Foundations
The Indigenous Strategic Plan (ISP) represents a university-wide response to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls’ 231 Calls for Justice. It also represents the UBC Vancouver campus’ response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action. These documents provide guiding and foundational knowledge to the creation and implementation of the ISP.
Vision
UBC as a leading university globally in implementation of Indigenous Peoples’ human rights.
Mission
To guide UBC’s engagement with Indigenous peoples and its commitment to reconciliation, as articulated and called for by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
Values
The values of excellence, integrity, respect and accountability were emphasized through the creation of the ISP and will continue to guide the work of the ISP committees as we support the Action Plan’s implementation. The ISP is also committed to upholding the value of academic freedom—defined as “a scholar’s freedom to express ideas through respectful discourse and the pursuit of open discussion, without risk of censure”—in the context of Indigenous human rights.
See also, the ISP Guiding Principles.
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.