Community
We don’t treat community collaboration as an add-on—it’s the foundation of our research and teaching. Our approach emphasizes community-led, reciprocal and applied work, rather than purely academic research.
We work with partners to advance shared goals of Indigenous resurgence, self-governance and nationhood to support the health and well-being of First Nations and Indigenous Peoples.
Learn about the University of Victoria’s commitment to the teaching of Nəc̓ əmaat kʷəns čeʔi | ĆȺNEUEL OL | Work together, one of 4 goals and priorities that guide UVic’s Indigenous Plan.
Community-based learning
Our students learn through ceremony, community work and lived experience—not just theory.
PhD student Cheryl Recollet participated in building a teaching lodge with Anishinaabe community members.
For Recollet, a member of Wiikwemkoong Unceded First Nation in Northern Ontario, the lodge was more than a structure. It was a space to discuss, enact and embody governance.
“This was an exercise in Anishinaabe governance,” she says. “We kept it as a teaching lodge and made that space open and accessible, and a comfortable place for people to learn, as a visual reminder of what Anishinaabe governance looks like.”
Read about Cheryl’s experience enacting Indigenous governance.
Partner with us
The School of Indigenous Governance welcomes opportunities to connect with community partners. Please contact igov@uvic.ca for more information.