Apply for the Sustainable Labs Award
Dear Colleagues,
As a follow-up to the creation of the McGill Sustainable Labs Guide last year, we are pleased to announce the launch of the Sustainable Labs Award and we are inviting you to apply.
MOOS is hiring two new interns!
Looking for part-time work in which you can gain skills and experience with a passionate team trying to make McGill a better place? The McGill Office of Sustainability (MOOS) is hiring two new interns for the coming year: a Communications Intern and a Sustainability Projects Fund (SPF) Intern.
1. Communications Intern:
Student Job Opportunity: Project Assistant for the Little Free Library Initiative
Position Description:
Funded by McGill’s Sustainability Project Fund (SPF), The Little Free Library Initiative is looking for a project assistant. As a member of the coordinating committee, you will engage and network with fellow graduate students and faculty at McGill and other Canadian universities to help realize the project.
Become a Sustainable Events Ambassador!
Are you interested in increasing the sustainability of events on campus?
Do you want to be part of a team of motivated students?
The McGill Sustainable Events project is hiring volunteers for the Sustainable Events Ambassador team! Join a group of like-minded students who will liaise with event organizers to ensure that their events are organized more sustainably--including social, economic and environmental considerations.
A carbon-neutral McGill? Have your say and join the conversation
McGill Reporter | Feb. 28, 2017
By: Toby Davine
After six months, 11 consultation events, and hundreds of ideas gathered online and in person, the McGill Office of Sustainability (MOOS) is inviting the McGill community to share their thoughts on possible targets for the Vision 2020 Sustainability and Climate Action Plan.
Sustainability Projects Fund Internship
Looking for part-time work where you can geek out in spreadsheets and flex your organization skills? Consider joining the McGill Office of Sustainability team as a Sustainability Projects Fund (SPF) Administrative Intern!
McGill creates Advisory Council on Sustainability
McGill Reporter | October 25, 2016
by: Toby Davine
McGill earns Gold rating in sustainability
Four years of innovative projects and collaborative action planning have upgraded McGill’s rating in sustainability to Gold in the newest version of the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS).
Aboriginal students, staff at McGill University call for more recognition
CBC News | April 23, 2015
Kakwiranoron Cook, McGill's aboriginal outreach administrator, would like to see the university put up a more noticeable monument.
Read the full story here.
McGill prof Chris Ragan: We need smart tolls on our bridges
McGill Reporter | April 20, 2015
by: Doug Sweet
McGill Geography Chair Jeffrey Wells: Cold carbon conservation' is important in fighting climate change
Montreal Gazette | April 22, 2015
by: Jeffrey Wells
We were heartened last week to see leaders of Canada’s provincial and territorial governments meet in Quebec City to seek real solutions to the runaway problem of carbon pollution.
Invasive species pose serious threat to health of the Great Lakes
The McGill Reporter | Feb. 3, 2015
By: Melody Enguix
New study from scientists at McGill shows the vulnerability of the basin to future invaders – and calls for regulations to mitigate this threat.
Integrating social equity into urban transportation planning: A critical evaluation of equity objectives and measures in transportation plans in North America
Science Direct | January 2015
By: Kevin Manaugh
“Almost all [cities involved] have wide goals about how the infrastructure should be equitably distributed, but then nothing is really measured, because there isn’t a clear target for performance measure for many plans.” - Kevin Manaugh
Read the full story here.
Systems crucial to stability of planet compromised
McGill Newsroom | January 15, 2015
Almost half of the processes that are crucial to maintaining the stability of the planet have become dangerously compromised by human activity.
McGill hosts annual Fair Trade Conference
McGill Reporter | Jan. 22, 2015
By: Galitt Araf
The three-day event brought together leaders from across the country committed to the advancement of Fair Trade, both on a small scale and globally.
