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Guiding Principles The implementation of the ISP is guided by a set of principles. These principles must also guide the proposals to this call. Transparency The principle of transparency extends to open decision-making processes, open reporting mechanisms and open communication at all levels of the university. In particular, open communications are essential across and between… Read More

Compare Streams Funding stream Stream 1: Innovative projects Stream 2: Transformative projects Stream 3: Student-led projects Eligibility Applicant: UBCV/O faculty, staff and post-doctorates Sign-off: must be approved / signed-off by the Department Head / Dean Prerequisite: Completed the ISP Self-Assessment Tool. Financial commitment: The Faculty, department or unit will be responsible for sustainment and commit… Read More

Stream 3: Student-led Projects Student-led projects can align with any (at least one) of the 43 actions in the ISP. If you are a student (undergraduate or graduate) principal applicant you will apply to this stream. Proposals submitted to Stream 3 are adjudicated separately from proposals submitted by faculty, staff or post-docs to the other… Read More

Stream 2: Transformative Projects The Transformative Projects stream funds initiatives that have the potential for systemic impact and projects that could be sustained after the Indigenous Strategic Initiatives funding period by the requesting unit. Transformative projects should aim to have an impact at either the portfolio or the institutional level. Transformative change can be defined… Read More

Stream 1: Innovative Projects The Innovative Projects stream funds existing projects or serves as seed funding for initiatives that will look to be sustained by implementing units/Faculties. Cost-shared initiatives are welcomed. Seed funding is for new initiatives that will advance the Faculty or unit’s Indigenous strategy, achievement and enhancement goals with the potential to scale… Read More

The Reconciliation Pole Our engagement process was designed to be somewhat analogous to the story of the raising of the Reconciliation Pole, installed here at UBC in April 2017. About Reconciliation Pole The Reconciliation Pole is situated on the unceded ancestral and traditional territory of the hən’q’əmin’əm’ speaking Musqueam people. The pole, carved from an… Read More

Guiding Network Our engagement process was designed to be somewhat analogous to the story of the raising of the Reconciliation Pole, installed at UBC in April 2017 ISP Implementation The ISP Guiding Network is an innovative, networked, Indigenous human-rights based model for ISP implementation support that has: The university-wide ISP Guiding Network builds upon the… Read More

Relationships UBC has a complex network of relationships with and obligations to Indigenous peoples locally and globally, beginning with our host nations of Musqueam and Syilx Okanagan. Working outward, UBC has relationships with and responsibilities to Indigenous nations and peoples in the lower mainland/Fraser Valley and Okanagan Valley, within the Province of BC, nationally in… Read More