Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 71.89
Liaison Isabel Savransky
Submission Date Nov. 14, 2023

STARS v2.2

Ontario Tech University
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Isabel Savransky
Sustainability & Asset Planner
Office of Campus Infrastructure and Sustainability
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Does the institution have at least one sustainability committee?:
Yes

The charter or mission statement of the committee(s) or a brief description of each committee's purview and activities:
Demonstrating stewardship of the natural and built environment in a manner that is socially, environmentally and economically responsible while strengthening sustainability practices on campus and in the community through active student and staff participation.

Members of each committee, including affiliations and role:
Chair
Isabel Savransky, Asset and Sustainability Planner, OCIS

Management
Ken Bright, Director- Office of Campus Infrastructure and Sustainability

Academic
Daniel Hoornweg, Associate Professor and Richard Marceau Research Chair
Mary Olaveson, Associate Professor, Faculty of Science
Sheila Rhodes (also co-ordinates science/nature summer camps)
Peter Stoett, Dean of Social Sciences and Humanities

Non-Academic
Elisa Beverley, Administrative Assistant, Office of Research Services
Kate Gibbings, Liaison Librarian for Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Karyn Douglas, Office Assistant, FSSH
Tina Petralito, Student Information Assistant
Fiona MacArthur, Strategic Project Manager
Jill Thompson, Indigenous Cultural Advisor
Krista Elliot, Manager, Student Learning
Dale Andersen-Giberson, Accessibility and Accommodation Specialist, FSSH
Robin Kay, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Education

External
Danielle Culp, Planning Analyst, Regional Municipality of Durham

Does the institution have at least one sustainability office that includes more than 1 full-time equivalent employee?:
Yes

A brief description of each sustainability office:
The Office of Campus Infrastructure and Sustainability at Ontario Tech University. Our mission is to develop and support sustainability initiatives, apply best practices during infrastructure planning, and create a sustainability culture for the university's staff, students and faculty.

Full-time equivalent of people employed in the sustainability office(s):
3

Does the institution have at least one sustainability officer?:
Yes

Name and title of each sustainability officer:
Isabel Savransky, Asset and Sustainability Planner

Does the institution have a mechanism for broad sustainability coordination for the entire institution?:
Yes

A brief description of the activities and substantive accomplishments of the institution-wide coordinating body or officer during the previous three years:
The Asset and Sustainability Planner actively builds community partnerships, overseeing the student-Blue Team and Chairing the Ontario Tech U Sustainability Committee which has a large sustainability reach throughout campus, between student life, academics and engagement both on campus and in the community. Activities include creating on and off campus sustainability initiatives (energy related projects include LED retrofits, documenting and reporting on greenhouse gas emissions, waste management, and collaborating campus-wide on sustainability strategies and practices- campus cleanup events, tree planting, and waste awareness programs).

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