Strategic Initiative Indigenous Grant

All LTSI grants are open to:

Single or co-applicants who directly support student learning and the student experience at UVic are eligible to apply for LTSI grants including:

• research stream faculty
• teaching stream faculty
• sessional lecturers
• laboratory instructors
• academic units
• staff

Previous LTSI grant recipients may apply. If your grant is still active, you must close it out before applying for a subsequent LTSI grant. Contact shaunadoherty@uvic.ca if you need information about how to close out your grant. You may not apply to more than one LTSI grant in the same year.

Successful proposals will include:

• a clear specific statement of what the applicant would like to achieve
• a well-articulated plan for how to proceed and the principles that will guide the process
• a description of the proposed significance of the project in terms of contributions to teaching and student learning while improving or enhancing an understanding of Indigenous ways of knowing and being; deconstructing colonialism and decentering unequal colonial knowledge structures; and/or promoting the reconciliation of power relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples
• a brief, targeted review of the literature that supports the plan
• a sustainable budget

Complete your grant application using this Survey Monkey form. The platform enables you to save your materials midway, so no need to complete the application in one sitting. You can download the grant questions in advance, if you’d like to write a draft of your application outside of the Survey Monkey form.

Adjudicators will use a scoring rubric to assess your proposal, with rating scores ranging from 1.0 to 5.0.

Read the adjudication rubric.

Besides the 2023 UVic Indigenous Plan, the following resources may be helpful in guiding how you frame your proposal:

• Alberta Regional Professional Development Consortium (nd). Weaving ways: Indigenous ways of knowing in classrooms and schools: An introductory guide. 
• Allan, B., Perreault, A., Chenoweth, J., Biin, D., Hobenshield, S., Ormiston, T… & Wilson, J. (2018). Pulling together: A guide for teachers and instructors. Victoria, BC: BCcampus. 
• Gaudry, A., & Lorenz, D. (2018). Indigenization as inclusion, reconciliation, and decolonization: Navigating the different visions for indigenizing the Canadian Academy. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 14(3), 218-227.
• Binda, K.P. and Caillou, S. (Eds) (2001). Aboriginal education in Canada: A study in decolonization. Mississauga, Canada: Canadian Educators’ Press.
• Pete, S., Schneider, B., and O’Reilly, K. (2013). Decolonizing Our Practice – Indigenizing Our Teaching. First Nations Perspectives, 5 (1), 99-115.
• University of Victoria (2017). Indigenous Plan

• Cheryl Aro, School of Social Work
  Integrating Local Indigenous Wisdom: Infusing Indigenous Knowledge into Social Work Courses on Campus ($4,000)
• Scott McIndoe, Department of Chemistry
  Indigenous knowledge – inspiring science ($7,500)
• Stephen Ross, Deparment of English
  Recovering Family Medicines – Celebrating the Great Mystery Together ($7,500)
• Bryan Silverman, School of Child and Youth Care
  Supporting the Continuing Indigenization of the CYFCS MA Program ($7,500)

• Jennifer Gruno, School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
  Furthering our journey in de-centering colonial knowledge structures in Physical and Health Education Teacher Education (PHETE) [$4,104.30]
• Kim McLean-Fiander, Department of English
  Decolonizing and Indigenizing English 146: Contemporary Literature ($7,500)

• Gwendolyn Gosek, School of Social Work 
  Understanding mental health policy and practice from a decolonial and anti-oppressive perspective ($7,000) 
• Dawn Smith, Indigenous Governance 
  ĆȺ,I ȻENTOL ÁTOL (work together respectfully) ($7,500) 
• Suzanne Urbanczyk, Department of Linguistics 
  Developing a Professional Specialization Certificate in Indigenous Language Documentation and Revitalization ($7,441.50) 

• Douglas Stuart, Peter B. Gustavson School of Business
  Decolonizing the Financial Management Curriculum: Integrating Indigenous Perspectives into Taxation for Managers ($3,240)
• Pierre-Luc Landry, Department of French
  Teaching Indigenous Francophone Literatures in Canada and Beyond: De-Centering Lecture-Oriented Learning Strategies ($3,647)