| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 48.57 |
| Liaison | James Gordon |
| Submission Date | Dec. 19, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Thompson Rivers University
ER-T2-6: Sustainability Events
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.25 / 0.25 |
Andrew
Pillar Research Analyst IPA |
Does the institution hold major events related to sustainability, such as conferences, speaker series, or symposia, that have students as the intended audience?:
A brief description of the event(s):
TRU’s Office of Environment & Sustainability has hosted an Environmental Speakers Series for its sustainability month. Speakers included in this series included Jim Hoggan, author of “Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming,” Steven Mannel, founding director of Dalhousie’s College of Sustainability, Peter Victor, author of “Managing without Growth. Slower by Design, not Disaster,” and Michael Mehta, Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Thompson Rivers University, a sociologist specializing in science and technology in society.
In addition TRU’s Faculty of Science hosts an Environmental Sciences seminar series in the fall and winter semesters. The focus is fairly broad, involving many different disciplines with a focus on understanding and solving environmental problems.
http://www.tru.ca/__shared/assets/environmental_speaker_series22914.pdf
http://www.tru.ca/science/msces/mscseminar.html
The website URL where information about the event(s) are available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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