Strategic Initiative Indigenous (SI-I) Grant Application |
Principal applicant information
The Strategic Initiative Indigenous (SI-I) grant supports faculty and staff to revise programs, courses, curricula, or learning resources that will help fulfill UVic’s commitment to reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, as outlined in the 2023 Indigenous Plan.
Your proposal should emphasize the development of opportunities for UVic students to gain a better understanding of Indigenous peoples' history and culture, and the impact of colonization in the following ways:
Your proposal should emphasize the development of opportunities for UVic students to gain a better understanding of Indigenous peoples' history and culture, and the impact of colonization in the following ways:
- underlining, valuing and integrating Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing
- deconstructing colonialism and de-centering unequal colonial knowledge structures
- promoting reconciliation of power relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples
addressing specific Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Calls to Action.
Please review our website for applicant eligibility information.