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Sustainability and Curriculum at McGill University
Max Luke, Jordan Gallant, Kevin Lauzon, Nastaran Mobasher & Divya Sharma
Environment
Economy Society
A sustainable system “encompasses human and ecological health, social justice, secure
livelihoods, and a better world for all generations”
(AASHE 2007)
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Departmental Chairs and
Faculty Deans
Comparator Universities
Sustainability Advocates at
McGill
Designing a Toolkit
Sustainability in Curriculum:
Toolkit for Effective Strategy Building
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Comparator Universities
Methods
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Methods Comparator Universities
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Methods
McGill “Comparator Universities”
Emails to Offices of Sustainability (15)
Phone Interviews (7) Email Responses (3)
Emails to Sustainability Committee members (3)
Comparator Universities
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Methods
McGill “Comparator Universities”
Emails to Offices of Sustainability (15)
Phone Interviews (7) Email Responses (3)
Emails to Sustainability Committee members (3)
5 questions to assess program models and drivers of change
Comparator Universities
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Sustainability Advocates at
McGill
Methods
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Methods
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30-60 minute interviews with 8 members of the McGill community interested in sustainability
Snowball Sampling Progression
Sustainability Advocates at
McGill
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Methods 30-60 minute interviews with 8 members of the McGill community interested in sustainability
6 questions to assess sustainability milestones, barriers, and solutions
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Snowball Sampling Progression
Sustainability Advocates at
McGill
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Departmental Chairs and
Faculty Deans
Methods
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Methods
78 Departments and Schools at McGill
Selection Criteria:
• Sustainability not an explicit research/teaching priority
• Large (relative to other departments within faculty)
• Standalone Faculties and Schools
10 Faculties at McGill
Departmental Chairs and
Faculty Deans
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Methods Deans, Chairs and Directors of the following 25 Faculties,
Departments and Schools were contacted via email:
Anthropology Economics English History Linguistics Philosophy Political Science Sociology
Atm. & Oceanic Biology Earth and Planetary Chemistry Physics Psychology Computer Science
Chemical Civil Mechanical Mining & Materials
Educational and Counselling Psychology Integrated Studies in Education Kinesiology Information Studies
Religious Studies
Law
Departmental Chairs and
Faculty Deans
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Methods
Anthropology Economics English Linguistics Political Science Sociology
Atm. & Oceanic Biology Chemistry Psychology Computer Science
Chemical
Educational and Counselling Psychology Integrated Studies in Education Kinesiology Information Studies
Religious Studies
Law
18 responses and interviews with 6 questions to acquire department-specific information.
Departmental Chairs and
Faculty Deans
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Comparator Universities
Results
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Results Program Models
UCLA’s Education for
Sustainable Living Program
Comparator Universities
Example:
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Results
Internal Drivers • Student Demand (75%) • Admin. Staff Demand (25%) • Faculty Demand (12%)
Drivers of Change
External Drivers • Regional community (40%) • National/International Community (12%) • Comparator Universities (50%)
Comparator Universities
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Sustainability Advocates at
McGill
Results
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Results
Talloires and Halifax
Declarations (1990/1991)
McGill School of
Environment (1999)
Office of Sustainability
(2008)
Sustainability Projects Fund
(2009)
Sustainability Policy (2010)
Sustainability Milestones Sustainability Advocates at
McGill
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Results
Barriers Solutions
Distributed Approach
Bring Advocates Together
Power Asymmetry
Poor Communication
Barriers and Solutions Sustainability Advocates at
McGill
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Results Word Cloud Sustainability
Advocates at McGill
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Departmental Chairs and
Faculty Deans
Results
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Results
• Unified mission statement: 60%
o Learning outcomes linked to statement: 70% no
• Considered notion of sustainability: 75%
o Interesting discussion for faculty members? 70% yes
Departmental Information Departmental
Chairs and Faculty Deans
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Synthesis and Suggestions
• Increasing interest in sustainability 1
• Bottom-up approach 2
• Bring advocates together 3
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Sustainability in Curriculum:
Toolkit for Effec8ve Strategy Building
Summary