Indigenous alum
We offer a number of resources and host events for Indigenous alum.
Indigenous Alum Community
Join UVic Chancellor and Honourary Chair of the Indigenous Alum Community, the Honourable Dr. Marion Buller (LLB ’86, BA ’75) in this community led by Indigenous alums and students, for Indigenous alums and students. Joining the community ensures you receive email updates on events and activities of the Indigenous Alum Community.
Join the community here if you are an Indigenous alum or student.
UVic’s Indigenous Plan
Xʷkʷənəŋ istəl | W̱ȻENEṈISTEL | Helping to Move Each Other Forward
UVic's Indigenous Plan 2023 represents an essential foundation for UVic’s future, alongside UVic’s new Strategic Plan and other institutional plans. This plan weaves together our shared responsibilities to the local Nations, Indigenous students, staff and faculty through local laws and philosophies.
Indigenous Distinguished Alumni Award recipients
Each year, as part of the Distinguished Alumni Awards, UVic recognizes the contributions of alumni to Indigenous communities, which have improved outcomes for Indigenous people and contributed to Truth and Reconciliation.
Indigenous alum reading list
From poetry and drama to fiction and graphic novels, this selection of books showcases a fraction of the incredible authorship amongst Indigenous alums and hopefully serves as a starting point to delve deeper into their remarkable work.
Indigenous events
Indigenous Alum Community events and other events on Indigenous-related topics hosted by UVic are open to alums. Whether you’re looking to attend lectures, workshops, conferences or celebrations, you’re invited!
Hiring Indigenous students & alums
Whether you’re looking to hire an Indigenous student or graduate, there are great resources available through UVic’s Cooperative Education and Career Services. Connect with the Indigenous co-op and career coordinator and consider posting job and volunteer positions to the UVic job board.
News & stories
The power of Indigenous podcasts
Thanks to technology, entire generations are unearthing communities of like-minded people. Podcasting as a storytelling form has been around since the early 2000s, as MP3 audio file technology became...
Ojibwe language spirit on ləkʷəŋən land
Graduate student’s comprehensive needs assessment to support urban Ojibwe people in reclaiming language and culture whether near or far from homelands
Indigenous nursing master’s program milestones
In the fall, 25 First Nations and Metis nurses from across BC will embark officially on their graduate studies at their home institutions as part of the Indigenous Graduate Education in Nursing (I-GEN)...
Researching kelp restoration
A team of researchers led by UVic and the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre is attempting to regrow kelp forests, working closely with British Columbia coastal First Nations.