The Department of Linguistics invites UBC students to submit an application to work as a Teaching Assistant (TA) in the upcoming academic year (September 2026 through April 2027).
Please note that TAs must complete the work from within the province (BC) during the employment period – that is, even for an online course, TAs may not work from abroad.
Duties may include:
- Attending all course lectures. For an online course, this includes helping to manage chat/discussions/breakout rooms.
- Leading tutorials (for those courses with tutorials).
- Participating in training and orientation sessions.
- Facilitating small group activities and conversations.
- Marking assignments and assessments.
- Entering grades in Canvas.
- Proofreading materials and assignment instructions.
- Responding to student e-mails and questions in a timely manner.
- Meeting with the course instructor regularly; ensuring collegial and functional communication.
Wage:
Wage is determined by the student’s classification according to the CUPE 2278 Collective Agreement (https://www.cupe2278.ca/collective-agreement-basics):
- Undergraduate students (UTA I classification) will receive $26.40/hour.
- Graduate students with less than two years’ service as a TA (GTA II classification) will receive $38.65/hour.
- Graduate students who have completed two years’ service as a GTA (GTA I classification) will receive $40.16/hour.
- Graduate students who take on additional lead hand duties as a TA, such as coordinating other Teaching Assistants and providing guidance, technical knowledge, and subject matter expertise (STA classification), will receive $42.95/hour.
Winter Term 1 (September to December 2026):
Winter Term 1 is 16 weeks long; TAs work up to 12 hours per week (up to 192 hours total over the term) under the direction of the course instructor. We will be hiring up to 18 positions ranging from 0.5 FTE (96 hours) to 1.0 FTE (192 hours) in Term 1. The exact number of positions is subject to change based on actual enrollment numbers. The following is a list of courses that will be offered in Term 1 that TAs could be assigned to (course descriptions can be found here):
- LING 100 001 - Introduction to Language and Linguistics
- LING 100 003 - Introduction to Language and Linguistics (online, asynchronous)
- LING 101 001 - Languages of the World
- LING 101 003 - Languages of the World (online)
- LING 142 001 – Language and Technology
- LING 170 002 – Introduction to How to Learn a Language
- LING 200 001 – Linguistic Theory and Analysis I
- LING 222 001 – Language Acquisition
- LING 300 003 – Studies in Grammar
- LING 311 001 – Studies in Phonology
- LING 313 001 – Introduction to Linguistic Phonetics and Speech Science
- LING 319 001 – Historical Linguistics
- LING 327 001 – Introduction to Semantics
- LING 333 001 – Research methods for Linguistics
- LING 452 001 – Acquisition of Syntax
Winter Term 2 (January to April 2027):
Winter Term 2 is 16 weeks long; TAs work up to 12 hours per week (up to 192 hours total over the term) under the direction of the course instructor. We will be hiring up to 20 positions ranging from 0.5 FTE (96 hours) to 1.0 FTE (192 hours) in Term 2. The exact number of positions is subject to change based on actual enrollment numbers. The following is a list of courses that will be offered in Term 2 that TAs could be assigned to (course descriptions can be found here):
- LING 100 002 – Introduction to Language and Linguistics
- LING 100 004 – Introduction to Language and Linguistics
- LING 101 002 – Languages of the World
- LING 101 004 – Languages of the World (online)
- LING 101 V01 – Languages of the World (Vantage College section)
- LING 201 002 – Linguistic Theory and Analysis II
- LING 209 002 – Clinical Topics in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
- LING 300 004 – Studies in Grammar
- LING 311 002 – Studies in Phonology
- LING 314 002 – Instrumental Phonetics
- LING 345 002 – Pragmatics
- LING 405/505 002 – Morphology
- LING 451 002 – Acquisition of Phonology
To Apply:
Applications must be submitted by Thursday, April 30th at 11:59 PM via this form: https://ling.air.arts.ubc.ca/26w-ta-ling/
Applications must include:
- Brief cover letter outlining your experience for the position;
- Curriculum vitae (CV); and
- Contact details of two referees who can speak to your suitability for the role.
Only successful candidates will be contacted. Hiring decisions are made in accordance with UBC’s hiring practices (http://www.hr.ubc.ca/) and the collective agreement made between UBC and CUPE 2278.
UBC hires on the basis of merit and is committed to employment equity. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply. The positions listed in the links noted above are subject to budgetary approval and conditional upon satisfactory enrollment. Scheduled days of the week, times and assigned rooms are also subject to change.
Questions may be directed to manager.ling@ubc.ca.