Giving Tuesday
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Priority funds
These priority funds address the greatest needs across the entire UVic community. See how much donors contributed to each priority fund below.
More students than ever are relying on the campus food bank. Your gift will provide students with access to nutritious free food and household essentials.
Total raised: $43,036
Your donation to the Pathways to Education fund supports student scholarships, awards and bursaries where the need is greatest.
Total raised: $13,365
Support student health—physical and mental—with your donation to student wellness programs.
Total raised: $7,146
Help incorporate the knowledge of Indigenous Elders into university learning, as a step toward understanding and reconciliation, by donating to the Elders Engagement Fund.
Total raised: $12,165
Other featured funds
See how much donors contributed to each specific faculty or initiative below..
CanAssist Support Fund
Your support turns barriers into opportunities for people with disabilities. Donations help create innovative technologies, inclusive programs and services that advance education, employment and independent living.
Total raised: $8,539
Co-op Changemaker Awards
Support awards that recognize co-op students who have made significant contributions to their workplace, their community, or to their own personal learning.
Total raised: $2,165
Centre for Outreach Education (CORE)
CORE pairs children with unique learning needs, like dyslexia and autism, with UVic Education students who support with reading, writing, math and social skills.
Total raised: $6,566
2030 Initiative
By supporting this initiative, you’re contributing to community outreach initiatives for girls interested in STEM, awards and mentorship programs for students, and industry partnerships to engage women students with employers as they transition to the workforce.
Total raised: $5,901
Equity and Human Rights Outreach Fund
Your gift will support student and community-led initiatives that promote equity, diversity and inclusion and build a sense of belonging at UVic.
Total raised: $2,418
Indigenous Writers and Storytellers Series
Uplift Indigenous voices through your support for this series hosted by UVic’s Faculty of Fine Arts.
Total raised: $1,716
Graduate Scholarship Endowment
Provide critical financial relief to master’s and PhD students through scholarship support.
Total raised: $938
JDC West Team
Students taking part build critical skills in teamwork, leadership, problem-solving and time management. Your donation will remove financial barriers to participating.
Total raised: $5,362
Student Emergency Fund
Provide a vital safety net for students facing a financial emergency. Your donation will support an easy-to-access bursary for undergraduate or graduate students in the Faculty of Health.
Total raised: $5,077
Travel and Learning Scholarship
Help make exchange programs and field schools more accessible for undergrad students in humanities.
Total raised: $4,166
Native Student Union
Support activities like feast nights, social events and training sessions that build a sense of community among Indigenous students.
Total raised: $741
International Student Support Award
Provide vital financial support to undergraduate international students who have demonstrated financial need.
Total raised: $1,390
Law Centre
Support hands-on learning opportunities that train UVic Law students to be effective advocates, while delivering free legal services to individuals in need.
Total raised: $17,204
Digital Initiatives Fund
Provide students, faculty, staff, and community members with access to cutting-edge digital resources, including digitized archives, laptop loans, and workshops promoting digital literacy.
Total raised: $4,009
Science Rendezvous
Bring together students and scholars with local community members in a compelling event promoting STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). Help kids in grades K-12, families and educators get excited about STEM, while supporting UVic students to showcase their research.
Total raised: $8,813
Experiential Learning Fund
Learning by doing is a key component of the student experience. From field schools to community service learning to global exchanges, Social Science students take their learning out of the classroom and into the community to gain lived experience that has the power to change their lives.
Total raised: $3,877
Student Meal Share Program
Help reduce food insecurity for students. Every $50 donated supports another student experiencing food insecurity.
Total raised: $681
Chair in Transgender Studies: Scholarships & Fellowships
Support trans+ undergrad and grad students. Gifts drive social change and improve the well-being of trans, nonbinary, two-spirit, and other gender-diverse people.
Total raised: $7,630
Sports Injury Clinic
Support Vikes student-athletes. Your donation will directly contribute to cutting-edge equipment for Vikes medical and strength and conditioning programs.
Total raised: $534
Alumni Fund
Your donation will support student activities like clubs, events, and community engagement, through the Alumni Association's grant program.
Total raised: $113
Unlock challenges
Donation matching challenges
Giving Tuesday donations can have double the impact thanks to matching money available for priority funds and select featured funds.
This year you unlocked $80,875 in matching funds.
Sponsorship challenges
$5,000 in sponsor money was unlocked through alumni and student engagement on Giving Tuesday.
Sponsors & partners
Thank you to our sponsors and our campus and community partners
- Blink Printing
- Felicita’s
- Graduate Student Society (GSS)
- Phoenix Theatre
- UVic Alumni Association
- UVic Bookstore
- UVic Distribution Services
- UVic Facilities Management
- UVic Food Services
- UVic OneCard
- UVic Systems
- Vikes
About Giving Tuesday
Globally, Giving Tuesday is a celebration of philanthropy that inspires people to give back to causes they are passionate about. At UVic, Giving Tuesday brings together alumni, community members, faculty, staff and students to donate, participate in events and unlock dollars to reach our goals.
UVic has been participating in Giving Tuesday since 2016. Since then, the event has generated over $1 million for a variety of programs and projects across the entire university—including student aid, clubs, community-outreach programs, EDI initiatives and much more.
After the consumerism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday is a day to focus on giving back. But more important than the individual donations, Giving Tuesday is a chance to see how much we can achieve when we come together for the causes we care about at UVic.
Why the sprinkles?
The sprinkles theme is a fun way to demonstrate how many thousands of small actions (donations and participation) add up to have a significant impact at UVic and beyond.