Five Days of Action
This year, the Centre for Youth and Society joins the University of Victoria in UVic's sixth annual Five Days of Action: 365 Days of Commitment. From October 30th - November 3rd, 2023, UVic will be working with the campus community to highlight work groups, units and organizations committed to building a more diverse, inclusive, equitable, and safe campus throughout the year to put on a series of events and workshops. Pre-registration is required for many events; for more information, please visit /equity/education/5-days-action/schedule/index.php
Resources
For equity and diversity resources in Greater Victoria, including resources for Indigenous people, BIPOCs, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ individuals, please visit the .
The University of Victoria has curated resources that you can read, watch, and do to address discrimination, harassment, and sexualized violence on campus. Each day corresponds to one of five Calls to Action: Listen, Reflect, Dialogue, Engage, and Take Action. Find resources related to each Call to Action at uvic.ca/equity/education/5-days-action/schedule/index.php.
Events
The University of Victoria is putting on a variety of workshops and events designed to spotlight groups, organizations, and others working to make campus a more inclusive place for everyone. Each day's events are related to a specific Call to Action. Events are being offered in-person and online. Pre-registration is required for many events. For more details and to register for events, please visit uvic.ca/equity/education/5-days-action/.
October 30, 2023: Listen
5 Day Hub
Drop by our hub to learn about the weeks events while sipping on coffee and tea. Test your equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) knowledge and start conversations.
- 10:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.
- Outside the McPherson Library
Killjoys: Art Show
- More will be shared shortly.
UVic signed the to commit to reducing anti-Black racism and support Black flourishing. Join for a progress update.
- 10:00 A.M. - 11:20 A.M.
- Sŋéqə ʔéʔləŋ (Snequ) House
Highlights from the 2023 Moving Trans History Forward conference, featuring presentations from local and international speakers.
- 1:00 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.
- McPherson Library's Digital Learning Commons and Zoom
Gain practical knowledge and understanding of key concepts and ideas associated with creating more equitable, diverse and inclusive spaces.
- 3:00 P.M. - 4:20 P.M.
- Clearihue Building A224
- 1:30 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.
- First Peoples House Ceremonial Hall
- Open to all UVic members
Poetry meets visual arts to address topics of anti-racism, equity, diversity, inclusion and/or sexualized violence prevention.
- 3:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.
- Outside Harry Hickman Building
October 31, 2023: Reflect
5 Day Hub
Drop by our hub to learn about the weeks events while sipping on coffee and tea. Test your equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) knowledge and start conversations.
- 10:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.
- Outside the McPherson Library
Killjoys: Art Show
- More will be shared shortly.
This workshop is designed to cultivate a shared understanding among UVic leaders, supervisors, and administrators of the role power and privilege play in successfully navigating workplace conflict and leading individuals and teams.
- 9:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
- Sŋéqə ʔéʔləŋ (Snequ) House Board Room
- Open to UVic leaders, supervisors and administrators
This session provides an overview of Rematriation and its epistemologies (ways of knowing), ontologies (ways of being), and axiology (values) to support in the development of action-based identity-building frameworks that will support participants in upholding Rematriation as resistance.
- 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
- David Strong Building C124
Join UVic's Co-op and Career Services for a practical session and draft a self-identification plan for the workplace.
- 12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M.
- Online via Zoom
This 2-part workshop deconstructs the concept of respect before reconstructing it in the context of relationships. From this new understanding, we co-create a skills-based framework to transform respect from abstract to concrete behaviours in workplace settings.
- 1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.
- Harry Hickman Building 128
- Open to UVic employees
- Part 2 on November 7
Offered by the and rooted in disability justice, this workshop seeks to provide practical suggestions and methodology to create safer, more accessible spaces for all who may enter the classroom.
- 1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.
- Cornett Building B143
Gain practical knowledge and understanding of key concepts and ideas associated with creating more equitable, diverse and inclusive spaces.
- 4:30 P.M. - 5:50 P.M.
- Online via Zoom
November 1, 2023: Dialogue
5 Day Hub
Drop by our hub to learn about the weeks events while sipping on coffee and tea. Test your equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) knowledge and start conversations.
- 10:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.
- Outside the McPherson Library
Killjoys: Art Show
More will be shared shortly.
Join Dr. Carmen Rodriguez de France in this workshop where you will engage in activities, and explore resources and approaches to weave Indigenous ways of knowing into your work creating pathways for anti-racist practice.
- 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
- Online via Zoom
This seminar discusses the Better Data Project and its importance to advancing equity action across the University of Victoria community.
- 10:30 A.M. - 11:20 A.M.
- Online via Zoom
- Open to UVic employees and students
Learn from local employers in Victoria focused in creating a welcoming environment for their employees and for the communities they service.
- 12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M.
- Online via Zoom
UVic's Music Student Association (MSA) presents their annual recital featuring underrepresented voices in music. School of Music student performers will present and discuss works that highlight marginalized voices, bringing awareness to EDI-related challenges that musicians and musical institutions are facing.
- 12:30 P.M. - 1:30 P.M
- Live stream
The session is to contextualize and re-examine the stories we have heard about Indigenous Peoples in Canada.
- 1:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.
- Online via Zoom
Positive approaches for supporting transgender, non-binary, and Two-Spirit employees and students.
- 1:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.
- Online via Zoom
- Open to UVic employees
Gain practical knowledge and understanding of key concepts and ideas associated with creating more equitable, diverse and inclusive spaces.
- 4:30 P.M. - 5:50 P.M.
- Online via Zoom
November 2, 2023: Engage
5 Day Hub
Drop by our hub to learn about the weeks events while sipping on coffee and tea. Test your equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) knowledge and start conversations.
- 10:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.
- Outside the McPherson Library
Killjoys: Art Show
- More will be shared shortly.
Gain practical knowledge and understanding of key concepts and ideas associated with creating more equitable, diverse and inclusive spaces.
- 10:00 A.M. - 11:20 A.M
- In-person; Bob Wright Centre A104
Join this workshop to learn about UVic’s first institution-wide equity plan, how your unit can be part of advancing the actions included in the plan and how to embed equity, diversity, inclusion and accountability into your unit-level equity planning.
- 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
- Online via Zoom
- Open to UVic unit leaders, staff, faculty and students
Join us for a 50-minute collaboration between storytellers from the UVic community and UVic School of Music musicians. This performance will immerse you in diverse tales of challenge and joy amidst a tapestry of improvised sound as an agent to enhance narrative and meaning.
- 12:00 P.M. - 12:50 P.M.
- Phillip T. Young Recital Hall
Learn through stories the kinds of interventions can be made towards greater disability inclusion, equity, and affirmation.
- 1:00 P.M. - 2:20 P.M.
- Online via Zoom
A panel discussion about the new Indigenous Plan, how it came to be and what it means to you.
- 1:00 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.
- In-person; First Peoples House Ceremonial Hall
- Open to UVic members
Join a live taping of “” as Lyndon, Boston, and special guests to explore the barriers Christian communities face when working to be overtly queer-affirming and anti-racist.
- 4:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.
- In-person and live stream; location TBC
November 3, 2023: Take Action
5 Day Hub
Drop by our hub to learn about the weeks events while sipping on coffee and tea. Test your equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) knowledge and start conversations.
- 10:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.
- Outside the McPherson Library
Killjoys: Art Show
- More will be shared shortly
This session will develop your understanding of cultural intelligence, how it complements emotional intelligence, and how you can develop your own capability for success in diverse cultural contexts, be it in your workplace or your classroom.
- 8:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
- SUB Upper Lounge
- Open to UVic employees.
In parallel to 5 Days of Action, this concert and lecture draws from Dr. Dan Stone's new book “The Holocaust: An Unfinished History,” Dan Stone focuses on the need to understand the significance of Nazism’s genocidal ideology; why the Holocaust is not synonymous with the history of the Nazi concentration camps; the shortcomings of the commonly heard concept of “industrial genocide”; and the fact that the genocide of the Jews required continent-wide collaboration.
This event will open with a performance of the first movement of Günter Raphael’s Sonata for flute and piano, Op. 8 by UVic School of Music flute professor Suzanne Snizek and guest pianist Yoomi Kim.
- 11:30 A.M. - 1:20 P.M.
- Phillip T. Young Recital Hall and livestream available
This workshop will present the key concepts related to equity, diversity and inclusion. The facilitators will then present emerging directions from the Tri-Agency on EDI considerations in research and share a few tangible examples on how to embed EDI considerations in a funding application.
- 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M
- Online via Zoom
- Open to UVic researchers
Future Events for 365 Days of Commitment
This session provides an in-depth overview of colonial power structures predominately tied to lands within colonially-called “Canada”.
- November 8, 2023 (9:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.)
- Online via Zoom
- Open to all UVic members
This session provides an in-depth overview of Indigenous-focused power structures aimed at revitalization, reclamation, and reconciliation at personal, community, and institutional levels.
- November 21, 2023 (9:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.)
- Online via Zoom
- Open to all UVic members
This session will support participants in understanding the purpose and effective use of UVic’s Preferential and Limited Hiring policy through review of the foundations and common questions about the policy and the process.
- November 22, 2023 (10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.)
- Online via Zoom
- Open to all UVic employees
Broaden your understanding of Indigenous peoples and issues, colonialism, and education and consider how to move forward.
- November 28, 2023 (1:30 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.)
- First Peoples House Ceremonial Hall
- Open to all UVic members