Develop a toolkit of resources to support the growing number of students and faculty who would like sustainability explicitly covered in their courses (discussed in more detail in the last section.) To meet this need, the following resources have been identified that would be developed through funding of this TLEF proposal:
Variety of materials to support a multi-pronged approach
List of UBC courses that incorporate sustainability, with a short description of how it is accomplished
Set of problems/examples/case studies related to sustainability that faculty could select from to use in their particular courses
Set of problem-centred sustainability modules that could be integrated into many courses
List of research projects at UBC that address sustainability with a short description of how it is related which could tie more research into teaching
2-week teaching module that demonstrates how any course at UBC could be taught within the context of sustainability
TAG course for members of the UBC teaching community to learn how they might incorporate sustainability in there are
“Circles”, multi-disciplinary forums on specific issues related to sustainability (food scarcity, climate change, etc) to enable more collaboration and networking
Specific tools to support teachers who are not full-time faculty (such as doctors, dentists who teach UBC students)
Communications plan to ensure all faculty is aware that these tools are available to them
Funding Details
Year 1: Project Year
Year 1
Year 1: Funding Year
2006/2007
Year 1: Project Type
Small TLEF
Year 1: Principal Investigator
Heather Scholefield
Year 1: Funded Amount
35,250
Year 1: Team Members
Heather Scholefield, Sustainability Office, Land and Building Services
Tony Bi, Faculty of Applied Science
David Ng, Faculty of Science
Laurie Ricou, English, Faculty of Arts
Bob Wollard, Faculty of Medicine
Marcia McKenzie, Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Education
Carolina Chanis, Student, Science
Tavish MacLean, Student, Commerce
Kelly McKerracher, Student, Arts
Alyssa Joyce, Ph.D. Candidate, Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability, Faculty of Science