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ƒƒƒPresident’s Sustainability Council Meeting Friday, May 1, 2009 10-11:30 a.m. 280 York Lanes ~ Minutes In attendance: Dawn Bazely, Steve Dranitsaris, Jennifer Foster, Imran Kaderdina, Ijade Maxwell Rodrigues, Ross McMillan, Rob Tiffin, Daniela Trapani, Rod Webb, Chris Wong Regrets: Gary Brewer, Charles Hopkins, Brian Kelly, Andrea Lukac, Hamid Osman, Jean-Sébastien Marier, Barbara Rahder, Mamdouh Shoukri 1. Welcome - Opening remarks by Jenny Foster regarding the working groups o confusion on how to proceed and what output should look like o firm guidelines for working groups do not exist as the original idea was for working groups to be self organizing o Jenny asks that each working group post to the listserv in 2 weeks (by May 14) to report back on the 2001 Task Force Report o The purpose of this is to create common points of discussion amongst working groups o Comments should include: What has been implemented since then? What hasn’t been implemented? Where are the gaps? o In our final report to the President (August), we will need to communicate to the President what has been achieved since the 2001 Task Force Report because much implementation has occurred o The working groups are expected to work through June o We will have to rely more on email as face to face will become more difficult throughout the summer 2. Approval of Minutes from March 31, 2009 a. Business arising from the minutes - minutes approved 3. ...

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President’s Sustainability Council Meeting

Friday, May 1, 2009

10-11:30 a.m.

280 York Lanes

~

Minutes

In attendance:

Dawn Bazely, Steve Dranitsaris, Jennifer Foster, Imran

Kaderdina, Ijade Maxwell Rodrigues, Ross McMillan, Rob Tiffin, Daniela Trapani,

Rod Webb, Chris Wong

Regrets:

Gary Brewer, Charles Hopkins, Brian Kelly, Andrea Lukac, Hamid

Osman, Jean-Sébastien Marier, Barbara Rahder, Mamdouh Shoukri

1.

Welcome

-

Opening remarks by Jenny Foster regarding the working groups

o

confusion on how to proceed and what output should look like

o

firm guidelines for working groups do not exist as the original idea

was for working groups to be self organizing

o

Jenny asks that each working group post to the listserv in 2 weeks

(by May 14) to report back on the 2001 Task Force Report

o

The purpose of this is to create common points of discussion

amongst working groups

o

Comments should include:

ƒ

What has been implemented since then?

ƒ

What hasn’t been implemented?

ƒ

Where are the gaps?

o

In our final report to the President (August), we will need to

communicate to the President what has been achieved since the

2001 Task Force Report because much implementation has

occurred

o

The working groups are expected to work through June

o

We will have to rely more on email as face to face will become

more difficult throughout the summer

2.

Approval of Minutes from March 31, 2009

a.

Business arising from the minutes

- minutes approved

3.

IRIS Presentation on Campus Sustainability (Dawn Bazely)

-

See attachments

4.

Discussion about Student Sub-Committee Working Groups

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There is a need to differentiate the mandates of different working groups

because there is overlap and disconnect – e.g. create terms of reference

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Suggestion that the Campus Operations and Development working group

focus on other parts of the portfolio – e.g. land use

o

Another suggestion: Student subcommittees should be included in

sector by sector discussions at Campus Operations and

Development meetings

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The President values student perspective so their working groups are

important

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Organizational chart would be helpful to see where everyone fits in

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Key is to ensure student input, but integration needs to take place

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Final report may highlight points of difference between what the students

want

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There is a concern that student ideas will be stifled if their working groups

are not left independent

5.

Reports from Working Groups

-

Jenny requested that all working groups post a message to the listserv to

provide an update between now and May 14

-

At the next meeting the committee will have a discussion about the

outline of the report and what we want the report to the President to look

like

Campus Operations and Development Working Group (Steve Dranitsaris)

o

Struggled over purpose and mandate but once it was solved, they

came up with 6 preliminary recommendations

o

A large number of CSBO representatives attended

o

Recommendations:

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Community engagement – a program needs to be developed

for active communication

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Approach to sustainable practice should be

compartmentalized

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A full time coordinator should be hired for the Sustainability

Council (up to 2 people until the mandate is completed). The

coordinator should be making contact with all stakeholders

across the university and making alignments.

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Develop an engagement model to engage students and

other University stakeholders (e.g. Deans could recommend

student leaders who have demonstrated an interest in

sustainable practices).

Students/committee members could

be assigned to working groups based on their areas of

interest/research.

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A funding commitment is necessary to support a

Sustainability program and further develop strategic

initiatives (e.g. green buildings). Committee should aim for

inclusion on the Sustainability Report card

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There’s a need to engage stakeholders (e.g. website,

informational materials, marketing initiatives, focus groups,

workshops, etc.)

Academic Planning and Curriculum (Rod Webb)

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Information is being collected

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On June 30

th

Rod Webb steps down and needs someone to take over

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two ways to approach this working group:

1. Take a look at other universities and what they’re doing

2. There’s a need to focus on UAP and the new UAP needs to be

developed with a specific focal point

o

All programs at York should have sustainability incorporated into it

o

How many courses do we already have with elements of

sustainability?

o

How can we make processes more sustainable?

o

We need to share what we’re doing

o

We need to empower faculty on how they can promote

sustainability in their curriculum

o

We need to revise the existing curriculum

o

Not only green sustainability should be considered, but other

elements as well

Organizational Structure (Ross and Ijade)

o

Have had second meeting

o

Still looking for faculty membership

o

Imran and Andrea will be the student participants

o

They will be corresponding via email to design an interview

question template

o

A draft of the report is expected by mid-end of June for the council

to review prior to going to the final report

6.

Other items

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website

o

can go live next week with content to date

7.

Next meeting: May 27, 2-3:30pm, 305 York Lanes