| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 74.30 |
| Liaison | Joséanne Bélanger-Gravel |
| Submission Date | Sept. 2, 2022 |
Polytechnique Montréal
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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2.00 / 2.00 |
Joséanne
Bélanger-Gravel Sustainability Advisor Sustainable Development Office |
Does the institution have an ongoing program that offers incentives for academic staff in multiple disciplines or departments to develop new sustainability courses and/or incorporate sustainability into existing courses? :
A brief description of the incentive program(s):
The Sustainable Development Office offers support to all professors, lecturers and temporary lecturers to integrate more sustainable development in their courses. The main focus is for undergraduate courses but graduate courses are not ruled out. The Office can propose tailored case studies, exercices or activities, a selection of speakers, specific classes or presentations on sustainability topics, and more. It started as a pilot-project with a part time resource plus the current sustainability advisors and some actions are taken to have one full-time permanent resource dedicated to this initiative.
The Bureau d’appui et d’innovation pédagogique / Pedagogical support and innovation office (BAIP) does a call for projects every year. This call for projects is open to all professors and lecturers. Selected projects need to be in line with the Strategic Plan. The 2018-2023 Strategic plan is strongly oriented towards sustability. https://www.polymtl.ca/renseignements-generaux/en/about-polytechnique, "Strategic Plan" Section.
A brief description of the incentives that academic staff who participate in the program(s) receive:
The 2020-2021 Polytechnique Montreal annual Sustainability Report stated that more than 20 teachers (professors and lecturers) benifited from the Sustainable Development Office support and tailored strategies were found for 27 courses. All of the following were integrated : creation and proposal of activities, educational tools, case studies and spreadsheets, coordination of class presentations, adjusments to the existing material of certain courses.
https://www.polymtl.ca/durable/politiques-plans-daction-et-resultats/rapports-annuels-de-durabilite, 2020-2021 Report, page 6.
Here are some examples for the 2022 call to projects for the BAIP:
Professor Louise Millette secured $20,000 to develop a MOOC on Carbon Neutrality.
Professor Françoise Bichai and Lecturer Lévis Thériault secured $11,587 for the
development of an interactive application to support a case study in water management to enhance the course CIV8360 - Water Resouces Management.
Professor Samira Keivanpour and lecturer Magali Marcheschi secured $11,843 to develop a script concordance online learning platform to improve the practice of sustainable solutions research, which will be beneficial for several courses (IND2107, IND3302,IND1401, IND2902, and IND8202)
https://www.polymtl.ca/appui-pedagogique/fonds-dinnovation-pedagogique/informations-importantes
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