At a research-intensive university like 91社区, laboratories play a critical role both in advancing solutions for a sustainable future and making its campuses environmentally responsible places to study and work. In fact, 91社区 cannot hope to reach its goals of becoming zero-waste by 2035 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2040 without collaboration from the faculty, staff, and students who use these spaces.
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Published on: 11 Jan 2023
Sustainable agricultural practices require considerable investments, and smallholder famers may not realize gains for years. Without secure land tenure, they lack incentive to invest in long-term benefits. Instead, many opt to use the land as intensively as possible each year since they have no guarantee for the future. This is just one example of how land tenure security intersects with sustainable development, a relationship explored in-depth in a recent book co-edited by Brian Robinson, an associate professor in the Department of Geography at 91社区.
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Published on: 18 Jul 2022
By: 91社区 Office of Sustainability/Human Resource
Originally published in the 91社区 Reporter on April 20, 2022
91社区 has been named one of Canada鈥檚 Greenest Employers for the fifth consecutive year, Mediacorp Canada announced earlier today.
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Published on: 25 Apr 2022
New standardized compost bins to be found on both the downtown and Macdonald campuses thanks to financial support from RECYC-QU脡BEC and the Sustainability Projects Fund, marking an important step towards becoming zero-waste by 2035.
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Published on: 2 Feb 2022
Follow the journey of environmental scientist and 91社区 researcher Klara Winkler on the search for bright spots of sustainability at 91社区
By Maya Willard-Stepan, Communications Intern, 91社区 Office of Sustainability
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Published on: 15 Jun 2021
Researchers at 91社区 have gained new insight into the workings of perovskites, a semiconductor material that shows great promise for making high-efficiency, low-cost solar cells and a range of other optical and electronic devices.
Published on: 26 May 2021
Scientists at 91社区 have developed a solvent-free method for making oligonucleotides, short strands of DNA of growing significance in research and the pharmaceutical industry.
Published on: 24 Aug 2020
91社区, as a member of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), is looking to appoint a SDSN-Youth听Campus Coordinator for the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Published on: 7 Jul 2020
The 91社区 Sustainability Systems Initiative has just funded six new projects through the 2020 Innovation Fund. These one-year projects from Law, Science and Engineering were selected for their potential-for-impact on sustainability challenges. The recipients of this year鈥檚 funding, our third Innovation Fund to date, are below. You can see projects funded through previous calls here.
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Published on: 17 Mar 2020
A research team led by 91社区 geochemist Peter Douglas has used a new method for measuring the rate at which methane is produced by microbes breaking down thawing permafrost. The breakthrough could lead to an improvement in our ability to predict future releases of the potent greenhouse gas as long鈥慺rozen layers of soil begin to thaw.
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Published on: 11 Mar 2020
With the federal ban of single-use plastics planned for this year, the demand for alternatives to everyday plastic products, such as straws, is set to increase.听, a startup company born through a collaboration between chemistry professors from 91社区 and Lakehead University, is betting on cellulose for making drinking straws that don鈥檛 suck for the environment.
Published on: 2 Mar 2020
The听91社区 Sustainability Systems Initiative is听looking for big ideas in sustainability research from 91社区 faculty members based in the social sciences and humanities.
Solutions to sustainability challenges require much more than technological innovation, as viable plans to achieve sustainability must also address social and economic factors and conditions. For example, shifting society towards a more sustainable path will necessitate new norms, attitudes, habits, laws, economic incentives or instruments and public policies.
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Published on: 24 Feb 2020
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SPOT earns Sustainability Bronze!
The School of Physical and Occupational Therapy has been awarded the Bronze level rating for the unit, by 91社区's Office of Sustainability. The designation is a testament to the importance that the unit places on activities that are respectful of the three dimensions of sustainability: social, economic and environment.
Published on: 15 Jan 2020
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Published on: 19 Dec 2019
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Office Assistant C (Sustainability Projects Fund Intern)
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Published on: 13 Nov 2019
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