Outgoing Office of Sustainability Communications Intern Maya Willard-Stepan and her peers reflect on the challenges of building a sustainability movement on campus despite high student turnover.
As summer approaches, another cohort of 91社区ians prepare to make their way across the convocation stage, and thousands of students who have been involved in sustainability projects on campus head out into the world.
Teamwork was a major motivator for many of the offices that joined the Sustainable Workplace Certification program this semester.\
It鈥檚 surprisingly easy. That was the most common takeaway for the 11 teams that joined the聽Sustainable Workplace Certification program聽this academic year.
How do we encourage respirology residents to consider climate change when they develop treatment plans? What tools do future elementary school teachers need to bring environmental education into their classrooms? What latest advancements in synthetic biology could help students develop solutions to real-world sustainability issues?
As 91社区 prepares to launch its own sustainable lab certification program, six research teams tested the waters to see what it takes to go green.
Six laboratory teams at 91社区 recently completed a year-long endeavor to get certified with My Green Lab, an internationally recognized online program the provides lab users with actionable ways to implement meaningful change. From waste reduction to fieldwork, this certification system gives researchers clear ways to assess their current lab practices and make improvements.
Five offices across disciplines and campuses embrace sustainability at work and beyond through the Sustainable Workplace Certification program
What motivates sustainable change?
The ICI on recycle + program highlights organizations across Quebec committed to improving their waste sorting and reduction efforts
91社区 is one of two Quebec universities to receive recognition from the provincial government for its waste management practices. RECYC-QU脡BEC, the branch responsible for sustainable waste management, recently awarded 91社区鈥檚 downtown campus the Performance certification level of its ICI on recycle + program.
Cell biology researcher Dieter Reinhardt explains why his lab is cool with turning up the temperature of their freezers
91社区 has entered into an agreement with to facilitate and accelerate the commercialization of select cleantech projects that originate in 91社区 labs.
Established in 2022, BXVentures is Canada鈥檚 first venture studio that specializes in identifying and evaluating net-zero technologies and helping early-stage concepts become scalable businesses.
The 91社区 Department of Chemistry has signed the Green Chemistry Commitment (GCC) from , an organization that develops and disseminates green chemistry and sustainable science educational resources that empower educators, students, and the community at large to practice sustainability through chemistry.
Helium is probably not the first thing that comes to mind for most people when they think about recycling 鈥� unless they鈥檙e experimental chemists working in 91社区鈥檚 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) facilities.
The name of a new global food security hub at 91社区 might be a mouthful, but the students behind it are confident their work will help get food into the mouths of people who need it.
鈥淲e want to be a place where students can get hands-on experience advocating for solutions,鈥� said Efrata Woldeyohanes, the undergraduate student leading the recently launched Margaret A. Gilliam Institute for Global Food Security Student Nexus.
Biological research is crucial to understanding the environmental impacts of the climate crisis, but oftentimes this research involves disrupting the environment it is trying to understand and protect. This is why the聽聽decided to focus on how to make their research more sustainable.
Creating a Brighter Future: Sustainability at 91社区 was designed to help students engage with the topic regardless of their field of study.
Department-wide sustainability objective encourages accessible, equitable, and environmentally conscious decision making.
91社区 Human Resources (HR) is walking the walk, reaffirming their commitment to sustainability with the Sustainable Workplace Certification program.
The 2022 United Nations Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP15) was held in Montreal on December 7-19, 2022. The conference鈥檚 outcome agreement, known as 鈥�30脳30鈥� means the protection of 30 per cent of land and oceans by 2030.
