As part of the 2026/2027 TLEF funding round, the Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic has earmarked funding to support a fourth cohort for the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Fellows Program.
The 2026 UDL Fellows Program will run across four months, between May and August 2026. Project teams who participate in the Program will implement UDL strategies in courses during the 2026/27 academic year.
Faculty project teams
The Faculty UDL project team should consist of an instructor, who may be either a tenure-stream or contract faculty, responsible for teaching a course that forms the centerpiece of the project as well as a staff member from a Faculty support unit (e.g., Arts ISIT) or the instructor’s Department who will work alongside the instructor on the redesign of the course.
Central and faculty support
Departments will be eligible to receive $10,000 in funding to cover a three-credit course release for faculty who participate in the UDL Fellows Program. Faculties are asked to commit in-kind support of a staff member to participate fully in this professional development program as a core project team member, to work closely with faculty on the UDL redesign project that will be developed during the program.
During the program, UDL Fellows will also have access to support from UDL Program facilitators, other UDL Fellows, as well as opportunities to get feedback on their approaches from student consultants from the Centre for Accessibility.
Faculty of Arts nomination process
The Faculty of Arts can nominate two teams for participation in the 2026/27 academic year and is requesting Arts instructors who would like to be considered to submit their nomination form by Monday, January 26, 2026. The Associate Dean, Academic will make a nomination following review of the nomination forms. Once the project for Arts has been identified, Arts ISIT will work with the lead instructor to identify the support staff that best complements the goals and needs of the project team.
Nomination form
Please complete the nomination form using the Word document template provided and then submit the form below. Responses should be limited to 300-500 words per section.
To be considered, please submit the nomination form below no later than Monday, January 26, 2026.
UDL Fellows Submissions
Additional information
If you have questions about the nomination process or the UDL Fellows Program, please contact Andrew Owen, Associate Dean Academic (andrew.owen@ubc.ca) and/or Jason Myers, Arts ISIT (jason.myers@ubc.ca).
