Events
The Scarborough Charter Steering Committee aims to create, collaborate, or provide information on events and initiatives that celebrate Black inclusion, joy, and achievements. Below is a list of events that have been shared with us.
Disclaimer: This page includes events that may not be affiliated or endorsed by UVic or the Scarborough Charter Committee. However, the events listed may be of interest to those who are a part of UVic's community.
If you would like to share an event within the Greater Victoria area that aims to celebrate and/or recognize Black inclusion please email us at blackinclusion@uvic.ca.
Upcoming UVic events
Black Staff Lunch and Lounge
- Tuesday, May 13, 2025
- 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
- Sedgewick C168
Join an informal lunchtime gathering for Black staff to connect. Bring your own lunch, come meet new folks, catch up with familiar faces, learn about upcoming events, and enjoy some complimentary light refreshments together! The event is held by the Scarborough Charter Steering Committee which aims to create spaces to bring together Black communities and celebrate Black joy at UVic.
Upcoming community events
Celebration of Excellence and Achievement (COEA) for Students of African Descent (a.k.a. Black Grad)
May 8 or 15, 2025
Complete the form before January 22 to participate in the event.
AfriCa Fest 2025
June 26, 2025
Downtown Victoria, location TBD.
Past events
- ACSA's Timeless Gala - Mar. 7, 2025
- African Eloquence Youth Celebration - Mar. 1, 2025
- Planet Earth Poetry series - Feb. 28, 2025
- Designing Blackness in Digital Gaming - Feb. 27, 2025
- Dub Performance as Decolonial Praxis - Feb. 25, 2025
- BCBHAS Mentor Tea - Feb. 16, 2025
- Advancing Black inclusion and addressing anti-Black racism - Feb. 12, 2025
- ACSA’s BHM Information Booth - Feb. 12, 2025
- Journeys of Black Mathematicians - Feb. 8 & 25, 2025
- Resistance & Resilience: A Black History Month Cultural Evening - Feb. 8, 2025
- Celebrating Black History Month with Food - Feb. 6, 13 & 27, 2025
- BC Black History: Resilence Amid Racism - Feb. 6, 2025
- BCBHAS Black History at the Shady Creek Church - Feb. 2, 2025
- Black in BC - Leadership Summit - Feb. 1, 2025
- Black History Month at UVic - Feb. 1-28, 2025
- Fierce Vulnerability: Healing Trauma, Emerging from Collapse - Jan. 17, 2025
- Students of Colour Collective (SOCC) - Building equity, awareness & mindfulness (BEAM) with Tricia Best and Gabrielle Miller from the Scarborough Charter Steering Committee - Dec. 12, 2024
- 5 Days of Action: Scarborough Charter: Advancing Black Flourishing and Inclusion - Nov. 8, 2024
- B(l)ack to School Social - Sep. 24, 2024
- African & Caribbean Cookout & Ludo Tournament - Sep. 21, 2024
- Through Liminality: Transformative Leadership in VUCA Times - Sep. 18, 2024
- The Chorus is Speaking: Experiencing Identities of Blackness in Canada - Opening Reception: Sep. 18, 2024
- Mechanisms of Injustice: Bridging gaps in access and treatment to address inequities for minoritised children and young people living with chronic pain - Lansdowne Lecture - Sep. 12, 2024
- Ghana in the Park - Aug. 31, 2024
- i-Land Fest: Vancouver Island's Caribbean Festival - Aug. 24-25, 2024
- Nigerians at the Park - Jun. 30, 2024
- AfriCa Fest 2024 - Jun. 22, 2024
- Advancing Black inclusion and addressing anti-Black racism in the community - Jun. 19, 2024