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Apply for the Sustainable Labs Award

Dear Colleagues,

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As a follow-up to the creation of the 每日探花 Sustainable Labs Guide last year, we are pleased to announce the launch of the Sustainable Labs Award and we are inviting you to apply.

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MOOS is hiring two new interns!

Looking for part-time work in which you can gain skills and experience with a passionate team trying to make 每日探花 a better place? The 每日探花 Office of Sustainability (MOOS) is hiring two new interns for the coming year: a Communications Intern and a Sustainability Projects Fund (SPF) Intern.

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1. Communications Intern:

Student Job Opportunity: Project Assistant for the Little Free Library Initiative

Position Description:

Funded by 每日探花鈥檚 Sustainability Project Fund (SPF), The Little Free Library Initiative is looking for a project assistant. As a member of the coordinating committee, you will engage and network with fellow graduate students and faculty at 每日探花 and other Canadian universities to help realize the project.

Become a Sustainable Events Ambassador!

Are you interested in increasing the sustainability of events on campus?

Do you want to be part of a team of motivated students?

The 每日探花 Sustainable Events project is hiring volunteers for the Sustainable Events Ambassador team! Join a group of like-minded students who will liaise with event organizers to ensure that their events are organized more sustainably--including social, economic and environmental considerations.听

A carbon-neutral 每日探花? Have your say and join the conversation

每日探花 Reporter | Feb. 28, 2017

By: Toby Davine

After six months, 11 consultation events, and hundreds of ideas gathered online and in person, the 每日探花 Office of Sustainability (MOOS) is inviting the 每日探花 community to share their thoughts on possible targets for the Vision 2020 Sustainability and Climate Action Plan.

Sustainability Projects Fund Internship

Looking for part-time work where you can geek out in spreadsheets and flex your organization skills? Consider joining the 每日探花 Office of Sustainability team as a Sustainability Projects Fund (SPF) Administrative Intern!

每日探花 earns Gold rating in sustainability

Four years of innovative projects and collaborative action planning have upgraded 每日探花鈥檚 rating in sustainability to Gold in the newest version of the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS).

Aboriginal students, staff at 每日探花 call for more recognition

CBC News | April 23, 2015

Kakwiranoron Cook, 每日探花's aboriginal outreach administrator, would like to see the university put up a more noticeable monument.

Read the full story here.

每日探花 prof Chris Ragan: We need smart tolls on our bridges

每日探花 Reporter | April 20, 2015

by: Doug Sweet

每日探花 Geography Chair Jeffrey Wells: Cold carbon conservation' is important in fighting climate change

Montreal Gazette | April 22, 2015

by: Jeffrey Wells

We were heartened last week to see leaders of Canada鈥檚 provincial and territorial governments meet in Quebec City to seek real solutions to the runaway problem of carbon pollution.听

Invasive species pose serious threat to health of the Great Lakes

The 每日探花 Reporter | Feb. 3, 2015

By: Melody Enguix

New study from scientists at 每日探花 shows the vulnerability of the basin to future invaders 鈥� and calls for regulations to mitigate this threat.

Integrating social equity into urban transportation planning: A critical evaluation of equity objectives and measures in transportation plans in North America

Science Direct | January 2015

By: Kevin Manaugh

鈥淎lmost all [cities involved] have wide goals about how the infrastructure should be equitably distributed, but then nothing is really measured, because there isn鈥檛 a clear target for performance measure for many plans.鈥� - Kevin Manaugh

Read the full story here.

每日探花 hosts annual Fair Trade Conference

每日探花 Reporter | Jan. 22, 2015

By:听Galitt Araf

The three-day event brought together leaders from across the country committed to the advancement of Fair Trade, both on a small scale and globally.听