting surveys and experiments, interviews, analyzing interview and survey data, and doing media and discourse analysis). By the end of VANT 148, students will be asked to design a research project and submit a related research proposal. Please note: the course meets on Mondays, between 11:30 am – 1:30 pm, during 2026-2027 Winter Term 1 (September to December, 2026) and 2026-2027 Winter Term 2 (January to April, 2027). 

For more information about the Vantage One Arts program, please see https://vantagecollege.ubc.ca/arts

Duties:

Duties include:  

• providing instructional support to three VANT 148 faculty members who teach and mentor groups of approximately 30 students,

• helping to create a positive learning environment for Vantage Arts students 

• attending lectures, whenever possible 

• marking and providing feedback on assignments,

• co-managing and monitoring items on the Canvas course site,

• designing and facilitating occasional workshop-like learning sessions, 

• meeting regularly with the course coordinator, who will supervise the Teaching Assistant’s activities.

Qualifications

Applicants will have an interest in social science and humanities research methods or multidisciplinary approaches to research and have a demonstrated knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods. They must also have experience grading and providing effective feedback on student papers and have experience tutoring undergraduate students. Experience working with international students and/or with using the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) to inform their teaching practice will be considered assets. Applicants must currently be enrolled in a graduate program at UBC. 

Application instructions

The following application materials must be sent electronically (as separate pdf files, using this file-naming convention: LASTNAME, Firstname_Cover; LASTNAME, Firstname_CV, etc.) by email to the following address: employment@vantagecollege.ubc.ca no later than noon on July 14, 2026.

1. a cover letter indicating your suitability for the position and your availability,
2. curriculum vitae, including a list of all teaching related activities,
3. evidence of teaching effectiveness (e.g. teaching evaluations if available, statement indicating how you approach grading and written feedback)
4. names and contact information of two referees.

For questions about this position, please contact the Course Coordinator, Katherine Lyon: katherine.lyon@ubc.ca

A full teaching assistantship involves an average of twelve (12) hours per week for the Winter Sessions (September 1, 2026 to April 30, 2027), for a total of 384 hours.

Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Métis, Inuit, or Indigenous person. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.