Equity Enhancement Fund – Guide to preparing an application
Please submit your application to the Associate Vice-President, Equity, by March 15 or
October 15. The AVP Equity will seek advice from the President’s Advisory Committee on
Equity, Discrimination and Harassment. All applications must be endorsed by a head of
unit.
This Guide is designed to assist you in providing us with the information we need to assess
your application.
1: Project Title/Applicant Information
Please provide a title for your project and identify your unit/organizational name and
purpose. Please list contact details for at least two primary contacts for this project.
2: Statement of Project Objectives
Describe your proposed project. What are the overall objectives and specific
objectives of the project?
Provide a clear description of what you want to accomplish. Overall objectives are broad
general statements of what you are trying to accomplish. Specific objectives are
measurable statements of what you want to accomplish by a given point in time. Objectives
should be realistic enough to be achieved and clear enough for you to know when you have
achieved them.
Example of project objectives:
Overall objective: To achieve greater web-accessibility for people with disabilities across
UBC by showcasing 3 high traffic service websites and encouraging administrative heads to
champion the web-accessibility cause.
Specific Objectives: By the end of the project, we will have:
1) Worked with 3 campus service units to evaluate current web-accessibility
practices and standards;
2) Hired and utilized the services of a contract web-master to overcome low-cost
easy to fix obstacles identified during evaluation;
3) Trained staff in service unit to sustain site accessibility;
4) Developed web-accessibility plan to address higher cost obstacles and to plan
for greater accessibility standards in future;
5) Presented plan and rationale to AHU’s and their designates;
6) Offered prom