Sustainable Development Goal 5

The Womxn in Math Mentorship program connects and builds community at UVic for womxn with an interest in math and statistics, with the goal of seeing one another and envisioning themselves succeeding.

Young Women in Business provides young women and professionals with events, programs and networks to help them become successful in their careers, take on new challenges and develop skills.

The Gender, violence and health project of the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research studies the substance use behaviour among sex workers, their vulnerabilities, and resilience

UVic’s Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Researchers are a group of faculty members from across different academic units with an interest in research, teaching or service in the area of sex, gender, and sexuality.

UVic’s Research Chair in Trans-gender Studies contribute to the development and dissemination of accurate knowledge about Trans+ people.

Science Venture’s All-girl programs provide girls with safe spaces to design, build, experiment, with women as role models and mentors who break down the still existing stereotypes about women in engineering and science.

All UVic child care centres were approved to become $10 a Day ChildCareBC Centres, so that students with young children are able to focus more on their studies and less on making ends meet.

UVic's Transgender Day of Visibility is dedicated to celebrating the lives of Trans+, Two-Spirit, non-binary and gender-diverse people and reaffirming our commitment to create a world where all gender-diverse people can thrive.

UVic's Discrimination and Harassment Prevention and Response Policy aims to instill and cultivate institutional, collective, and individual responsibility to create an environment and culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion.

The university flag was lowered to mark the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Members of the community gathered for a silent walk of commitment against gender-based violence.

The Policy on Human Rights, Equity and Fairness responds to our responsibility to prevent discrimination, provide procedures to resolve complaints and remedy problems, and to educate and train the university community about its obligations regarding human rights, equity and fairness.