iscn 2015: wg 3, victoria smith
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UBC
SUSTAINABILITY SCHOLARSVictoria Smith
Director, Communications and Community Engagement
UBC Sustainability Initiative
ISCN 2015
HONG KONG
UBC SUSTAINABILITY MILESTONES
19961996 20022002 20082008 2014/152014/15
Opens C.K
Choi Building,
setting new
green building
benchmarks
worldwide
Integrates
sustainability as
a core pillar in
UBC’s highest
level strategic
plan
Meets Kyoto Protocol
GHG reduction
targets for academic
buildings
5 years early
Canada`s first
university to
adopt a
sustainable
development
policy
Approval of
20 Year
Sustainability
Strategy
Opens Centre
for Interactive
Research on
Sustainability
(CIRS)
Sets bold targets to
reduce GHG
emissions
33% by 2015
67% by 2020
100% by 2050
20-YEAR SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY
Addresses how
sustainability will be
achieved across three
key components:
Teaching, Learning and Research
Teaching, Learning and Research
Operations and InfrastructureOperations and Infrastructure
UBC CommunityUBC Community
� the City is the biggest beneficiary of the program. We get fantastic
projects from the scholars, and are always amazed at how informative
and instrumental the research and projects are in helping us create and
get going with something much, much larger�.
Sean Pander, Assistant Director, Sustainability Group, City of Vancouver
GREENEST CITY SCHOLARS
UBC SUSTAINABILITY SCHOLARS
• Practical sustainability experience for UBC graduate students
• Support community partners to achieve sustainability goals
• Actively integrate academic and operational sustainability work
UBC SUSTAINABILITY SCHOLARS
� we were very pleased with the scholars that worked with us – the
quality of deliverables and the professionalism of the scholars exceeded
our expectations�.
2014 mentor
CHALLENGES
Program Expansion
Impact at UBC
Resources
Photo credits: Martin Dee (UBC), Jennifer Wahl (City of Vancouver)