UVic community actions
Action is needed across UVic, in every unit and department, to advance the goals of the Equity Action Plan. So much important work is already underway.
Share your progress
If you or your unit have made progress to advance equity, inclusion and/or diversity, and the 5 goals of the Equity Action Plan, please share it below. We want to hear about projects, events and initiatives that employees and students are leading at UVic.
Action updates
A year of Better Data
November 18, 2024
Submitted on behalf of Equity and Human Rights.The Better Data Questionnaire has now been available for a year. Over 10,000 students and 5,000 employees have completed their questionnaires to date....
New EDI program at UVic
March 6, 2024
Submitted on behalf of Continuing Studies. The Division of Continuing Studies launched the Micro-certificate in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) program in September 2023. This new program is...
Map teaches W̱SÁNEĆ place names
February 26, 2024
Submitted by Kim Shortreed. As part of Kim Shortreed’s PhD project “Contracolonial Practices in Salish Sean Namescapes,” he collaboratively built the Untitled...
Creating a model to advance equity priorities
February 2, 2024
Submitted on behalf of HR Equity Pollinators Group. In response to the many UVic plans that have been released over the past two years, Human Resources held a collaborative session to map out a...
EAP implementation case study: Financial Services
January 23, 2024
Submitted on behalf of Financial Services. During the spring and summer of 2023, Financial Services (FINS) volunteered as one of the first groups to try out the new Equity Action Plan (EAP)...