The Indigenous Strategic Plan Implementation Committee (ISPIC), formerly the Aboriginal Strategic Plan Implementation Committee, was formed shortly after the release of the Aboriginal Strategic Plan in 2009, with membership drawn from the then Steering Committee for the Development of the UBC Aboriginal Strategic Plan.
With the launch of the Indigenous Strategic Plan (ISP) in 2020, ISPIC updated its Terms of Reference [PDF] and renamed itself to align with the current plan.
The purpose of ISPIC is to:
- Foster, support and advise the development of implementation strategies and plans, and provide feedback across Faculties and administrative units on the Vancouver campus.
- Monitor the progress of implementation strategies and plans by coordinating the collection and reporting of quantitative and qualitative metrics; and
- Provide advice and recommendations regarding implementation progress, reporting, resources or other matters, as requested, to the Vancouver Provost.
Members
- Dr Joely Viveiros, Chair, Associate Director (Acting Director), First Nations House of Learning
- Dr Janice L. Stewart, Vice-Chair, Deputy Provost and Associate Vice-President, Academic
- Ms Allison Beardsworth, Director, Office of Strategic Indigenous Initiatives
- Mr Sam Filipenko, Research Program Manager, Indigenous Research Support Initiative
- Ms Kayla Lar-son, Interim Head, Xwi7xwa Library
Alternate: Julie Mitchell, Associate University Librarian & Director, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre - Dr Jan Hare, Professor, Language and Literacy Education & Dean pro tem, Faculty of Education
- Dr Brianne Howard, Director, Academic Support, Faculty of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies
- Dr Rob Kozak, Dean, Faculty of Forestry
- Ms Lucy Li, Associate Director, Strategic Implementation, Provost & VP Academic Office
- Dr Johnny Mack, Academic Director, Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre & Associate Professor and Co-Director of Indigenous Legal Studies at the Peter A. Allard School of Law
Alternate: Janey Lew, Interim Executive Director, IRSHDC - Ms Amy Perreault, Associate Director, Indigenous Initiatives, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology
- Ms Samantha Reid, Executive Director, Office of the VP Students
- Dr Dylan Robinson, Associate Professor, Acting Associate Dean Equity, Faculty of Arts
- Dr Arig al Shaibah, Associate Vice-President, Equity and Inclusion
- Dr Jackie Stewart, Associate Professor of Teaching, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
- Mr Kevin Ward, Research and Communication Officer, First Nations House of Learning
- Guest: Ms Adrienne Vedan, Senior Advisor to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor on Indigenous Affairs (UBC Okanagan)
Updated: September 22, 2025