For historical and continuity purposes, this page provides access to the Indigenous Strategic Plan’s predecessor, the Aboriginal Strategic Plan (ASP), and subsequent ASP Implementation Reports.
2009 Plan
In the summer of 2007, UBC began the long process of developing a comprehensive framework for Aboriginal programming at the university, the Aboriginal Strategic Plan (ASP). After extensive planning, consultation, and deliberation, that plan was finalized in December 2008 and became university policy in January 2009. It was the first completed portion of Place and Promise, the university’s larger strategic plan at the time.
To learn more about the process through which the plan was formed and the people who worked on it, read the Report of the Steering Committee for the Development of UBC Aboriginal Strategic Plan.
The 2009 Aboriginal Strategic Plan outlined ten major areas of action and provided a framework within which the many initiatives underway across the university could be located and be better integrated, including defining critical areas for further work. It also called for the formation of a President’s Advisory Committee on Aboriginal Affairs.
Following the acceptance of the Plan in January 2009, a set of first priorities for implementation was identified and an Implementation Committee established.
In September 2010, the Aboriginal Strategic Plan Implementation Committee completed its first report on the implementation of the plan. That report summarized the activities of the first eighteen months of the plan’s implementation.
In the summer of 2012, the Aboriginal Strategic Plan Implementation Committee completed its second report on the implementation of the plan. That report summarized activities through June 31, 2012.
In the summer of 2014, the First Nations House of Learning, in consultation with the Aboriginal Strategic Plan Implementation Committee and other units, completed the third implementation report, which summarized activities through June 31, 2014, and summarized progress during the first five years of the plan.
In 2016, President Santa Ono announced the university was developing a new strategic plan to replace its longstanding Place and Promise plan. This initiated plans led by FNHL to renew the ASP, which ultimately resulted in the Indigenous Strategic Plan.