Leading the Advancement of Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights


UBC’s Indigenous Strategic Plan (ISP) outlines eight goals and 43 actions the University is collectively taking to advance a vision of UBC as a leading university globally in the implementation of Indigenous Peoples’ human rights.

Implementation Tools & Resources

To help guide the implementation of the ISP, the Office of Indigenous Strategic Initiatives (OISI) has developed a set of tools which units can use to situate themselves in relation to Indigenous engagement and to start aligning their work with the ISP.

1. ISP Self-Assessment Tool

The ISP Self-Assessment Tool provides units with the opportunity to reflect and discuss their role at UBC within the context of Indigenous engagement.

2. Intent to Action Tool

The Intent to Action Tool provides a structure for units to review the ISP, identify their goals, and assess how they can contribute to implementing the ISP.

3. Performance Measurement Framework

The Performance Measurement Framework can be used to measure progress towards ISP goals, including both qualitative and quantitative performance measures.

Implementing UNDRIP
at UBC

Implementing UNDRIP at UBC provides a broad lens to contextualize and uphold the commitments UBC has made to promote the principles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).

Funding Streams

Indigenous Strategic Initiatives Fund

The Indigenous Strategic Initiatives (ISI) Fund supported implementation of the Indigenous Strategic Plan. Funds were available to support projects led by faculty, staff and students that advance the UBC Indigenous Strategic Plan implementation across both the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses.

Honouring Place

The UBC Vancouver-Point Grey campus is located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam) people. The UBC Okanagan campus is located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation.

The xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm and Syilx peoples have been stewards and caretakers of these territories since time immemorial. To acknowledge and support this important role, UBC strives toward building meaningful, reciprocal and mutually beneficial partnerships with the xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm and the Syilx peoples.

We honour, celebrate and thank the xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam) and Syilx Okanagan peoples on whose territories the main campuses of the University of British Columbia have the privilege to be situated.