Situated on the unceded, ancestral, and traditional territories of the hən ̓ q ̓ əmin ̓ əm ̓ speaking Musqueam people, UBC Vantage College invites applications for a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) for the 2025 Winter Term 2 session, effective January 5, 2026 until April 24, 2026. The successful candidate will work with two instructors across 4 sections of ASTU 101: Introduction to Writing and Research in the Social Sciences and the Humanities. Each section will have approximately 25 students. The application deadline is November 17, 2025.

Background

UBC Vantage College offers first-year curriculum in a cohort program to academically strong international 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 Vantage College’s three streams (Arts, Science, or Engineering) before transferring into second year in their degree program.

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 to Year Two in the Faculties of Arts, Science, or Applied Science.

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

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:

• providing instructional support to two ASTU 101 faculty members who teach and mentor groups of approximately 25 students,
• helping to create a positive learning environment for Vantage Arts students
• attending lectures, whenever possible
• presenting material/lecturing (if desired) and facilitating/running workshops during some classes (to be determined with GTA),
• marking and providing feedback on assignments,
• co-managing and monitoring items on Canvas course sites (including discussion forums, quizzes, etc.)
• meeting regularly with the course coordinator, who will supervise the GTA’s activities.

Qualifications

Applicants should have taken ASTU 101, WRDS 150A, WRDS 150B, WRDS 350, or an equivalent course. Prior teaching experience is recommended. Knowledge of Canvas is required.

Applicants will also have an interest in writing studies, be familiar with social science and humanities research methods or multidisciplinary approaches to research, and have a demonstrated knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods and the writing practices that typically represent these 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.) no later than noon on November 18, 2025.

(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, reviews of teaching, teaching awards)

(4) brief statement indicating how you approach grading and written feedback

(5) names and contact information of two referees.

Cover letters are to be addressed to Course Coordinator, Dr. Jaclyn Rea and completed application packages are to be received through the following application portal: Vantage College 2025W2 Graduate TA Position.

Review of applications will occur thereafter and will continue until the position is filled.

Salary:

2025W Term 2 GTA  l
$40.16/hour, ($1,927.68/per month at 100%)

JWAM is committed to research and pedagogy that responds to and addresses historic inequities and therefore welcomes applicants who would contribute to our ongoing efforts to create an open and diverse community, one that fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged in the fields of journalism, writing, and academia in general.

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. We encourage all qualified persons to apply.

For any questions, please contact Serena Gibbons, Sr. Program Assistant, at serena.gibbons@ubc.ca.