CUVIC Conference to highlight UVic and community responses to the TRC Calls to Action

From April 27 to 29, the University of Victoria (UVic) and community partners will host CUVIC 2016: Reconciliation, Innovation and Transformation through Engagement. The conference will showcase how UVic and the broader community are responding to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada's Calls to Action on the following five topics: child welfare, education, health, justice, and language and culture.

More than 200 delegates are expected to attend CUVIC 2016; the conference will include a keynote by UVic Chancellor and veteran broadcast journalist Shelagh Rogers, as well as more than 20 break-out sessions led by local thought leaders involved in transformative reconciliation work in the five topic areas. Delegates include Indigenous community leaders and members, residential school survivors, UVic faculty and students, and community members and partners. Community-University-Victoria (CUVIC) 2016 is a biennial conference that celebrates the ways that universities and communities collaborate towards more sustainable, just, and healthy communities. Register today and see the schedule at uvic.ca/cuvic2016.