University of Victoria offers Indigenous Language Proficiency Certificate, a certificate in Indigenous Focus programme in Victoria, Canada. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English.
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Indigenous Focus
Duration: 1 year
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
We have no tuition fees on record for this programme yet — see the official programme page.
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Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Certificate in Indigenous Language Proficiency (CILP) program provides a community -based program focused on building language proficiency in a specific Indigenous language. The program is delivred in partnwership formation only. Normally, students attend the program as a cohort.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This program is designed for Indigenous community members who want to learn their language and build real proficiency and who may want to become language teachers. The Certificate in Indigenous Language Proficiency (CILP) is a 15-unit certificate program delivered in partnership format only. Applications are submitted by paper application only and are coordinated through established community partnerships: students apply as a cohort when a new community partnership begins, and the Indigenous Education department works with the community partner and UVic Undergraduate Admissions to admit each student.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through EducationPlannerBC, which opens for 2027-entry applications on 1 October 2026: most degree programmes see September 2027 entry close 31 January 2027, January 2027 entry close 30 September 2026, and Summer 2027 entry close 31 March 2027, though Teacher Education post-degree programmes close 2 January 2027, Indigenous Education post-degree admits on an ongoing basis, and Engineering's Summer entry (high-school graduates only) closes 31 December 2026. International applicants use the same portal and face identical dates, since UVic publishes no separate international deadline. UVic treats these as fixed annual dates rather than rolling admission, though it warns any programme can close early without notice. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
