Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 63.24
Liaison Victoria Ho
Submission Date Feb. 8, 2024

STARS v2.2

OCAD University
EN-6: Assessing Sustainability Culture

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 1.00 Victoria Ho
Advisor, Strategic Sustainability
Office of Diversity, Equity & Sustainability Initiatives
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Does the institution conduct an assessment of sustainability culture?:
Yes

Which of the following best describes the cultural assessment? The assessment is administered to::
A subset of the campus community or a sample that may not be representative of the entire community

Which of the following best describes the structure of the cultural assessment? The assessment is administered::
Without a follow-up assessment of the same cohort or representative samples of the same population

A brief description of how and when the cultural assessment(s) were developed and/or adopted:
Upper-year students who are eligible to graduate and exhibit at OCAD U's final show, GradEx, are sent a survey that identifies campus sustainability initiatives and asks participants to identify their knowledge of the given initiatives and to share their strategies for participating in sustainable materials decision-making.

A copy or sample of the questions related to sustainability culture:
A sample of the questions related to sustainability culture or the website URL where the assessment tool is available:
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=0WnkBiotj0aum33wlo6214sSFLps-oBGgSNfadeCv99UQzNHMUoyWVFSRkcxSjhTMkdJV1IxS0ZITS4u

A brief description of how representative samples were reached (if applicable) and how the cultural assessment is administered:
All upper year students received a link to the survey.

A brief summary of results from the cultural assessment:
Students were able to articulate how sustainability figured into their conceptualizations, material choices, and installation/de-installation techniques.

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Website URL where information about the assessment of sustainability culture is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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