Learning and leadership
At UVic, learning is for everyone. We offer a range of employee learning and leadership development opportunities that help employees thrive, build community, and contribute to a vibrant, inclusive workplace. We provide a variety of ways for employees to engage in learning, including workshops, online self-paced courses, podcasts, communities of practice, cohort-based programming, honouring different learning preferences and needs.
Through our Employee Learning and Leadership programs, we:
- support all UVic employees on their lifelong learning journey, providing skills and knowledge to reach personal and professional goals
- foster community and connection, emphasizing relational, inclusive, and values-based approaches
- cultivate adaptability and creativity, preparing employees and leaders to thrive in a dynamic higher-education environment
Employee learning program
The Employee Learning Program (ELP) is available to all regular employees and offers a multitude of opportunities to build skills, strengthen relationships, and grow professionally.
The core courses in the ELP are organized into learning suites. These are bundles of courses that surround a central theme or skill set.
- UVic Citizen: connect with UVic's community and culture
- Understanding Self and Others: deepen self-awareness and strengthen relationships
- Clear Communication: sharpen interpersonal communication skills for the workplace
- Personal Effectiveness: boost productivity and focus
- Conflict Fluency: dialogue respectfully and productively across differences
Leadership development
At UVic, we are committed to fostering the growth of leaders at every stage of their leadership journey. Whether you are an emerging leader, an experienced leader, or an everyday leader, UVic provides robust opportunities for continuous development.
The Leadership Development Program is organized into learning series, which progressively develop leadership skills, knowledge, and capacity. Each learning series consists of a sequence of courses that are meant to build upon each other. Completion of a learning series often takes 1-2 years. Series completion certificates can demonstrate that you have learned certain skills and may be ready for new opportunities.
- Manage People: effectively supervise employees
- Lead Teams: develop, engage, and lead strong teams
- Conflict Leader: navigate and coach others through conflict effectively
- The Prepared Leader: learn to lead effectively through crises
- The UVic Leader: lead IN community, AS community, FOR community
The UVic Leader Program
Lead IN Community, AS Community, FOR Community
The UVic Leader Program is a bold new, values-based development opportunity designed to support UVic leaders and strengthen our leadership community, as we navigate today’s complex and evolving higher education landscape. This program rethinks how we do leadership at UVic by centering a community-oriented leadership culture.
Grounded in research and aligned with UVic’s aspirational culture, this unique program builds the mindsets, skills, and capacities needed to lead through complexity and co-create the university we’re becoming.
Learning Central
Learning Central is...
UVic's staff learning registration system. Learning central has many features that help employees take control of their learning and development.
These include:
- easily register and un-register for courses
- save courses you find interesting for future reference
- subscribe to notifications for future course offerings
- view and download learning records including completion certificates
- upload training certificates you have been granted by other organizations
- supervisors can view training records for their direct reports
Learning Central Training Providers can...
- create, edit, and remove courses and instructors
- manage registration and waitlists for their course offerings
- collect accessibility and dietary accommodation needs for participants
- communicate easily with registrants
*To become a Learning Central training provider, email odls1@uvic.ca with your request and to set up a short training session.
Other learning platforms
The UVic Employee Learning Hub
Outlines standard course offerings and resources to help you build a customized learning plan.
This includes:
- standard course catalogue organized by learning suites and learning series
- learning suites focused on specific themes or skill sets that can be taken in any order
- learning series of sequential courses that build on one another for deeper understanding in certain areas
Brightspace is...
UVic's Learning Management System (LMS), and your platform to register for, and complete, online learning.
In Brightspace you can:
- browse and register for online courses
- revisit courses anytime.
- once registered, you can return to your course anytime via your Brightspace account (accessible through Online Tools).