TA Resource Page

The History TA Resource Page is intended as a resource space for History Department TAs and Professors.


TA Workload Form (Allocation of Hours Form)

Link to Download: TA Workload Summary Form (Fall & Winter Term)
Link to Download: TA Workload Summary (Summer Term)

Instructions for Professors

An allocation of hours form must be completed for each employee. One copy must be placed in the employment file of the employee and one copy given to the employee.

  1. Please fill out the TA Anticipated Workload Summary (Allocation of Hours Form),
  2. Meet with your TA(s) to discuss your workload expectations, and;
  3. Email a copy (hist.grad@ubc.ca) of the form to the History Graduate Student Support for the TA’s employee file.

General Information about TA Workload Form (Allocation of Hours)

As per the TA Collective Agreement, at the beginning of the term, all instructors are required to provide their TAs with an itemized allocation of hours for the term. This form documents the allocation of hours anticipated to be assigned to the Teaching Assistant for the duties itemized below. You, the TA, and the instructor of your course should keep a copy of this form for your own records.

The purpose of this form is to help both the TA and instructor allot adequate time for the duties of the TA. It is a tool to help plan the term and should facilitate discussion between the TA and instructor. It will also delineate reasonable expectations for the course. This form recognizes that courses can evolve over the length of a term and supports ongoing discussion between the instructor and the TA as to the ongoing allocation of hours.

Additional Notes about History Department TA Workload Form

A. For New TAs only: In-Service Training/TA workshops.

All new TAs are required to participate in one cycle of the History Department's TA Training Program.

Number of Hours to Allocate on TA Workload:

  • Please refer to the TA Orientation/Workshop Schedule below (Item #2), or;
  • Contact the TA Director.

The TA Orientation Day, and TA Workshops is scheduled by the TA Director in the summer session before the academic year begins in September.  The schedule will be updated on the TA Resource Page as soon as it is available.

B. Vacation Hours

Number of Hours to Allocate on TA Workload:

  • All TAs have some vacation hours: 8 hours per term (4-months), prorated for smaller appointments.

C. Online Training

Number of Hours to Allocate on TA Workload:

  • For new TAs only: 2.5 hours

First-Time TAs are required to complete five Online Training Modules:

  1. New Worker Safety Orientation
  2. Preventing and Addressing Workplace Bullying and Harassment Training
  3. Workplace Violence Prevention Training
  4. Privacy & Information Security Fundamentals Pt 1
  5. Privacy & Information Security Fundamentals Pt 2

Note: Online Training only has to be completed once.

For reference: https://srs.ubc.ca/training/required-training-for-all-ubc-workers/

TA Director 2023W: Courtney Booker (cbooker@mail.ubc.ca)

Overview of the 2023-2024 History Department TA Training Program (2023-24)

TA training events:

As usual, there will be a full-day History TA Orientation in early September, and a series of workshops in Term 1. New TAs are required to attend these events; they are included in your workload hours for your Term 1 TAship.


New TA Orientation:
5 September (Tues.), 9am – 3pm
Buchanan Tower seminar room 1133

TA Training Workshop 1:
20 September (Wed.), 11:00am – 12:30pm
Buchanan Tower seminar room 1133

TA Training Workshop 2:
4 October (Wed.), 11:30am – 12:50pm
Buchanan Tower seminar room 1133

TA Training Workshop 3:
18 October (Wed.), 11:30am – 12:50pm
Buchanan Tower seminar room 1133

TA Training Workshop 4:
1 November (Wed.), 11:30am – 12:50pm
Buchanan Tower seminar room 1133

TA Town Hall Meeting:
22 November (Wed.), 12:30 – 1:50pm
Buchanan Tower seminar room 1112


Link to Map Location of Buchanan Tower
http://maps.ubc.ca/PROD/index_detail.php?locat1=120

If Professors have TA(s) that need access to your course(s): 

  • TAs need to be hired into the HR system to show up as an eligible TA to add to a CANVAS course.
  • Jason Wu (hist.grad@ubc.ca) is your department timetable representative (T-Rep), and will enter your TA(s) into the SIS system as the final step after the TA job appointment has been approved and appears in the HR system.  Once the TA is assigned on SIS, this will automatically grant access to CANVAS.
  • In terms of a timeline, TAs are entered into the system approximately 1-2 pay periods before the course starts.

How can professors check to see if your TA(s) already have access to their Canvas Site: 

  • Go the People tab in your Course Navigation menu.
  • If you do not see your TA(s) listed, please contact your T-Rep (Jason Wu is T-Rep contact to assign TAs for HIST courses.)

To help your TAs get ready for to support your classroom, please let them know that Arts ISIT has TA focused workshops and ensure they self-enrol in the Arts Teaching Assistant Training site in Canvas.

Contact Person if the professor’s TA does not appear on CANVAS: 

If you have any questions about adding your TAs to CANVAS, please contact your Department T-Rep (jason.wu@ubc.ca or hist.grad@ubc.ca).  If you contact ARTS IT for assistance with adding TAs to CANVAS, your request will get forward to Jason Wu (History Department T-Rep).

Location:
Rooms 143, 145, 147, 149
Auditorium Annex A
1924 West Mall V6T 1Z2

Instructions for TAs:

  1. Please find your TA Room Assignment below.
  2. Please email your office hours (Day and Time) to hist.grad@ubc.ca and this information will be inputted into the Room Assignments below.

Room Assignment:

Room 143
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Room 145
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Room 147
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Room 149
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Grace Mitchell
gracemit@mail.ubc.ca
Office Hours:
Thursday,2:30-4:30PM

Rui Zhao
rzhao31@mail.ubc.ca
Jielu Xu
xujielu@mail.ubc.ca
Friday,2:00PM-3:00PM
Emily Witherow
ewith017@mail.ubc.ca
Dane Allard
treidler@mail.ubc.ca

Wei Wang
weiweiwe@mail.ubc.ca
Ella Bishop
ejohanne@mail.ubc.ca
Office Hours:
Friday,2:30-3:30PM

Fatima Afzal
fatimaaf@mail.ubc.ca
Liliya Ozdemir
lozdemir@mail.ubc.ca
Office Hours:
Friday,10:00AM-11:30AM


Jose Ricardo Garcia Martinez
jose.garcia@ubc.ca

Lance Pederson
lance12@mail.ubc.ca
Office Hours:
Friday,3:00PM-4:00PM
Sze Sze Yap
szesze@mail.ubc.ca
Shane Jordan Atienza
s.atienza@alumni.ubc.ca
Office Hours:
Wed,2:05PM-3:05PM

Wenqian (Jerry) Yang
wya34@mail.ubc.ca

Lily Hart
lilyhart@mail.ubc.ca
Office hours (Zoom only):
Friday,10:00AM-11:00AM
See Zoom link on
course canvas site.


Gretta Huizhong Xia
xiahzh@mail.ubc.ca
Daniel Orizaga Doguim
orizaga1@mail.ubc.ca
Scott Stephen
ses@mail.ubc.ca
Silvia Pollis Davis
sildavis@mail.ubc.ca
Office Hours:
By Appointment
Maryam Elmanzalawy
maryam.elmanzalawy@ubc.ca
Office Hours:
Thursday,3:30-4:30PM

Quinton Huang
qhuang98@mail.ubc.ca

Manimugdha Sharma
manimugdha.sharma@ubc.ca
Aydin Quach
a.quach@ubc.ca
Isabelle Avakumovic-Pointon
avapoint@mail.ubc.ca
Office Hours:
Friday,12:00-1:00PM

Coco (Ho Ching) Lai
chlai@mail.ubc.ca
Office Hours:
Tuesday,1:30-3:30PM
Nathan Gan
rsgan99@mail.ubc.ca
Bailey Hoy
nimidori@mail.ubc.ca
Stephen Quansah
squans68@mail.ubc.ca
Office Hours:
Wed,11:00AM-12:00PM
Nicole Yakashiro
nyaka@mail.ubc.ca

Shue Fung (Ernie) Chow
shuefung.chow@ubc.ca

Noah James
ncjames@mail.ubc.ca
Wenjie Weng
wwj1997@mail.ubc.ca
Arastu Lenin Khan
arastu09@mail.ubc.ca
Sean MacPherson
sean.macpherson@ubc.ca
Office Hours:
Friday,12:00-1:00PM
Johnny Zhen
jtzhen@mail.ubc.ca
Office Hours:
Friday,11:00-11:50AM
Friday,2:10-2:50PM
Ryan Sun
ryan.sun@ubc.ca
Caroline Armstrong
cnarmstr@mail.ubc.ca

manmit singh
manmit@mail.ubc.ca
Yara Ahmed
ymahmed@ubc.ca

Important Notes about TA Office:

  1. Each TA’s Physical UBC Card will serve as the swipe key card for access to all of the rooms.
  2. Each TA is assigned to one of four TA Offices.
  3. Please note the fridge in 143 is for all TAs to use (hence, shared access).
  4. Each office shares 5-10 TAs per term. TAs are assigned at random and evenly distributed across all of the rooms.
  5. TAs work out their office hours with the other TAs in the shared room.
  6. TAs are assigned a primary/designated room, but have access to all rooms in case there are unforeseen circumstances (For example, a TA can use an adjoining empty room to meet with their students if their designated room is temporarily occupied by another TA.
  7. TA offices are primarily for Office hours. Office space not being used for office hours may be used for TA prepping, marking, etc.
  8. Due to close proximity with other student offices, please be respectful of noise. Casual conversations should take place outside of the office area.

If you are not able to access the TA rooms with your student card, please send an email to hist.grad@ubc.ca to check if your student card is activated for Swipe Card Access.

The History Department Teaching Assistant Offices are located at:

Auditorium Annex,
1924 West Mall,
Vancouver, BC,
V6T 1Z2

The TA Office rooms are 143, 145, 147, 149 and 152.
The entrance is Door H (143A).

For your reference, 143A is shared common area out front.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UBC Employee email address: “@ubc.ca” or “@mail.ubc.ca”

As employees of UBC, TAs are required to use a UBC Faculty and Staff email (FASmail) address (“@ubc.ca” or “@mail.ubc.ca”) to communicate with students in their tutorial sections.  When emailing your class as a group, keep student privacy in mind by using the blind carbon copy function (“bcc”) or equivalent in your email program.   Do not use personal email (E.g. gmail, hotmail, etc.) to communicate with students.

Once the TAship is set up in the UBC HR system, students will receive an automated email with instructions to set up a “@ubc.ca” email.  Only UBC employees are allowed to use this email address.  Please note that the “@ubc.ca” email will only be accessible during the job (TA) appointment.

Important Note: When students are no longer active employees, their access to FASmail will be automatically discontinued. UBC Faculty and Staff Email (FASmail) is meant to only be used by UBC employees. For academic work, students should be using the UBC student email: (at)student.ubc.ca.

How to extend the use of “@ubc.ca” email after job appointment is finished:

Student Employees who would still like to use the “ubc.ca” email after their job appointments have finished will need to ask their thesis supervisor to sponsor them for a guest email account for a limited period.

  1. Student must ask thesis supervisor to sponsor guest account. Students will need to be sure that their thesis supervisor knows the student’s CWL name (just the name, not the password).
  2. Instructions for supervisor on “How to Sponsor a Guest Account” is found on the website:

https://it.ubc.ca/services/accounts-passwords/campus-wide-login-cwl/how-sponsor-guest

  • Use the option to “Sponsor an account with an existing CWL”
  • Students will need to be sure that their thesis supervisor knows the student’s CWL name (just the name, not the password).

The TA Invigilation Schedule updated (during the middle of the term) once the end of term exam schedule is released by UBC Scheduling services:


2022-2023 Term 2 Exam & Invigilation Schedule (History Department)

Please find below the Exam & Invigilation Schedule for History Department Courses.

Note for Professors & TAs:

Please find below the Exam & Invigilation Schedule for History Department Courses.

Exam Schedule as of Feb.23.2023
(Exam Rooms have been assigned to the TA Invigilation Schedule)

The location of the exam will be updated later in the term. Standard exam length is 2.5 hours. Please check the official UBC exam schedule for the location: https://students.ubc.ca/enrolment/exams/exam-schedule

For your reference, please find links below for the following information:

 For courses without TA(s) assigned to it:

  • If professors need a TA invigilator, please contact the TA director in charge of hiring TAs for assistance. If there are enough funds in the TA Budget, the TA Director could hire additional TAs for invigilation work.

For courses with TA(s) assigned to it:

  • TA Invigilation Assignments (below) are based on the TA Workload Forms filled out by the professors.
  • If professors did not assign invigilation hours for their TA(s), but need a TA invigilator, professors should adjust hours on the TA Workload form and communicate this with their TA(s).

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Course Date Time Location Instructor

(Course Invigilator)

TA Invigilator
 

HIST101, Section 001

 

April 25, 2023

 

 

8:30 AM

 

To Be Determined

 

Sara Knutson

 

Dane Allard

Lucy Warrington

 

 

HIST102, Section 001

 

April 19, 2023

 

7:00 PM

 

To Be Determined

 

Josh Timmermann

 

Fatima Afzal

Peter Jones

Arastu Lenin Khan

Manimugdha Sharma

Jerry Yang

 

 

HIST103, Section 001

 

April 25, 2023

 

 

7:00 PM

 

To Be Determined

 

Steven Lee

 

Quinton Huang

Seung Soo Yoon

Sze Sze Yap

Ryan Sun Stanley Chia

 

HIST103, Section 002

 

April 28, 2023

 

 

3:30 PM

 

To Be Determined

 

Glen Peterson

 

Coltin Lillico

Calvin Lin

Huizhong Xia

 

 

HIST104G, Section 201

 

April 17, 2023

 

 

3:30 PM

 

To Be Determined

 

Avram Agov

 

Note: TA Workload form not received. Course TA should consult professor to confirm invigilation duties.

 

 

HIST107, Section 201

 

 

April 21, 2023

 

 

8:30 AM

 

To Be Determined

 

Coll Thrush

 

Ella Bishop

 

HIST220A, Section 201

 

April 25, 2023

 

 

12:00 PM

 

To Be Determined

 

Michael Lanthier

 

Balie Tomar

Scott Stephen

 

 

HIST236, Section 201

 

April 24, 2023

 

 

8:30 AM

 

 

 

To Be Determined

 

Tamara Myers

 

Bailey Hoy

 

HIST237A, Section 201

 

April 20, 2023

 

 

8:30 AM

 

To Be Determined

 

 

Leslie Paris

 

Adrian Wawrejko

Emily Witherow

 

HIST280, Section 201

 

 

April 26, 2023

 

 

12:00 PM

 

To Be Determined

 

Delbar Khakzad

 

-

 

HIST319, Section 201

 

April 19, 2023

 

 

8:30 AM

 

To Be Determined

 

Michael Lanthier

 

Note: Course has TA, and exam invigilation hours not assigned on Workload Form.

 

 

HIST325, Section 201

 

April 22, 2023

 

 

12:00 PM

 

To Be Determined

 

Colin Grittner

 

-

 

HIST339, Section 201

 

April 17, 2023

 

 

3:30 PM

 

To Be Determined

 

Leslie Paris

 

Sophia McGhie

 

HIST370, Section 201

 

 

April 26, 2023

 

 

12:00 PM

 

To Be Determined

 

Michael Lanthier

 

Wenjie Weng

 

HIST373, Section 201

 

 

April 18, 2023

 

 

8:30 AM

 

To Be Determined

 

Clement Tong

 

-

 

HIST393, Section 201

 

 

April 18, 2023

 

 

12:00 PM

 

To Be Determined

 

Margaret Schabas

 

-

 

HIST409, Section 201

 

 

April 21, 2023

 

 

8:30 AM

 

To Be Determined

 

Lara Silver

 

-

 

HIST425, Section 001

 

 

April 27, 2023

 

 

8:30 AM

 

To Be Determined

 

Jack Fairey

 

Note: TA Workload form not received. Course TA should consult professor to confirm invigilation duties.

 

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Payroll Operations recently created a FAQ to answer the community’s most common questions, ranging from when you get paid and how to understand your pay statement, to why your net pay might be lower at the beginning of the year.

The information in the link above includes everything you need to know about how and when you get paid, including how to understand your pay statement and other pay-related information.

Document:

TA Handbook - History (Click to Download)


Frequently Asked Questions (F.A.Q.):

1. How are TAships paid out? Who to contact if you have questions about pay?Teaching Assistantships, set up on the Human Resource System (Workday), are paid out semi-monthly (middle of the month, and end of the month).  Once the TA job appointment is set up on Workday, employees will receive a notification to complete an on-boarding process which includes instructions on how to set up their direct deposit payment on Workday.

2. Who provides the TA Workload Form? What if you don't receive one?
At the beginning of the term, all instructors are required to provide their TAs with an itemized allocation of hours for the term. This form, called the TA Workload Form, documents the allocation of hours anticipated to be assigned to the Teaching Assistant for their duties. If you do not receive a TA Workload form at the beginning of the term from your professor, please contact the TA Director for assistance.

3.  Are there TA Mailboxes in History Department Office?
Each History Department TA is assigned a mailbox in the History Department Office (Buchanan Tower, Room 1297).  TA mailboxes are located just inside the main office entrance on the left hand side.

4. How to set up UBC email for professional capacity?
Once your TA Job Appointment is set up on Workday, the TA will receive a notification to go through an on-boarding process which includes instructions on how to set up an employee email (designated as "(at)mail.ubc.ca" or "(at)ubc.ca).  The employee email serves as the default contact email that will appear on the UBC course schedule for the TA.

When emailing your class as a group, keep student privacy in mind by using the blind carbon copy function (“bcc”) or equivalent in your email program.   Do not use personal email (E.g. gmail, hotmail, etc.) to communicate with students.

UBC Faculty and Staff Email (FASmail) is meant to be used only by UBC employees. When students are no longer active employees, they will not have access to FASmail.

For academic purposes, students should use an official UBC student email (link) designated as "(at)student.ubc.ca").

5. What about re-applying or renewing your TAship for next year?
Anticipated TA positions for the next academic year are posted by ~March 31st.  The anticipated TA positions will be be posted on the Department's Physical TA Bulletin Board, and on the Department Website's TA Opportunities Page.  Returning TAs should renew or re-apply for next year's TAships by filling out the online application/renewal form on the TA Opportunity page by the April 30th deadline.

6. Am I eligible for a UBC Zoom License if my professor requires me to hold online tutorials as part of my TA work?
UBC has a campus-wide license for Zoom as a platform for delivering courses online and larger meetings. Instructions on how to request a UBC zoom account can be found here (Learning Technology Hub), here (UBC IT), or here (UBC Zoom).

7. Where can History TAs get "whiteboard markers" to use in their tutorial sections?

Option #1: History Department TAs can ask (in-person) the front desk administrative support person in the History Main Office (Buchanan Tower, Room 1297) for "whiteboard markers".

Option #2: Fill out the contact form to ask the front desk administrative support person to leave extra whiteboard markers for "pick up" in your TA mailbox located in the History Main Office (Buchanan Tower, Room 1297).

8. What is the Dues Deduction Form? Why am I being asked to submit a Dues Deduction Form?

All bargaining unit employees (Teaching Assistants) must complete this form. Initiation fees, union dues and assessments, as established by the Union, will be deducted out of wages or salary paid to the employee. This form will be retained by the University and will only be provided to the Union upon request.

All new TAs (and those who have not completed this form in prior years), need to turn in a CUPE 2278 Dues Deduction Form. A copy of the Dues Deduction Form is sent out to all new TAs when they are hired; they are required to complete and email it to the graduate programme assistant (hist.grad@ubc.ca) by the start of term.  If you are a history TA and haven't filled out a Dues Deduction Form, please find below a link to download the form:

Click Here to download Dues Deduction Form (Link)

Teaching Assistantships (TA) positions are available to graduate students in the Department of History.  All students who have been accepted into the graduate program will be automatically considered by the graduate committee for Teaching Assistantships; no application is required.

For all other graduate students, the department welcomes TA applications throughout the year. If you would like to be considered for any teaching assistantship positions in the upcoming academic year, please see the TA Opportunities Page to view the anticipated TA position list and instructions for submitting a TA application.