Personal Information Notice
The University of British Columbia's TA Management System (TAMS) collects your personal information - including your name, student ID, email address, academic record (degree, GPA, completed courses, and grades), and class schedule - under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA), ss.26(c) and 26(e), for the purpose of administering Teaching Assistant allocation for academic programs at UBC Okanagan, and for planning and evaluating the TA allocation program to support continuous improvement of internal processes.
Your information is used only to assess TA eligibility, support assignment decisions, communicate with you about your application and assignments, and improve the administration of the TA allocation process. It is accessible only to authorized UBC staff who are involved in the allocation process. Your information is not shared outside UBC and is not used for any other purpose.
Your personal information is retained in accordance with UBC's records-retention schedule, measured from the close of each hiring competition you apply to: if you are hired as a Teaching Assistant you become a UBC employee and your records are kept for 7 years; if you are not hired, your records are kept for 1 year and then disposed of.
If you have questions about the collection or use of your personal information, please contact: tascheduler@ubc.ca.