Accountability & reporting
Reporting
Reporting on progress is a crucial part of the Equity Action Plan (EAP), as laid out by goal 5:
During the development of the EAP we heard that there is a lack of trust when it comes to the evaluation of equity related initiatives, especially from systemically and historically marginalized populations. There is a desire for reporting to be meaningful and go beyond performativity.
Therefore, Action 10 under goal 5 states: Design an ongoing reporting mechanism for the campus community that involves sharing progress on the EAP, consulting on reprioritization and emerging issues, and communicating actions from across the university.
The goals of this reporting plan are to increase transparency and build trust while holding UVic leaders accountable to the commitments of the plan.
Snapshot 2025
Institution-wide interim reporting for the EAP focuses on sharing a high-level summary of the advancement of the EAP’s five goals. Click the link below to check out Snapshot 2025.
Update 2026
In September 2026, an updated version of the Equity Action Plan was released. As with the plan’s initial creation, the experiences of UVic community members have been central to the updating of UVic’s strategic direction related to advancing equity work across campus and addressing barriers to inclusion and belonging.
Changes to the plan
Since work to support the goals of the Equity Action Plan is still underway across campus, this interim update was not a full rewrite of the plan. The five goals remain the same, however, the context both on and off campus has shifted since the plan’s launch in 2022. With this in mind, the updates to the EAP took into consideration new community engagement, data collected during the previous reporting period and 3 years of the plan’s implementation; these experiences range from informal and formal community feedback, executive direction, case-related trends, and known community priorities.
To read a more detailed breakdown of the changes made to the plan, review the summary below.
Community Engagement
In Fall 2025 following the launch of Snapshot 2025 we launched several rounds of community engagement to better understand the shifting context and priorities of the university community.
Process overview
Phase 1: Understanding our shifting context (Fall 2025)
We wanted to understand how the barriers faced by UVic community members have changed over the last three years. From the end of October 2025 to the end of the fall term, a campus wide survey was available to collect feedback.
Phase 2: Community priorities (February - March 2026)
After initial broad engagement in phase 1, we used various tactics to hear about priority actions from university community members. This phase included consultations with student and employee advocacy groups, unions, and relevant working groups and committees to ensure diverse perspectives and expertise informed the update. Additionally, we released a student survey to consult on the drafted actions that specially seek to improve student experiences and received over 1000 responses.
Phase 3: (Spring/Summer 2026)
The EAP team worked with leaders across the university to ensure the commitments of the plan are actionable and that accountabilities are clear.
Accountabilities
For each action listed in the plan, one of more senior leader is listed as “leads.” These members of the University Executive are accountable for ensuring progress on the committed actions. Units and faculties within their portfolios have been tasked with developing activities to advance these actions. Other leaders and portfolios may have related responsibilities.
Ongoing progress
The UVic Community Actions Feed serves as an ongoing way for members of the University community to share initiatives that advance the goals of the Equity Action Plan. Check out the action updates and consider adding your own.Questions?
If you want to know more about how the EAP's accountability will be upheld and reported out, send us an email at equityaction@uvic.ca.