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Series contributors: Sabine Dhir, Faculty Fellow and Lexi Kinman, Student Fellow Course: Sustainability Around the World (MSUS 434) Lexi and Sabine: Reflecting on our journeys through the Sustainable Education Fellowship (SEF), we feel enriched by the experience, which has expanded not only our respective networks within the Â鶹AV community but also fostered a deeper appreciation […]
As final exam season approaches, some Â鶹AV instructors face the challenge of administering and grading large volumes of exams. Crowdmark, an online grading tool, offers a solution to simplify this process, making it easier to manage assessments and provide timely and quality feedback to students. Here’s a guide on how to use Crowdmark effectively for […]
Series contributors: Cristina Carnemolla, Faculty Fellow and Daniel Salas Hoyos, Student Fellow Course: Gender and Textualities (HISP 358) Cristina Carnemolla (Faculty Fellow) and Daniel Salas-Hoyos (Student Fellow) are two Sustainability Education Fellows (SEF) in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (LLC), who worked together to revise the course Gender and Textualities (HISP 358). We […]
Series contributors: Stephanie Loeb, Faculty Fellow and Shanmugavalli (Harini) Narayanan, Student Fellow Course: Solar Driven Environmental Processes and Technologies (CIVE 570) As part of the Sustainability Education Fellows (SEF) program, we embarked on the design of a new course in the environmental engineering division of the Department of Civil Engineering. The course is entitled Solar […]
Series contributors: Isabelle Cosette, Faculty Fellow and Mathieu Boucher, Student Fellow Course: The Musician’s Performing Body (MUGT 405) Through my (Mathieu) Sustainability Education Fellowship (SEF) program, I had the opportunity to work with Prof. Isabelle Cossette from the Schulich School of Music on her course “The Musician’s Performing Body.” This course is aimed at teaching […]
Series contributors: Daniele Malomo, Faculty Fellow and Anna Wang, Student Fellow Course: Design of Concrete Structures (CIVE 463) In 2019, the Council of Canadian Academies identified built infrastructure as the most susceptible sector to climate change, with a direct cost that could rise to >$40 billion/year by 2050. Concrete and steel use is also one […]
Series contributors: Michael Creamer, Faculty Fellow and Daniel Cursio, Student Fellow Course: Outdoor Education (EDKP 237) Michael’s reflection: When I first started working on this project, my knowledge of sustainability was limited. However, after attending the workshops and having discussions, I was able to comprehend the pillars of sustainability—environmental, social, economic, and how they could […]
Series contributors: Julie Major, Faculty Fellow and Jacee Forsythe, Student Fellow Course: Sustainable Agriculture in Guatemala (AGRI 325) Working across disciplines has been a valuable challenge for us as a team. By working from both natural and social science lenses, we’ve been able to create a course re-design that considers all three pillars of sustainability—environmental, […]
Series contributors: Don Patrick Martin, Faculty Fellow and Shiqing Gong, Student Fellow Course: Survey of World Indigenous Music (MUHL 301) Things we learned about sustainability Don: In the beginning of our course design, I was exposed to the British/Canadian notion of sustainability. After a short time, I found this term to be politically and culturally […]
Series contributors: Ipek TĂĽreli, Faculty Fellow and Eyup Ozkan, Student Fellow Course: Climate Action through Design (ARCH 514) During the 2023-24 academic year, I (Ipek) was fortunate enough to be able to join the second edition/cohort of the Sustainability Education Fellows (SEF) program, a unique collaboration between the Sustainability Office, Teaching and Learning Services (TLS), […]
Series contributors: Liliana AraĂşjo, Faculty Fellow and Kyle Zavitz, Student Fellow Course: Research Methodologies in Music Performance, Music Pedagogy, and Applied Performance Science (MUGT 611) Principles of social sustainability have been a major consideration for how we think about course design to better meet the needs of our students. Within our field(s), this has translated […]
The word is out there—sustainability is about much more than the environment. Sustainability is viable when social and economic systems are considered along with the environment because at its core, sustainability is about fulfilling the needs of the present generation without compromising the needs of the future. With the future in mind, Â鶹AV’s Sustainability Education […]
Â鶹AV’s new Policy on Assessment of Student Learning (PASL) takes effect this Fall. Built around the principle of assessment for learning, PASL requires instructors to share their “expectations for all assessment tasks” by including “explicit criteria to describe the key elements of students’ learning” (PASL 5.5). Unsure of how to put that into practice? One […]
