Contact Faculty Relations and Academic Leadership Program (ALDP)

• Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Associate appointments
• Unpaid appointments
• Visiting appointments

Responsibilities are divided alphabetically by Faculty member last name as follows:

• Benefits eligibility
• Eligibility for faculty housing assistance
• Faculty appointments
• Foreign academic process
• Integrated Sessional Information System (ISIS) access
• Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIA)
• Senior Appointments Committee (SAC) – divided by Faculty
• Sessional appointments
• Study leaves
• Term appointments (Lecturers, Clinical Fellows, Adjuncts)

• Questions regarding Faculty salary increases
• Questions about eligibility for the Professional Development Reimbursement (for balance inquiries, contact faculty.pd@ubc.ca)
• Appointment policies and agreements
• Requests for reports and statistics
• Emeritus status

Provides advice and service to the Faculties of Medicine* and Science:

• Faculty recruitment guidelines
• Questions about reappointment, tenure and promotion procedures
• Grievance handling
• Training and workshops

*Medicine:
Physical Therapy
Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy
Medical Genetics
Orthopedics
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Psychiatry
School of Biomedical Engineering
School of Population & Public Health
Urologic Sciences

Provides advice and service to the Faculties of Education, Land & Food Systems, Allard Law and Libraries:

• Faculty recruitment guidelines
• Questions about reappointment, tenure and promotion procedures
• Grievance handling
• Training and workshops

Provides advice and service to the Faculties of Medicine*, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Dentistry:

• Faculty recruitment guidelines
• Questions about reappointment, tenure and promotion procedures
• Grievance handling
• Training and workshops

*Medicine:
Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Audiology & Speech Sciences
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Cellular & Physiological Sciences
Dermatology & Skin Science
Emergency Medicine
Family Practice
Medicine
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Pediatrics
Radiology
Surgery

Shivaun Berg
Senior Manager
604-827-1608
shivaun.berg@ubc.ca

Provides advice and service to the Faculties of Art, Applied Science, Forestry, Sauder, Vantage College and Extended Learning:

• Faculty recruitment guidelines
• Questions about reappointment, tenure and promotion procedures
• Grievance handling
• Training and workshops

• Responsible for continuing to ensure that Faculty Relations provides Deans, Heads and Directors with advice and service, and to build an excellent relationship with the Faculty Association

• Leadership of the HR team at the UBC Okanagan Campus
• Strategic Planning & Change Management
• Relationship Building and Partnerships with all stakeholders
• Organizational, Team and Individual Development Practices
• Facilitation of Best Practices

• Faculty and Staff Collective Agreement Interpretation
• Labour Relations
• Grievances Management
• Academic Processes Advising and Support

• Faculty and Staff Collective Agreement Interpretation
• Labour Relations
• Grievances Management
• Academic Processes Advising and Support

• Questions regarding Faculty salary increases
• Questions about eligibility for the Professional Development Reimbursement (for balance inquiries, contact faculty.pd@ubc.ca)
• Appointment policies and agreements
• Emeritus status
• Retirement
• Faculty, Sessional, Term, Postdoctoral Fellow, and Research Associate appointments
• Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIA), foreign academic process, and immigration
• Senior Appointments Committee (SAC)
• Study leaves

• Benefits eligibility
• Eligibility for relocation