| Overall Rating | Platinum |
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| Overall Score | 86.26 |
| Liaison | Karen Oberer |
| Submission Date | Jan. 17, 2024 |
McGill University
IN-40: Sustainability Projects Fund
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0.50 / 0.50 |
Karen
Oberer Sustainability Officer McGill Office of Sustainability |
Name of the institution’s sustainability projects fund:
Which of the following best describes the primary source of funding for the sustainability projects fund?:
Year the institution’s sustainability projects fund was established:
A brief description of the institution’s sustainability projects fund:
The Sustainability Projects Fund reached 1 million dollars in 2020 and is the largest SPF of its kind in Canada.
The Sustainability Projects Fund mandate is to build a culture of sustainability on McGill campuses through the development and seed-funding of interdisciplinary projects. It creates opportunities for the McGill community to actively engage in sustainability initiatives on campus, empowering individuals to be change agents in their own studying and work environment.
Since 2010, there has been over $12 million allocated to projects and over 325 projects funded. It is supported a student fee of $0.55 per credit to be collected from each SSMU, MCSS, and PGSS student, matched, dollar-to-dollar, by the University. The fee was most recently renewed for additional five years in Spring 2023.
SSMU: Student Society of McGill University
MCSS: Macdonald Campus Student Society
PGSS: Post-Graduate Student Society
A brief description of the multi-stakeholder decision-making process used to determine which projects receive funding through the sustainability projects fund:
The Sustainability Projects Fund (SPF) Governance Council ensures the fulfilment of the SPF’s mandate to build a culture of Sustainability on McGill campuses. In addition to being responsible for the governance and administration of the SPF, they are also the body that determines which projects receive funding.
The GC is composed of eight voting members and two non-voting members. Its voting members reflect the same parity as the fund itself, composed of half students and half staff.
The composition of the council is:
- Two (2) Students' Society of McGill University (SSMU) representatives
- One (1) Post-Graduate Students' Society representative
- One (1) Macdonald Campus Students' Society representative
- Two (2) academic staff
- Two (2) administrative staff
- SPF Steward (co-facilitator, non-voting)
- SPF Administrator (co-facilitator, non-voting)
The Governance Council members are selected based on their level of engagement within the McGill community, their understanding of sustainability, and their expertise. The group meets approximately once a month during the academic year.
Source: https://www.mcgill.ca/sustainability/engage/spf/governance
Website URL where information about the sustainability projects fund is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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