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How can your class or academic program use the University of Waterloo as a Living Laboratory to enhance student learning and engagement? What resources are available to connect student assignment, learning, or research project ideas with campus needs? Who else has used the Living Lab approach to support sustainability education?

Join the next Sustainability Integration in Curriculum Community of Practice session on April 9th, from 1-2:30pm to learn more about the opportunities for Living Labs in your courses and programs. This session will feature a panel discussion from instructors who have used the Living Lab approach in different courses, as well as an overview on resources available through the Sustainability Office to support Sustainability Living Lab projects. Coffee provided! 

Join us on March 5th for the Integrating Sustainability Across the Curriculum Community of Practice session on Mapping Sustainability Content in Curriculum. Hosted by the Sustainability Office, the session will:

• Provide an overview of the existing institution-wide sustainability and SDG mapping databases, including how individuals can get access
• Encourage sharing of ideas from units who have done their own curriculum scans
• Strengthen appreciation for limitations and challenges to curriculum mapping, as well as opportunities for improvement
• Identify additional collaborations or future steps

The session is open to all faculty members, instructors, and program developers at University of Waterloo.

Coffee will be provided. Please register on Ticketfi.

The Teaching Innovation Incubator is proud to announce that Integrating Sustainability into the Curriculum project was shortlisted for the 2024 QS Reimagine Education Rewards. 

The Teaching Innovation Incubator is excited to announce its support of the newly launched Sustainability in the Curriculum Community of Practice. 

This Community of Practice is open to all faculty, instructors, and support staff who are interested in sustainability integration work. The first session will take place on November 27, 2024 from 1:00-2:30pm in EIT 3142. Registration is required. 

Come out and bring a friend! All are welcome. 

The Teaching Innovation Incubator is excited to announce its support of a new pilot funding program opportunity by the Sustainability Office. This program, the Sustainability Integration in the Curriculum (SIC) Grant is a new funding program for academic departments to deepen integration of sustainability within any undergrad program of study.

The new Sustainability Integration in Curriculum (SIC) grants are intended to catalyze efforts that draw connections between major sustainability challenges and the skills, experiences, and competencies students can leverage through their discipline to support a more sustainable future.

The grants can be for up to $7,500 each and can cover a wide range of activities that a department could implement to further their sustainability integration efforts, including research, workshops, supplies and materials, student incentives, and more. Applications are due by November 1 and will be reviewed by an interdisciplinary team of faculty and educational developers.

Thee Sustainability Toolkit equips faculty with resources to incorporate climate change and sustainability principles into your courses.

Sustainability in the Curriculum now has its own website which shares information, resources, and other information for faculty, staff, and students interested in learning more about how they can integrate and study sustainability principles into their courses. 

The Accelerating Sustainability into the Curriculum Report is here. The report highlights existing siloed efforts at integrating sustainability principles into education at Waterloo and strong campus support for a more cohesive approach to integrating sustainability into education.  

The Accelerating Integration of Sustainability into the Curriculum project shared their findings from their study on integrating sustainability into the curriculum at the University of Waterloo's Teaching and Learning Conference. 

The need to incorporate sustainability into post-secondary education is identified and supported by undergraduate students. 

The Working Group helping to support the Accelerating Integration of Sustainability into the Curriculum project has wrapped up campus consultations. The project team now moves onto the next phase of the project, preparing a report with key recommendations to share with the campus community about these findings.