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, inclusice, 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.
Our dedication to developing leaders is intrinsically linked to our aspiration to move towards our strategic goals. By empowering leaders to pursue lifelong learning, we ensure that our community is equipped with the skills, knowledge, resilience, and community needed to achieve our shared vision.
Leadership develoment is organized into learning series. A 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 unregister 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.
Version 1.1 (last updated Jul 26, 2019)
The Learning Central portal at the University of Victoria (UVic) is managed by Organization Development and Learning Services (ODLS) within Human Resources (HR). The portal supports employee training and learning records management by UVic training providers. Access to the Learning Central portal (“portal”) is granted upon a user’s review and acceptance of a set of terms and conditions (“agreement”). Any modifications to this agreement will be posted with the assumption that continued use of the portal indicates acceptance of such changes.
Information disclosure
Your learning records are visible to your direct supervisor or manager through the portal.
Also, by using the portal, you agree to make your contact information and employment status available to portal administrators (ODLS staff and other campus training providers).
Portal users are responsible for seeking appropriate supervisor approval prior to registering for training. Some operations in the portal may require you to provide a FAST code and personal dietary restrictions. This information will be visible to portal administrators only for the purposes of applying a service policy or arranging catering services when applicable.
Your interactions within the portal, including registering for courses, posting courses, learning records and other data will be stored on servers located in Canada at the University of Victoria.
University policies
Use of the Learning Central portal is subject to the following UVic policies and guidelines:
- IM7200 - Acceptable Use of Electronic Information Resources Policy
- GV0235 - Protection of Privacy Policy
- IM7700 - Records Management Policy
- IM7310 - Copyright Compliance Policy - Fair Dealing Guidelines
- IM7800 - Information Security Policy
in addition to applicable service policies associated with the courses you are taking. These policies will be highlighted during the registration process and are a result of the fact that training may be organized by various departments and service providers.
Access
The portal is available to students, staff, faculty, and authorized administrators at the UVic via single sign-on with a primary NetLink ID. Upon leaving the university, you will lose access to your account. If you would like assistance getting a copy of your learning records, contact ODLS at odls1@uvic.ca.
Support
Support for the portal is provided by ODLS; however, support for specific courses is provided by the department organizing the training. By using this portal, you consent to receive communications including notices, announcements, feedback, or support from relevant portal administrators. Portal administrators may provide all such communications by email or by posting them as a notice on the Learning Central website.
Disclaimers
ODLS will endeavour to ensure that the portal is available 24 hours a day; however, access to this site may be suspended temporarily and without notice in the event of system failure, maintenance or repair, or for reasons beyond the control of ODLS.
The portal may contain content, references and links to other websites outside the control of UVic. UVic is not responsible for, does not guarantee access to, and does not assume endorsement of external content.
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).