| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 46.39 |
| Liaison | Heather Elliott |
| Submission Date | Aug. 19, 2022 |
Vanier College
OP-9: Landscape Management
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.02 / 2.00 |
Heather
Elliott Sustainability Officer Facilities |
Total campus area:
Figures required to calculate the total area of managed grounds:
| Area (double-counting is not allowed) | |
| Area managed organically, without the use of inorganic fertilizers and chemical pesticides, fungicides and herbicides | 0.03 Hectares |
| Area managed in accordance with an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program that uses selected chemicals only when needed | 0 Hectares |
| Area managed using conventional, chemical-based landscape management practices | 2.79 Hectares |
| Total area of managed grounds | 2.82 Hectares |
A brief description of any land excluded from the area of managed grounds:
Land owned by Vanier College in the municipality of Gore is not regularly managed and therefore was not included in the figures required to calculate the total area of managed grounds.
Percentage of grounds managed organically:
A brief description of the organic landscape management program:
The land belonging to the Vanier Collective Gardens is managed organically without the use of chemical fertilizers and have never sprayed pesticides or insecticides. Instead their techniques of focusing on permaculture, natural farming and no-till agriculture.
Percentage of grounds managed in accordance with an IPM program:
A copy of the IPM plan or program:
A brief description of the IPM program:
A brief description of the institution's approach to plant stewardship:
A tree that is 45mm or larger in diameter on campus is the city of St-Laurent’s responsibility. A forest engineer comes on site to verify all trees and provides recommendations on which trees should be cut. The city has requirements for cutting and replanting trees. It has a list of suggested species that are typically species that produce a lot of shade to reduce urban heat-island effect, reduce pollution and are resistant to salt. Their main focus is the survivability of the trees in urban conditions.
There is no comprehensive tracking of trees on campus that exists apart from a student run initiative that created an application called Tree Tag in 2016. A second, updated version of the application was launched in 2019. The application identifies and locates over 400 trees on campus using an interactive map with the long-term objective being to maintain an active and accessible inventory.
To celebrate the College’s 50th anniversary, in October 2019, 50 trees were planted during a tree planting event was organized in collaboration with SOVERDI (non-profit tree supplier), the Collective Gardens, Sustainability-in-Action class and the Service Department. The Sustainability in Action class, strived to increase native species, habitat for animals, fruit bearing species when deciding what trees to plant. SOVERDI supplied the trees and provided an educational workshop on how to plant and maintain the trees. Approximately 20 trees were planted to create the first phase of a Food Forest as the species planted were fruit and nut bearing.
The Collective Gardens have focused their attention to improving the biodiversity of plants on campus. In addition creating a planter where there is a selection of self-seeding annual and perennial species with the intension of having flowering species for pollinating insects.
A brief description of the institution's approach to hydrology and water use:
The watering of the football field is electronically controlled, pre-set at the beginning of the season.
A brief description of the institution's approach to landscape materials management and waste minimization:
Yard waste and tree-cut are composted.
A brief description of the institution's approach to energy-efficient landscape design:
A brief description of other sustainable landscape management practices employed by the institution:
Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainable landscape management program is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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