Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 71.89
Liaison Isabel Savransky
Submission Date Nov. 14, 2023

STARS v2.2

Ontario Tech University
EN-1: Student Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.07 / 4.00 Isabel Savransky
Sustainability & Asset Planner
Office of Campus Infrastructure and Sustainability
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Number of students enrolled for credit:
11,099

Total number of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
11,099

Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
100

Name of the student educators program (1st program):
The Blue Team

A brief description of the student educators program (1st program):
The Blue Team are students dedicated to making Ontario Tech U more sustainable. The Blue Team invites all students to get involved with the programs and events they run.
The Blue Team works under the sustainability office, and has the support of OCIS, the sustainability committee, and the joint sustainability committee.

Training; student educators are trained in weekly/ biweekly sessions (topic include sustainability life style tips and practices, UN sustainable development goals, waste reduction practices, indigenous teachings)

A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (1st program):
Promoting sustainability to the full campus community including staff students and faculty

Number of trained student educators (1st program):
5

Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (1st program):
24

Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (1st program):
5

Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (1st program):
120

Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (1st program):
Name of the student educators program (2nd program):
Engineering Outreach

A brief description of the student educators program (2nd program):
Engineering Outreach is a team of students who strive to bring positive change on and off campus. The team builds an environment for students to share their thoughts, concerns and solutions while also working towards upholding the sustainable development goals proposed by the United Nations. They are also a global organization with chapters, initiatives and events all over the world.

A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (2nd program):
Promotes sustainability to the full campus community (staff, students, and faculty), and to people of of campus and around the world. They often do sustainability and nature focused workshops for local schools in the community.

Number of trained student educators (2nd program):
28

Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (2nd program):
52

Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (2nd program):
5

Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (2nd program):
150

Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (2nd program):
Name of the student educators program (3rd program):
Enactus

A brief description of the student educators program (3rd program):
Enactus Ontario Tech aims to create a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative environment on campus to develop and harness students' entrepreneurial skills through experiential learning and to create and implement socially conscious projects in the Durham community and beyond. Students work collaboratively to come up with solutions to real world problems.

CORE VALUES:

Environmentally conscious and sustainable behavior
Commitment to empowering youth in entrepreneurship
Encouraging innovation and efficiency
Striving to develop leadership
Creating an accountable, diverse and inclusive team

A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (3rd program):
Youth/students at Ontario Tech and in the community.

Number of trained student educators (3rd program):
32

Number of weeks the student educators program is active annually (3rd program):
52

Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per trained student educator (3rd program):
2.50

Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (3rd program):
130

Website URL where information about the student educators program is available (3rd program):
A brief description of all other student peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs:
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Number of trained student educators (all other programs):
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Number of weeks, on average, the student educators programs are active annually (all other programs):
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Average or expected number of hours worked weekly per student educator (all other programs) :
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Total number of hours worked annually by trained student educators (all other programs):
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Grand total number of hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators (all programs):
400

Hours worked annually by trained student sustainability educators per student served by a peer-to-peer program:
0.04

Website URL where information about the student sustainability educators programs 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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