Utility Reduction Revolving Fund (URRF) – U of T’s Unique Approach to Implementing a Green Revolving Fund
The Utility Reduction Revolving Fund (URRF) is a unique approach to implementing a green revolving fund. It provides comprehensive funding to facilitate projects that result in reducing the University’s environmental footprint and utilities consumption. The URRF, established in 2012, has been very effective in reducing utilities usage and expenditures. The fund provides comprehensive funding for … Continue reading "Utility Reduction Revolving Fund (URRF) – U of T’s Unique Approach to Implementing a Green Revolving Fund"
January 12, 2017
The SMRT (Sexual Misconduct Response Team): An Innovate Appraoch to Sexual Violence Response on Campuses
Statistically, it is known that 1 in 4 women will experience sexual misconduct in her lifetime. These experiences can be traumatic for students, impacting their ability to eat, sleep and concentrate. Over time, trauma can have serious long-term, negative effects on a student’s educational experience. A campus environment in which individuals feel comfortable coming forward … Continue reading "The SMRT (Sexual Misconduct Response Team): An Innovate Appraoch to Sexual Violence Response on Campuses"
January 12, 2017
The SMRT (Sexual Misconduct Response Team): An Innovate Appraoch to Sexual Violence Response on Campuses
Statistically, it is known that 1 in 4 women will experience sexual misconduct in her lifetime. These experiences can be traumatic for students, impacting their ability to eat, sleep and concentrate. Over time, trauma can have serious long-term, negative effects on a student’s educational experience. A campus environment in which individuals feel comfortable coming forward … Continue reading "The SMRT (Sexual Misconduct Response Team): An Innovate Appraoch to Sexual Violence Response on Campuses"
January 12, 2017
Fostering a dynamic ecosystem for experiential learning at McGill’s Macdonald Campus
The Office of Student Academic Services (OSAS) was created in 2011 to foster a dynamic, student-centered ecosystem for experiential learning at the Macdonald Campus of McGill University. OSAS was fused by the acceleration and successful collision of four co-dependent mandates in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences to achieve: i) outstanding academic advising in … Continue reading "Fostering a dynamic ecosystem for experiential learning at McGill’s Macdonald Campus"
January 9, 2017
Emergency Management and Business Continuity as an Institution Priority
This project was undertaken as a result of a January 2013 review of the emergency response plans (ERP) and business continuity plans (BCP) on file which revealed that Jess than 25% of required departments had Emergency Response Plans and less that 5% had Business Continuity Plans. In addition an audit by the Internal Audit department … Continue reading "Emergency Management and Business Continuity as an Institution Priority"
June 14, 2016
McGill Health and Wellbeing Program
The objective of the McGill Health and Wellbeing program is to establish a culture of health and wellness at the University by increasing awareness of the benefits of healthy living. The program provides valuable infonnation on both physical and mental health related topics, which are provided through a variety of means: a series oflunch-time presentations … Continue reading "McGill Health and Wellbeing Program"
June 13, 2016
RU Debt Free Student Financial Literacy Course
Amidst rising education and living costs and an increasingly volatile youth labour market, more and more university students are struggling to manage their finances, restricting their future potential as responsible citizens and labour market contributors. Observing that most students do not come into difficult circumstances through irresponsibility but by low financial literacy and a lack … Continue reading "RU Debt Free Student Financial Literacy Course"
June 13, 2016
Improving finance service delivery through restructuring to a team-based approach in the Faculty of Medicine, UBC
Previously, the Faculty of Medicine decentralized primary responsibility for finance to units. Each unit had its own administrative staff responsible for budgeting and financial management, who reported directly to the academic head. This structure provided units with control and accountability, but lacked segregation of duties or consistency, and did not give departments access to a … Continue reading "Improving finance service delivery through restructuring to a team-based approach in the Faculty of Medicine, UBC"
June 13, 2016
Envision – Funding Sustainability: How energy management savings fund sustainable initiatives
In 1975 fuelled by rising energy prices and oil shortages the University of Alberta developed a highly successful energy management program. Building on its success, in 2009 the university recognized the potential to reimagine and broaden the impact this program and in 2011 the university launched the expanded next generation – Envision: Intelligent Energy Reduction. … Continue reading "Envision – Funding Sustainability: How energy management savings fund sustainable initiatives"
June 13, 2016
SJU Campus Renewal 2015 using Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)
St. Jerome’s University is federated with the University of Waterloo, and as such is not eligible for direct government funding. For this reason, it was imperative that when we embarked on a major capital expansion that we embraced a process that would reduce our risk exposure, and provide a framework that would allow us to … Continue reading "SJU Campus Renewal 2015 using Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)"
April 16, 2015
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