| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 71.89 |
| Liaison | Isabel Savransky |
| Submission Date | Nov. 14, 2023 |
Ontario Tech University
AC-10: Support for Sustainability Research
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
4.00 / 4.00 |
Isabel
Savransky Sustainability & Asset Planner Office of Campus Infrastructure and Sustainability |
Does the institution have an ongoing program to encourage students in multiple disciplines or academic programs to conduct sustainability research?:
A brief description of the student sustainability research program:
https://safa.ontariotechu.ca/awards-bursaries-and-scholarships/uoit-donor-awards/hopa-ports-sustainability-award.php
HOPA Ports Sustainability Award is an award offered to students taking a sustainability minor.
Does the institution have a program to encourage academic staff from multiple disciplines or academic programs to conduct sustainability research?:
A brief description of the faculty sustainability research program:
Ontario Tech U focuses on research that results in tangible benefits for society in six areas:
Advanced manufacturing for 21st-century innovation.
Education for the 21st century.
Energy and the environment.
Human health and community wellness.
Information and communication technology and informatics.
Life sciences and biotechnology.
Has the institution published written policies and procedures that give positive recognition to interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and multidisciplinary research during faculty promotion and/or tenure decisions?:
A copy of the promotion or tenure guidelines or policies:
The promotion or tenure guidelines or policies:
The Ontario Tech U library provides a separate section highlighting multidisciplinary research.
https://guides.library.ontariotechu.ca/multidisciplinary
Does the institution have ongoing library support for sustainability research and learning?:
A brief description of the institution’s library support for sustainability research:
A quick search of the library holdings indicates there are 2,160 books (most e-books) in the current collection on the topic of Sustainability. These range from the topic as dealt with in the business literature to the professional science journals and proceedings. We also provide online access to over 50,000 articles and documents along with 321 videos on the topic in streaming format. Of course these numbers change each month as new materials come into the collection.
The library’s collection development principles and procedures are available on the website http://www.uoit.ca/sites/library/about_the_library/uoit-library-policy-and-related-documents/collection-development-principles-and-procedures.php
Please note that most of the library’s holdings are in digital form with less than 10% of the total collection in traditional print format.
The library has provided an institutional repository (using dSpace) for open access publication since 2006. There are several sections to this
• Digital collections including campus photos and the Chronicle (student newspaper) http://dspace.library.dc-uoit.ca/uoit/
• e-Scholar https://ir.library.dc-uoit.ca/
• digital theses & dissertations of UOIT https://ir.library.dc-uoit.ca/handle/10155/5
Website URL where information about the institution’s support for sustainability research is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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