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Discrimination & Harassment

Discrimination and Harassment

Prevention and response

The Discrimination and Harassment Prevention and Response Policy sets out UVic’s framework to prevent and respond to Discrimination and Harassment. As each of us plays a role in doing this work, we encourage you to get to know the Policy, your options and your responsibilities when it comes to making UVic equitable, diverse and inclusive. 

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By Margaret August
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Have you experienced Discrimination or Harassment?

We are here to connect you to options and supports.

Explore options Access support
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The Policy

Reviewed and updated in 2024, the full Discrimination and Harassment Prevention and Response Policy is available online.

Download the Policy
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UVic's Discrimination and Harassment numbers

Each year Equity and Human Rights (EQHR) records statistics of how many Disclosures and Reports the office received.

Read the annual report
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Responding to Sexualized Violence

UVic believes that everyone has the right to live, learn, work and play in an environment free from Sexualized Violence.

Sexualized Violence Resource Office

Need help?

Contact EQHR
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Territory acknowledgement

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