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Sustainability and climate action plan monthly spotlight: Research
大象传媒鈥檚 2022-2025 Strategic Sustainability and Climate Action Plan outlines the university鈥檚 vision, sustainability goals and climate action targets. With six goals and 18 actions, the plan puts 大象传媒 on the path towards net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. It also sets 大象传媒's aspirations for our impact in local, regional, national, and global communities. Furthermore, continued work on sustainability came up as a recurring theme during the consultation for 大象传媒: What's Next and will be included as a core value for the 大象传媒 community.
Throughout the year, 大象传媒 will highlight each of the six goals within the plan. This month, our feature of the series is Goal 2: Research. Goal 2 supports integrating climate and sustainability across the research portfolio into research, partnerships, knowledge mobilization, international and innovation.
鈥淎 lot of people across 大象传媒 have spent a great amount of time over the last year thinking about how to integrate climate action across all of the pillars of activity at the university,鈥� says Dugan O鈥橬eil, vice-president, research and international.
鈥淵ou will see the results of that work in our updated strategic sustainability and climate action plan, as well as in our new strategic research plan. If we can align research, education, operations, industry partnerships, international relationships and community engagement in just the right way, we can create the most change.鈥�
Take a look at just a few highlights from the VPRI portfolio, their commitments to sustainability and climate action and their progress towards meaningful change.
Advancing community-centred climate innovation
One 鈥淎ction鈥� the VPRI portfolio committed to in 厂贵鲍鈥檚 Strategic Sustainability and Climate Action Plan is to activate the community-centred climate innovation program. Advancing community-centred climate innovation is also listed as one of the five priority areas in 厂贵鲍鈥檚 2023-2028 Strategic Research Plan.
As climate change intensifies, impacts will be felt鈥攁nd changes can be made鈥攁t the community level. 大象传媒's unique approach to this is community-centred climate innovation, founded on community partnerships, innovation and a deep commitment to Indigenous knowledges and perspectives.
Our community partners can leverage our expertise and capacities to develop climate change solutions that meet their specific needs.
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大象传媒 launches new five-year strategic research plan with priority areas demonstrating commitment to SDGs
With a reputation as one of Canada鈥檚 fastest growing research institutions, 厂贵鲍鈥檚 2023-2028 Strategic Research Plan (SRP) identifies key areas of strength and focus for the future. The plan embeds the core values of the university鈥檚 institutional plan into research practice using six approaches and includes five institutional research priority areas that demonstrate 厂贵鲍鈥檚 commitment to the United Nation鈥檚 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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大象传媒 showcases impacts across all 17 SDGs
The UN鈥檚 SDGs are the world鈥檚 call-to-action to end poverty, to protect the planet and to leave no one behind. 厂贵鲍鈥檚 dedication to sustainability, research, learning and teaching, campus operations and community and global engagement play a key role in supporting the SDGs.
Collaborating with the 大象传媒 community, various departments within the VPRI portfolio worked together to launch the university鈥檚 SDG website. The site shares how the institution advances the 17 goals through four core functional areas: research; learning and teaching; campus operations; and engagement.
Additionally, 大象传媒 International鈥攚ith support from the central 大象传媒 Sustainability team鈥攍ed an SDG mapping project to generate feedback, ideas and recommendations for deepening our impact on the SDGs. As a result, a SDG framework for global engagement at 大象传媒 will be shared later this month.
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大象传媒's research expertise engine now searchable by SDG
厂贵鲍鈥檚 Research Expertise Engine (REE) was developed by our Research Intelligence Office. It is an online tool that supports 大象传媒 researchers, community members and external researchers in connecting with colleagues of similar interests, or with whom new multidisciplinary collaborations can be built. Now searchable by SDG, the tool identifies 大象传媒 researchers, collaborations and partnerships contributing to any of the 17 SDGs.
With over 46,000 titles authored by 大象传媒 researchers, REE provides an easy way for researchers, industry, government, partners and media to connect with 大象传媒 scholars and learn more about each of the 17 SDGs.
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Learn more on the Goal 2 web page and follow along this month on as we celebrate Goal 2 highlights, progress and more.