SPF: Academics

SPF: Academics /sustainability/taxonomy/term/618/all en SP0123: Sustainability Faculty Fellows /sustainability/sp0123-sustainability-faculty-fellows Status: COMPLETED February 2014 - May 2016 Sun, 06 Jul 2014 02:44:09 +0000 ian.tattersfield@mail.mcgill.ca 1909 at /sustainability SP0124: EMBA Sustainability Module 2014 /sustainability/sp0124-emba-sustainability-module-2014 Status: COMPLETED January 2013 - July 2014 Sun, 06 Jul 2014 00:09:24 +0000 ian.tattersfield@mail.mcgill.ca 1907 at /sustainability SP0126: Anti-Oppression Programme /sustainability/sp0126-anti-oppression-programme Status: COMPLETED February 2013 - April 2015 <div> The ‘Anti-Oppression Programme’ Project sought to establish a new dialogue and standards for acceptable practices of social, human and institutional sustainability in issues that new students at ��ϲ�� Residences face such as race, religion, culture, mental health and coping. The programme, which was led by coordinator Emily Yee Clare, developed workshops and resources for students and staff in Residences and within the ��ϲ�� Community.</div> Thu, 03 Jul 2014 19:46:31 +0000 ian.tattersfield@mail.mcgill.ca 1903 at /sustainability SP0127: Linking Action and Research on Sustainability (LARS) /sustainability/sp0127-linking-action-and-research-sustainability-lars Status: COMPLETED March 2014 - April 2015 'Linking Action and Research on Sustainability' (LARS) is a new science communication initiative which aims to provide visibility for ��ϲ�� scholars working on positive contributions/solutions to sustainability related problems. The goal is to help ��ϲ�� scholars to engage in outreach and share their work with a broader audience, through brown bag lunch events, videos, blog posts, and workshops, with a focus on social media and online promotion. Wed, 02 Jul 2014 18:58:13 +0000 ian.tattersfield@mail.mcgill.ca 1901 at /sustainability SP0099: ��ϲ�� Feeding ��ϲ�� 4 /sustainability/sp0099-mcgill-feeding-mcgill-4 Status: COMPLETED Summer 2013 The mandate of ��ϲ�� Feeding ��ϲ�� is to provide locally grown fruits and vegetables from the Macdonald Campus’s Horticultural Research Center to ��ϲ�� University’s Food and Dining services operated residences and the general student community. Sat, 29 Jun 2013 17:26:16 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1461 at /sustainability SP0095: ��ϲ�� Energy Project 2 /sustainability/sp0095-mcgill-energy-project-2 Status: COMPLETED Fall 2013 The ��ϲ�� Energy Project’s objective is to help drive ��ϲ��’s energy system towards a more sustainable future through a process that leaves its participants with the tools needed to affect change in energy systems at large. They had great success in the first 18 months of operation, and the ��ϲ�� Energy Project 2 SPF project provided the funding to have Marc-Etienne Brunet carry out demanding administrative tasks over the course of the summer. Fri, 03 May 2013 19:10:00 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1376 at /sustainability SP0092: Sustainability Symposium 3 /sustainability/sp0092-sustainability-symposium-3 Status: COMPLETED Spring 2013 The 2013 edition of the ��ϲ�� Sustainability Symposium, "Adapting to a Changing Climate", took place on March 14th. It featured guest speakers, a poster session, presentations of student work, and a "world-cafe" round table discussion. Fri, 03 May 2013 17:26:20 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1372 at /sustainability SP0093: Montréal à Votre Service ...Écologique /sustainability/sp0093-montreal-votre-service-ecologique Status: COMPLETED January 2013 - April 2014 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:47:32 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1348 at /sustainability SP0075: Gault Electric ATV 2 /sustainability/sp0075-gault-electric-atv-2 Status: COMPLETED May 2012 The opportunity for this project arose when the ��ϲ�� Gault Nature Reserve (GNR) in Mont-Saint-Hilaire proposed a mechanical engineering project (MECH 463). The mission is to help them reduce their carbon footprint by providing them with a less environmentally-harmful electric ATV to perform their every day maintenance tasks. Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:25:54 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1311 at /sustainability SP0091: Mercury Free Microscopy /sustainability/sp0091-mercury-free-microscopy Status: COMPLETED December 2012 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:23:07 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1310 at /sustainability SP0074: ��ϲ�� Feeding ��ϲ�� 3 /sustainability/sp0074-mcgill-feeding-mcgill-3 Status: COMPLETED Summer 2012 The mandate of ��ϲ�� Feeding ��ϲ�� is to provide locally grown fruits and vegetables from the Macdonald Campus’s Horticultural Research Center to ��ϲ�� University’s Food and Dining services operated residences and the general student community. The 2012 season was ��ϲ�� Feeding ��ϲ��’s most successful season to date. They delivered around 25,000 Kg of fruits and vegetables to ��ϲ��’s downtown residences. This is an increase of 66% from the previous year. Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:06:50 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1299 at /sustainability SP0073: Water Assessment Intern /sustainability/sp0073-water-assessment-intern Status: COMPLETED Summer 2012 <div> In summer 2012, the SPF provided the resources to hire Ryan Maliska, a U3 Chemical Engineering student, to work as a water resource management intern for the Department of Energy and Utilities Management at ��ϲ��. Ryan worked to determine a water consumption baseline for the downtown campus, categorize water consumption and come up with water conservation itiatives for the university, all with the goal of reducing water consumed by 20% by 2017.</div> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:57:20 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1298 at /sustainability SP0068: Chemical Curriculum Development /sustainability/sp0068-chemical-curriculum-development Status: COMPLETED April 2012 - 2013 Chemistry laboratory curriculum development (sustainability-focused) has involved six undergraduate (between U0 and U3, including one volunteer that was subsequently compensated) research students that have, only rarely with the aid of postdoctoral researchers/graduate students in the Friščić and Lumb groups, participated in five projects of improving the sustainable nature of the CHEM 392 teaching laboratory. Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:11:54 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1296 at /sustainability SP0063: Sustainability Symposium 2 /sustainability/sp0063-sustainability-symposium-2 Status: COMPLETED February 2012 - April 2012 For the past two years, we have organized and executed an annual symposium on sustainability research and innovation at ��ϲ��. The purpose of the symposium was to bring together academics at the forefront of sustainability research (including ��ϲ�� faculty), graduate and undergraduate students, and other members of the ��ϲ�� community to encourage and facilitate networking, conversations, and create new research opportunities for students. Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:02:39 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1294 at /sustainability SP0007: Food Systems Administrator /sustainability/sp0007-food-systems-administrator Status: COMPLETED May 2010 - September 2011 With the support of the Sustainability Fund, ��ϲ�� Food and Dining Services (MFDS) hired a Food Systems Administrator in August 2010 to consolidate the food purchasing function for the department, to create more sustainable &amp; local food purchasing at ��ϲ��, to bring fresher, tastier and more nutrient-rich food to the ��ϲ�� community, and to support a culture of sustainability at ��ϲ��. Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:29:03 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1293 at /sustainability