Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 82.53
Liaison Pierre Lemay
Submission Date Dec. 23, 2016
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STARS v2.1

Université Laval
EN-1: Student Educators Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.00 / 4.00 Pierre Lemay
Development Advisor
Office of the Vice Rector, External and International Affairs and Health
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Number of students enrolled for credit (headcount):
42,500

Total number of students enrolled for credit that are served (i.e. directly targeted) by a student peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program (avoid double-counting to the extent feasible):
42,500

Percentage of students served by a peer-to-peer educator program:
100

Name of the student educators program:
Green Team

Number of students served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (headcount):
42,500

A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities:

The Green Team is open to students from all university programs. Approximately twenty students are hired each year to support initiatives promoting sustainable development. Activities include raising awareness about waste sorting at environmentally responsible events, staffing an information booth during the open house for future students, and providing assistance with sustainable development activities such as the Public and Active Transportation Week, the Annual Woods Cleanup, waste characterization, and waste container marking.


A brief description of how the student educators are selected:

Students interested in joining the Green Team are recruited at a welcome activity at the beginning of the school year. The main criteria are interest and availability.


A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive to prepare them to conduct peer outreach:

Three sustainable development coordinators from various department hold a training session for student members of the Green Team. The main topics addressed are environmentally responsible event planning, waste management at the university, and interpersonal communication skills.


A brief description of the financial and/or administrative support the institution provides to the program (e.g. annual budget and/or faculty/staff coordination):

A coordinator at the University’s office campus events manages the program. A student member of the Green Team is hired as a “dispatcher” to provide student members for events when requested by the university.


Name of the student educators program (2nd program):
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Number of students served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (2nd program):
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A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (2nd program):
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A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive to prepare them to conduct peer outreach (2nd program):
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A brief description of the financial and/or administrative support the institution provides to the program (e.g. annual budget and/or faculty/staff coordination) (2nd program):
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Name of the student educators program (3rd program):
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Number of students served (i.e. directly targeted) by the program (3rd program):
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A brief description of the program, including examples of peer-to-peer outreach activities (3rd program):
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A brief description of the formal training that the student educators receive to prepare them to conduct peer outreach (3rd program):
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A brief description of the financial and/or administrative support the institution provides to the program (e.g. annual budget and/or faculty/staff coordination) (3rd program):
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A brief description of all other student peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs, including the number of students served and how student educators are selected, trained, and supported by the institution:
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Total number of hours student educators are engaged in peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education activities annually (all programs):
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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