Faculty resources

Terms of Reference

• Academic Standards Committee
• Awards & Recognition Committee
• Dean's Advisory Forum on Indigenization
• Committee on Committees
• Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
• Graduate Curriculum Committee
• Equity and Diversity Committee

Committee Memberships

• 2020-2021 Committee Memberships

Governance - Faculty and UVic Policies

• Faculty Evaluation Policy
• Class Size Guidelines
• Grading Policy and Guidelines
• Procedures for Review of an Assigned Grade: Undergraduate and Graduate Students
• UVic Policies & Procedures

Faculty Relations

• Guidelines for updating the Curriculum Vitae
• Checklist - Appointments with Tenure
• Checklist - Continuing Appointments
• Checklist - Reappointments
• Recommendation Form - Reappointment of Assistant Professor
• Recommendation Form - Reappointment/Continuing Appointment without Promotion of Assistant Teaching Professor
• Recommendation Form - Tenure & Promotion, Associate Professor, or Promotion, Professor
• Recommendation Form - Promotion to Associate Teaching Professor or Teaching Professor
• Template Letter to Referee - Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor
• Template Letter to Referee - Promotion to Professor
• Template Letter to Referee - Promotion to Associate Teaching Professor
• Template Letter to Referee - Promotion to Teaching Professor

Funding and Awards

• Dean's Conference Fund
• Excellence Awards
  • Criteria and Guidelines
  • Nomination Form
• Lansdowne Speakers Fund
  • Checklist
  • Funds Request Form
  • Invitation letter template - foreign
  • Invitation letter template - Canadian
  • Consent to Videotape Form

• The Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS)
• Introductory tutorial for Tri-Council Policy Statement

Our research section has additional resources on funding your research and grant support and deadlines.

• The SOSC CEL Contingency Fund can assist with the extra costs associated with community-engaged teaching. 
• Information on opportunities for Community Engaged Learning in Social Sciences
• CEL Aspects
• CEL course development resources from other institutions
  • UBC
  • Oregon
  • McMaster
  • Ottawa
  • MSU
• Document to guide student collaboration discussions with community
• Sample community-engaged placement agreement
• Sample CEL Course Syllabus from SOSC 300
• Sample release of liability (check to ensure up-to-date with protocols)
• Sample photo release (check to ensure up-to-date with protocols)
• SOSC CEL 3-Year Strategic Plan
• Document overviewing Community-Engaged Learning in Social Sciences
• Document overviewing some challenges associated with CEL and possible solutions  
• Contact Rhianna Nagel, Community-Engaged Learning Coordinator, for more information on community engagement