ITIKI 2026 - VP Indigenous

Words of Welcome

On behalf of UVic's Office of the Vice-President Indigenous, we welcome you to the 3rd annual International Traditional Indigenous Knowledges Institute (ITIKI) Gathering.

Territory acknowledgement

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

2026 ITIKI Gathering

The 2026 International Traditional Indigenous Knowledges Institute (ITIKI), hosted by the University of Victoria’s Office of the Vice-President Indigenous, provides a land-based space for Indigenous knowledge holders, Indigenous leaders (both academic and cultural), and Indigenous graduate students from across the globe to gather and share traditional knowledges, praxis, ontologies, and pedagogies by exercising inherent rights and implementing traditional ways of being, knowing, and doing through cross-cultural, reciprocal exchanges between Indigenous Nations and Peoples.

LOCATION: Victoria, B.C. Canada
DATES: July 27-30, 2026

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Nəw̓es šxʷ cən ʔay̓ šqʷeləqʷən | ÁMEḴT TŦEN ÍY, ŚḰÁLEȻEN

Bring in a good heart and a good mind