"Our mission is to create a home away from home for Indigenous students."
Committed to creating a learning environment that is supportive of Indigenous ways of knowing and being.
Héʔəkʷ ʔə cə čəléŋən ɫtə HÁEQ ȽTE OL TŦE ĆELÁṈEN ȽTE Remember our ancestors and birthright
Nəc̓əmaat kʷəns čeʔi ĆȺNEUEL OL Work together
Nəw̓es šxʷ cən ʔay̓ šqʷeləqʷən ÁMEḴT TŦEN ÍY, ŚḰÁLEȻEN Bring in your good heart and mind
Leʔt šxʷ helə ʔə cə mak̓ʷ sčeʔi səʔ S,HOL EṮ MEQ EN ENÁ SE SĆȺ Be prepared for the work to come
Lək̓ʷəŋən – top SENĆOŦEN – middle
Office hours
Monday-Thursday 8:30-8:00pm Friday 8:30-4:30pm Closed for lunch 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m This includes: IACE, student lounge, computer room and shared lunch room.
Meet with an IACE staff member
If you would like to meet with an IACE staff member at the First Peoples House, you can come by and talk to the IACE receptionist in Room 140 or call or email the staff member ahead to make appointment at iaceservices@uvic.ca or 250-853-3730.
What we do
IACE's primary responsibility is supporting Indigenous students, but the office has also taken on many other roles, such as:
We acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the university stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.