How to read the plan

The Equity Action Plan (EAP) is organized by 5 goals:

These aspirational goals provide 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. Each goal includes the following sections.

Why

Provides background information on the development of each goal, drawing on what we heard during community engagement.

Barriers

Barriers to equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging that have been identified through community engagement. While these lists do not include all individual barriers that were shared throughout the engagement phases, they reflect the barriers that were most consistently identified across the community.

Committed actions

A list of activities that UVic is committed to undertaking as we work towards each goal. These actions are based on community engagement, adaptions of Scarborough Charter commitments as well as leadership priorities.

Achieved actions

Actions marked ‘achieved’ no longer require new initiatives. They are fully implemented and are either complete or have sustaining efforts underway.

Lead

The President, Vice-Presidents and University Secretary are accountable for ensuring progress on the committed actions related to their portfolio where they are listed as the lead. When a specific unit or leadership role, committee, or council is named in parentheses, they will be responsible for developing activities to advance these actions. Other leaders and portfolios may have related responsibilities.

Executive Council: actions that require coordinated efforts between the President, Vice-Presidents and University Secretary
All portfolios: actions that will require efforts across all university portfolios and within all departments/units