Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 58.84
Liaison Paulina Szlachta
Submission Date May 6, 2024

STARS v2.2

St. Lawrence College
IN-48: Innovation B

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 0.50 Jadon Hook
Sustainability Officer
Facilities Management Services
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Name or title of the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome:
The Climate Leadership Program

A brief description of the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome that outlines how credit criteria are met and any positive measurable outcomes associated with the innovation:

The Climate Leadership Program is a two-phase project where participants will identify needs in the local community by conducting a needs assessment, defining what that need is, developing ideas that address those needs, and then pitching their team's project to win funding to implement their climate action project to a panel of diverse judges. 


The purpose of the Climate Leadership Program is to guide, inspire, and scale climate action in our local community through our students. Providing real-world opportunities for participants to get engaged, network, and explore social impact.


To ensure the participants are focusing their project on climate action as the funding dictates and guides some of the research process we have grouped several categories for their projects to fall under. This is not limited to just one group and they can theoretically park in multiple categories with their ideas.




  • Transportation




  • Food security and systems




  • Energy and energy literacy




  • Biodiversity and/or natural environment




  • Waste diversion or waste innovation




  • Circular economy




  • Fashion




The SLC Climate Leadership Program, developed in partnership with and funded by the City of Kingston’s Climate Action Neighbourhood Champions, will provide teams with climate science training, and Neighbourhood Climate Action Toolkits. The toolkit will be used to develop in-need neighbourhood sustainability projects. Teams will then pitch their projects to a panel of judges for potential funding to implement


A letter of affirmation from an individual with relevant expertise or a press release or publication featuring the innovation :
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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