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Equity Action Plan

Advancing equity action

Equity is a vital part of how UVic fulfills our academic and research missions. The Equity Action Plan’s goals provide UVic with strategic direction to advance equity and to create the conditions in which everyone feels a sense of belonging: as connected and respected parts of the university community.

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Scenes of Knowledge by Claire Jorgensen

About

Originally launched in 2022 and updated in 2026, the Equity Action Plan (EAP) is based on extensive community engagement. The EAP is organized across five overarching goals that are integral to UVic’s institutional planning and decision-making.

Drawing on the experiences, advice and recommendations from students, staff, faculty and other UVic community members, each goal includes a list of actions to further that goal. Learn more about how to read this plan.

Snapshot 2025 captured high-level summaries of EAP action status by goal and examples of various activities that were underway under each goal (collected March 2025).

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Equity-centred culture

Create an inclusive campus community that values diversity and challenges dominant systems of power, including colonization, white supremacy and heteropatriarchy, through research, teaching, curriculum, policy and practice.

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Relationality and belonging

Transform university structures and practices to show value for diverse lived experiences and ways of knowing to build relationships across and beyond UVic.

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Recruitment and retention

Attract, advance, and retain students, staff, faculty, librarians and senior leadership from systemically and historically marginalized communities.

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Access and support

Create equitable support structures that address the diverse access needs of the campus community.

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Institutional accountability

Conduct ongoing, transparent evaluations of this action plan with continued opportunities for meaningful engagement and feedback with/from the community.

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Access the plan

Learn how to read the plan and then browse the goals pages above to find out what we heard during community engagement and view the actions UVic has committed to undertaking. 

A printable PDF of the updated plan is coming soon.

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Territory acknowledgement

We acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Xʷsepsəm/Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the university stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

Indigenous initiatives

Stay updated

Join our mailing list to stay updated on the action progress, events and outcomes. You can also email us at equityaction@uvic.ca.

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