| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 65.31 |
| Liaison | Amanda Whittingham |
| Submission Date | Oct. 22, 2024 |
Fanshawe College
EN-3: Student Life
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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2.00 / 2.00 |
Amanda
Whittingham Sustainability Coordinator Facilities Operations and Sustainability |
Student groups
Name and a brief description of the active student groups focused on sustainability:
EnviroFanshawe is an active Fanshawe students group passionate about increasing the environmental awareness and education of campus staff and students while promoting environmentally sustainable practices within the College.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/573373046466113/
https://www.londonenvironment.net/envirofanshawe_club
Gardens and farms
A brief description of the gardens, farms, community supported agriculture (CSA) or fishery programs, and/or urban agriculture projects:
A. M. (Mac) Cuddy Garden: a 100-acre lawn tended under an organic lawn care program since 1992. The garden is also home to many rare and endangered plant species. There is a dry garden that features plants that thrive in a dry climate. A core component of the gardens is that all of the new developments, as well as routine maintenance, is done through the Horticulture Technician program, giving the students real horticulture experience.
https://www.fanshawec.ca/about-fanshawe/schools/design/botanical-gardens
The Community Garden has 16 spots for Fanshawe employees and students. Extra spots are donated to community members. CLT students do a field project in the garden each year.
Student-run enterprises
A brief description of the student-run enterprises:
Live Chic is a Fashion Retail learning lab for Fashion Marketing and Management Students in 2nd year. Live Chic is a unique retail store to serve as a learning environment for the students with guidance from the faculty they operate all aspects of a retail store. It plays an integral role in providing the applied education the students need to be successful in the industry as well as in further studies. Live Chic provides Fashion Merchandising students unique hands-on retail experience by applying the classroom theory; merchandising, display, buying and exceptional customer service techniques in a retail environment. Students focus on local and sustainable brands to purchase for the store and they now carry some student made items.
www.livechic.ca instagram: lclivechic
Fashion Fits is an alteration service created by Fanshawe’s second year Fashion Design students. Conveniently located on campus, Fashion Fits provides quality workmanship and great customer service, all at affordable prices. It "acts as the school's tailoring service that alters, repairs and even makes custom orders for students, staff and the community." Proceeds from Fashion Fits are being raised to assist in Fashion Design’s capstone fashion show, Unbound.
https://www.facebook.com/fashionfits.unbound/
https://www.theinterrobang.ca/article?aID=12889
Sustainable investment and finance
A brief description of the sustainable investment funds, green revolving funds or sustainable microfinance initiatives:
Events
A brief description of the conferences, speaker series, symposia, or similar events focused on sustainability:
SDGs Lab
Fanshawe College hosted SDGs Lab on the campus last October 2022 and January 2023 which were participated by both staff and students. It's a project of Foundation for Environmental Stewardship (FES) which aims to raise awareness about the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.
Ignite Conference
The theme for Fanshawe College's Ignite Conference for 2022 is "A United Future – a nod to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)." It involved a series of workshops with guest speakers and employer panels who all discussed about the United Nations' 17 sustainability development goals and their perspectives and expertise on global citizenship.
Cultural arts
A brief description of the cultural arts events, installations, or performances focused on sustainability:
The Institute of Indigenous Learning (previously The First Nations Centre) hosts an annual Year End Gathering showcasing Indigenous dancing and culture.
@FanshaweIIL
Wilderness and outdoors programs
A brief description of the wilderness or outdoors programs that follow Leave No Trace principles:
Fanshawe College is a partner with London Ontario's City Nature Challenge (CNC), an international effort for people to find and document plants, animals and fungi in cities across the globe. It’s a Bioblitz-style competition where cities are in a friendly contest with each other to see who can make the most observations of nature. Species occurrence data collected through the City Nature Challenge helps scientists and planners to keep track of rare species and their habitat, so they can be better protected in the future. The CNC requires (1) plan ahead & prepare, (2) leave what you find, (3) respect wildlife, (4) travel on durable surfaces.
https://www.cncldnont.ca/
Sustainability-focused themes
A brief description of the sustainability-focused themes chosen for themed semesters, years, or first-year experiences:
Semester for Sustainability, a campaign led by Fanshawe College's Sustainability Department, is a term-long campaign whose main goal is to educate the students and employees about SDGs. It showcased colorful booths with sustainability tasks to complete. Those who completed the tasks were given sustainability hampers as a prize. The SDGs were also displayed on televisions around the campus for everyone to see. Throughout the term, Fanshawe Sustainability was joined by other college departments and community organizations who exhibited their contributions to sustainable development.
#semesterforsustainability
Sustainable life skills
A brief description of the programs through which students can learn sustainable life skills:
Student employment opportunities
A brief description of the sustainability-focused student employment opportunities offered by the institution:
A work-study position (Assistant), is available in the Facilities Operations and Sustainability Office. Also, when projects are needed, the Sustainability Office will hire a student with specific skills, such as for graphics design or photography.
Graduation pledge
A brief description of the graduation pledge(s):
Optional Fields
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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