Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 55.85
Liaison Robert St.Onge
Submission Date July 11, 2014
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STARS v1.1

Okanagan College
ER-5: Sustainability Course Identification

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Beverlie Dietze
Director of Learning and Teaching
Institute of Learnind and Teaching
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Has the institution developed a definition of sustainability in the curriculum?:
Yes

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A copy of the institution's definition of sustainability in the curriculum?:
Sustainability “incorporates economic and social change to protect the natural systems of the planet, so that current and future generations may maintain or improve their quality of life.” Sustainability definition, Okanagan College Strategic Plan 2010-2015 Sustainability-focused courses either concentrate on the concept of sustainability, including its social, economic, and environmental dimensions, or examine an issue or topic using sustainability as a lens. Sustainability-related courses incorporate sustainability as a distinct course component or module or concentrate on a single sustainability principle or issue.”

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Has the institution identified its sustainability-focused and sustainability-related course offerings?:
Yes

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A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the inventory:
All of the sustainability-focused courses are identified with a dark green leaf and sustainability-related courses are identified in a light green leaf in the on-line version of the course list.

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Does the institution make its sustainability course inventory publicly available online?:
Yes

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The website URL where the sustainability course inventory is posted:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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