| Overall Rating | Platinum |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 85.74 |
| Liaison | Mike Wilson |
| Submission Date | Dec. 13, 2023 |
University of Victoria
EN-7: Employee Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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2.14 / 3.00 |
Claire
Irvine Sustainability Coordinator Campus Planning and Sustainability |
Total number of employees:
Total number of employees served by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program:
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Name of the employee educators program (1st program):
A brief description of the employee educators program (1st program):
The UVic Staff Sustainability Network is a staff engagement strategy for the university. Most, if not all, departments have a staff member who is passionate about sustainability. The Network is a way of bringing those staff members together in order to hone their leadership skills and collaborate with like-minded colleagues on campus programs that tackle the issues that matter. The Network members work to liaise between the Office of Campus Planning and Sustainability (OCPS) and their own office or department in order to inform and inspire their colleagues about sustainability events, campaigns, and volunteer opportunities at UVic. They then provide the OCPS with feedback and collaborate on various campaigns, initiatives, and sustainability related issues within their office environment or around campus. Network members act as role models and champions to inspire their colleagues to make sustainable choices, and participate in collective decision making around staff sustainability priorities and campaigns.
In order for members of the Network to effectively engage with their co-workers on various initiatives, campaigns, and events, they receive training in social marketing as well as communications. They are further provided with access to resources used to implement sustainability initiatives, as well as information on how to utilise these resources.
A few of the various education and outreach activities worked on by the Staff Sustainability Network include but are not limited to :
The Holiday Shutdown – Offices across campus were encouraged to reduce their energy over the holidays by unplugging and/or turning off personal office electronics. The Network carried out this campaign by putting up posters throughout offices, sending out Holiday shutdown toolkits, and engaging in face-to-face conversations with co-workers about the campaign to ensure commitment.
Project Development for a Lunchtime Litter Pickers, a litter pick up innitiative that aims to make picking up litter during lunch an accessable and safe activity that hopes to benefit the campus, as well as the staff, by encouraging them to connect with the campus grounds.
A brief description of the employee educators program’s target audience (1st program):
All staff and employees.
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A brief description of the employee educators program (2nd program):
The Centre for Social and Sustainable Innovation (CSSI) in the business school continues to expand staff and faculty understanding and awareness surrounding the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). In 2023, CSSI ran a 17 week awareness campaign - SDG of the week - where employees were provided educational material and were engaged in tasks and challenges to exercise their understanding of the 17 SDGs. Additionally, CSSI provides occasional lunch and learns for business faculty on the sustainable development goal, such as a recent LNL that taught proper usage of SDG keywords in their research.
A brief description of the employee educators program’s target audience (2nd program):
The awareness campaign targeted both business faculty and staff, and the lunch and learns target business faculty.
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