Faculty and Librarian Collective Agreement
The Collective Agreement between the Faculty Association and the University came into force on June 5, 2015. It expires on June 30, 2019.
The Collective Agreement is the contract of employment between the University and the members of the bargaining group represented by the Faculty Association. The bargaining group includes all regular faculty members (including Assistant Professors, Associate Professors, Professors, Assistant and Associate Teaching Professors, and Teaching Professors); artists-in-residence; limited-term faculty members with appointments greater than one year; and professional librarians, both regular and limited-term. The Faculty Association is a certified trade union under the BC Labour Relations Code.
The Collective Agreement is primarily administered for the University by Faculty Relations, a unit that operates within the office of and reports to the Vice-President Academic and Provost. If you have questions, please contact Pamela Richards or Heidi Morrison.
Download the Collective Agreement
Joint Committee on Administration of the Agreement
Letters of Understanding
- LOA Promotion Increments for Teaching Professors
- LOA Merit Evaluation Ratios
- LOU Amendment to Article 25.3 (Time to promotion for ATP)
- LOU Disciplinary action arising from a University Investigation
Rank | 1 Jul 18 | 1 Jul 19 |
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Lecturer | $74,085 | $77,000 |
Assistant Teaching Professor | $77,260 | $80,000 |
Associate Teaching Professor | $88,902 | $94,000 |
Teaching Professor |
$98,427 |
$112,000 |
Artist-in-Residence | $77,260 | $83,000 |
Assistant Professor | $77,260 | $80,000 |
Associate Professor | $89,960 | $94,000 |
Professor | $109,011 | $112,000 |
Librarian I | $61,385 | $65,000 |
Librarian II | $65,618 | $72,000 |
Librarian III | $75,143 | $82,000 |
Librarian IV | $82,552 | $90,000 |
As per section 63.9 of the Collective Agreement, the basic adjustment is an across-the-board adjustment and is not related to the evaulation of performance.
Year | 1 May | 1 July |
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2014 | - | 0% |
2015 | - | 1% |
2016 | 0% + ESD of 0.45% | 0.5% |
2017 | 1% + ESD of 0.35% | 0.5% |
2018 | 1% + ESD of 0.4% | 0.5% |
2019 | 1% + ESD of 0.75% |
The Economic Stability Dividend (ESD) denotes a formula by which employees receive general wage increases equal to half of any percentage gain in real GDP above the Economic Forecast Council's forecast. For further details, please see Appendix A of the Collective Agreement.
Year | Faculty CPI | Faculty MI | Librarian CPI | Librarian MI |
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2014/15 | $945 | $730 | $835 | $615 |
2015/16 | $945 | $730 | $835 | $615 |
2016/17 | $1,245 | $730 | $1,100 | $615 |
2017/18 | $1,245 | $730 | $1,100 | $615 |
2018/19 | $1,245 | $730 | $1,100 | $615 |
Please see section 63.12 of the Collective Agreement for further information on CPIs and MIs.
Group A (odd years) | Group B (even years) |
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Engineering | Business |
Fine Arts | Education |
Human & Social Development | Humanities |
Libraries | Law |
Social Sciences | Medical Science |
Academic Administrators | Science |
Please see section 19.30 of the Collective Agreement for more information on the biennial evaluation process.