Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 59.78
Liaison Joseph Wasylycia-Leis
Submission Date March 1, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University of Winnipeg
PA-3: Participatory Governance

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 3.00 Joseph Wasylycia-Leis
Campus Sustainability Coordinator
Campus Sustainability Office
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Part 1

Do the institution’s students have a representative body through which they can participate in governance (e.g. a student council)? :
Yes

Do the institution’s students have an elected representative on the institution’s highest governing body?:
Yes

If yes to either of the above, provide:

A brief description of the bodies and mechanisms through which students are engaged in governance, including information to support each affirmative response above:
Governance at the University of Winnipeg is conducted by the Senate, the Board of Regents, the Chancellor and the Indigenous Advisory Circle. Elected student representatives from the University of Winnipeg Students' Association (UWSA) sit on both the Senate and the Board of Regents and the Senate. Students are able to run for the UWSA Executive or Board of Directors every year in student-run elections. Two elected student representatives from the Aboriginal Student's Centre sit on the Indigenous Advisory Circle.

Do the institution’s staff members have a representative body through which they can participate in governance (e.g. a staff council)?:
No

Do the institution’s non-supervisory staff members have an elected representative on the institution’s highest governing body?:
Yes

If yes to either of the above, provide:

A brief description of the bodies and mechanisms through which staff are engaged in governance, including information to support each affirmative response above:
Two elected support staff members sit on the Board of Regents.

Do the institution’s teaching and research faculty have a representative body through which they can participate in governance (e.g. a faculty senate)?:
Yes

Do the institution’s teaching and research faculty have an elected representative on the institution’s highest governing body? :
Yes

If yes to either of the above, provide:

A brief description of the bodies and mechanisms through which teaching and research faculty are engaged in governance, including information to support each affirmative response above:
Four members of the faculty elected by and from the Senate of the University sit on the Board of Regents. https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/regents/board-of-regents.html

Part 2

Does the institution have written policies and procedures to identify and engage external stakeholders (i.e. local residents) in land use planning, capital investment projects, and other institutional decisions that affect the community?:
Yes

A copy of the written policies and procedures:
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The policies and procedures:
We do external engagement during capital construction planning, as explained in our Capital Construction and Renovations Procedures: https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/sustainability/docs/capital-construction-and-renovations-procedures---february-5,-2019.pdf "Ensure internal and appropriate external stakeholders are consulted appropriately throughout the project" "Coordinating all necessary communication related to the project including internal stakeholders... and external stakeholders (neighbours, tenants, partners, City, Funders, etc…)"

Does the institution have formal participatory or shared governance bodies through which community members representing the interests of the following stakeholder groups can regularly participate in institutional governance?:
Yes or No
Local government and/or educational organizations No
Private sector organizations No
Civil society (e.g. NGOs, NPOs) No

If yes to one or more of the above, provide:

A brief description of the bodies and mechanisms through which external stakeholders are engaged in institutional governance (including information about each stakeholder group selected above):
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Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/about/administration/index.html

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
In response to the STARS Staff review feedback we received, we updated the faculty response to indicate that there are faculty reps on board of regents. We realized that we had linked to an old version of the procedures document. We have included a new link to the current document which includes the effective date. Please note that this document was also linked to in the “green building guidelines or policies” field of OP-4, but we we’re not able to change it to the new link because OP-4 was not unlocked for editing. We we’re able to replace the link in the Construction and Renovation section of OP-11. Here is the link: https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/sustainability/docs/capital-construction-and-renovations-procedures---february-5,-2019.pdf

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