Outcomes | Structure | Registration | Session decriptions
Waterloo's Sustainability Office, in collaboration with Organizational and Human Development, is excited to offer a free Sustainability Certificate for employees of the University. The certificate builds upon the University's Environmental Sustainability Strategy's goal of embedding sustainability actions into campus culture. It recognizes that all employees will have a role to play in building a sustainable campus.
Outcomes
At the end of the certificate, employees will:
- Have a basic understanding of key local and global sustainability issues, as well as efforts underway to address them
- Become familiar with the University’s sustainability objectives, contributions to global challenges, and connections to the Strategic Plan
- Understand tools and resources to integrate sustainability into everyday actions on campus and at home
- Identify the relevance of sustainability for their home department
Structure
To receive the certificate, an employee must:
- Complete all seven sessions (can be completed over multiple terms)
- Come to all session having read the pre-reads and be ready to engage with colleagues
- Complete the short multiple choice quizzes after each session (5 minutes each)
Please note that SUS101 is a prerequisite for all other sessions and must be completed before attending subsequent sessions. SUS102-106 may be taken in any order of preference, and SUS107 is a capstone once all other courses are completed.
Registration
You can register for each session through Workday by following these instructions:
- Log into your Workday profile
- Click on the Learning icon
- Click on Browse Learning (right hand menu)
- Search the course title in the search bar and click on the course
- Click Enroll (bottom left) and select the offering you'd like to attend
Note: We will schedule additional offerings based on demand. Please register on the waitlist if you are interested in taking a session so we can contact you as additional offerings are made available. Cancellations with less than 24 hours notice or no-shows will be subject to a $50 charge to their department.
Group learning: Winter 2021 course outline
Winter 2021 sessions will be held remotely via Microsoft Teams.
Course | Session Dates and Locations |
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SUS101: Introduction to Sustainability |
Thursday, January 28 | 10:30am-12pm |
SUS102: Energy and Climate Change |
Thursday, February 11 | 10:30am-12pm |
SUS103: Sustainable Travel |
Thursday, February 25 | 10:30am-12pm |
SUS104: Healthy and Sustainable Food |
Thursday, March 11 | 10:30am-12pm |
SUS105: Reducing Your Material Footprint |
Thursday, March 25 | 10:30am-12pm |
SUS106: Biodiversity and Nature |
Thursday, April 8 | 10:30am-12pm |
SUS107: Sustainability Leadership |
Thursday, April 22 | 10:30am-12pm |
Independent learning: LEARN
Sessions can also be completed independently through a new course offering on LEARN. The content is the same, but learners will complete in-course activities, quizzes, and reflections in the place of group discussions and activities.
To register, login to your LEARN account and search for the Sustainability Certificate under Self-Registration. Employee completion records will be migrated over to Workday upon completion of the final module.
The seven modules will be released on Monday, September 21, 2020.
Note: Employees can choose the group learning OR independent learning stream, but cannot mix and match courses from the two streams at this time.