Chairs & Directors
Department Chairs and Directors can access information and support from the UVICFA in the following ways:
- Support and advice from our Chairs & Directors Portfolio Holder for workplace-related concerns
- Support and advice from our Membership Services Team for workplace-related concerns
- Mentoring and training events
- Bulletins and memos
For more information on the supports you can access as a Chair or Director, please contact our Chairs & Directors Portfolio Holder.
Resources
Unit Standards
For guidelines on developing new unit standards please click here.
New Chairs & Directors
On June 11, 2025, the Association has hosted a forum for new Chairs & Directors.
Topics included:
- How to say `no’
- Balancing your job as chair or director with your own career/family
- Effective mentorship strategies
- Salary (and other) evaluation of faculty members
- Faculty (and staff) hiring best practices
- Working with Indigenous faculty members
- How to lobby for your department: the who, how and why
- Working with the FA while serving as chair or director
Chairs & Directors Forum
All Chairs and Directors are invited to the Fall 2025 FA Chairs and Directors Forums.
This round, we are offering two sessions:
- Thursday, November 6, 9:00–11:00 a.m. (Zoom)
- Thursday, November 13, 12:30–2:30 p.m. (in person at the Boardroom, University House 2. Light lunch will be provided.)
At these sessions, Adam Con (FA President), Lynne Marks (FA Chief Negotiator), Shanne McCaffrey (FA Vice-President), and Erin Campbell (FA Chairs and Directors Portfolio Holder) will provide bargaining updates and share other FA initiatives.
We also look forward to hearing updates from your units and welcome any agenda items you’d like us to include. Please feel free to reach out with suggestions. A full agenda will be circulated in advance of the meetings.
To RSVP, please contact the Administrative Coordinator, Sabrina Chang at [email protected].
