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Sustainability Center

Sustainability Center. Presentation to the Annual Rethink Conference Friday, March 16, 2007. Current Environment at McGill. 2005: Principle’s Task Force for Student Life and Learning 2006-2007: Sustainability on the rise on campus Town Hall SSMU General Sustainability Policy & Fee Levee

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Sustainability Center

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  1. Sustainability Center Presentation to the Annual Rethink Conference Friday, March 16, 2007

  2. Current Environment at McGill • 2005: Principle’s Task Force for Student Life and Learning • 2006-2007: Sustainability on the rise on campus • Town Hall • SSMU General Sustainability Policy & Fee Levee • Master Plan • 2007: McGill receives C+ on the College Sustainability Report Card

  3. Environment at McGill

  4. Project Background • 2005: The idea of a Sustainability Centre appears on the agenda of the Senate Sub-Committee on the Environment (SCE). The discussion would resurface habitually. • November 2005: a working group of SMP, referred to as the Environmental Center/Sustainability Office (EC/SO) taskforce was formed. • Summer 2006: funding secured from the Mary H. Brown Fund to hold community consultation events on the topic of a Sustainability Center

  5. 2006-2007 • September 2006: EC/SO taskforce partners with ENVR 401 to prepare a feasibility study for the SCE • SMP Community consultation events • Series of focused roundtables • Incorporation of the various models into a proposal outlining a feasible model for a Sustainability Centre at McGill

  6. Background Research • ENVR 401 Feasibility Study • Five design features • Mission • Organizational structure • Funding • Staff • Space • Three possible models • Student-driven • Administration-led • Coordination-focused • Roundtable Discussions and Community Consultations • An additional model • Research-driven

  7. Proposal – Mission • To enable McGill University to strive towards institutional leadership in environmental, social and economic sustainability. • To that end, the Sustainability Centre will: • Promote and coordinate research and innovation in the field of sustainability • Plan and implement sustainable practices throughout McGill University • Encourage and facilitate the cooperation of all members of the McGill community in applying the principles and methods of sustainability

  8. Proposal – Organizational Structure • Ideally located directly under Associate Vice Principal Services to: • facilitate strong links with relative partners • such as waste management, Rethink, and the SCE • ensure administrative authority • The goals for these relationships are: • To encourage open access to information • To facilitate audits (waste, energy, etc.) • To measure progress using indicators developed by the SCE • To facilitate curriculum development and integration of sustainability into university programs • To implement sustainable practices throughout the university

  9. Proposal - Space • Research Coordinator: faculty member (no additional funding needed) • supervising projects and/or connecting students with supervisors • Sustainability Coordinator(s), full-time • planning, implementing and facilitating sustainable practices • Administrative assistant, two days a week • general administrative tasks

  10. Proposal – Space • Goals: • Close to administration • Neutral and barrier-free • Centrally located • Environmentally sustainable • Needs: • Office(s) • Conference Room • Library

  11. Proposal - Funding • Sources: • student fee levies (with opt-outs) • faculty and staff fee levies on an opt-in basis • administrative operating budget • external grants

  12. Full text: • www.sustainable.mcgill.ca

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