Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 47.43
Liaison Connie Norton
Submission Date May 3, 2011
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Simon Fraser University
PAE-24: Sustainability Policy Advocacy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.00 / 4.00 Fiona Burrows
Assistant Director, Community Relations
Public Affairs and Media Relations
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Has the institution advocated for federal, state, and/or local public policies that support campus sustainability or that otherwise advance sustainability?:
Yes

A brief description of how the institution engages in public policy advocacy for sustainability, including the issues, bills, and ordinances for or against which the institution has advocated:

Simon Fraser University researchers play a key role in the new Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions announced today by the provincial government. The province is seeking to create a $94.5-million institute that will be a joint collaboration between the four B.C. universities. SFU researchers from a diverse number of faculties and schools – from resource and environmental management to health – are at work conducting research in numerous areas related to climate change."


The website URL where information about the institution’s advocacy efforts are available:
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