Here are some of the reasons why University of Victoria was selected as one of BC's Top Employers (2024):

• University of Victoria encourages employees to continue their education with tuition subsidies for courses related and not directly related to their current position -- a number of in-house training initiatives are also offered, including mentoring and leadership development programs
• University of Victoria offers employees subsidized memberships to its onsite fitness facilities that feature tennis, squash and badminton courts, a climbing centre, a multi-purpose field house and sports therapy clinic -- and features a range of specialized inclusive programming, including wheelchair sports, blind soccer, adapted climbing, inclusive dance, and more
• University of Victoria helps employees plan for the future with retirement planning assistance services, along with generous contributions to a defined benefit pension plan -- and employees may be able to take advantage of phased-in retirement work options

Here are some of the reasons why University of Victoria was selected as one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers (2024):

• In 2022, University of Victoria established the role of vice-president Indigenous (previously associate vice-president Indigenous), who has the responsibility of furthering the university’s commitment to truth, respect and reconciliation -- also central to the role's responsibilities is the development of a strategy that integrates Indigenous cultures, histories, beliefs and ways of being and knowing across all aspects of the university’s mission
• University of Victoria organizes an annual Five Days of Action: 365 Days of Commitment event to highlight its commitment to ending discrimination, harassment and sexualized violence -- participants are invited to attend events and workshops focused on a different call to action (listen, reflect, dialogue, engage, take action) on each day of the week
• As part of University of Victoria's equity action plan launch, an action lab process was piloted in 2022 to brainstorm solutions to pressing equity problems, with two prototypes tested -- an assessment tool to embed equitable hiring criteria in response to a desire for applicants to be hired with a wider range of experiences, including lived experience; and collecting applicant demographic data to allow for a future trend analysis of determining those who are being missed at various points in hiring

Here are some of the reasons why University of Victoria was selected as one of Canada's Greenest Employers (2024):

• University of Victoria supports a campus community garden with 90 plots and includes regular gardening workshops and a small bee apiary (managed in partnership with a local beekeeper) -- additionally, the university is pioneering the Edible Campus pilot project to introduce food plantings across the campus
• University of Victoria manages the Revolving Sustainability Loan Fund that provides $250,000 to fund energy and water conservation projects on campus that are repaid through savings from utility or operating costs -- the fund is also then able to reinvest in additional sustainability projects on campus
• University of Victoria's Campus Sustainability Fund supports employees, faculty, and students with financial assistance to implement their sustainability initiatives on campus -- over 25 approved projects have been approved, from hosting educational events to water and energy use reduction initiatives