Sustainable Algonquin Steering Committee

Mandate

    The Committee is charged with bringing focus and order to the College as it fulfills its commitment to the Talloires Declaration . As a steering committee guiding the College’s sustainability agenda, the Committee should build consensus through awareness and understanding, motivate change and action, advance our ability to make a difference and reinforce our successes related to environmental stewardship.

Membership

    Executive Sponsor:
    • Vice-President, Academic: Kent MacDonald

    Academic Representatives:

    • Executive Dean, Academic Development: Marguerite Donohue
    • Director, Applied Research and Innovation (Co-Chair): Mark Hoddenbagh
    • Centre for Organizational Learning: Rebecca Volk
    • School of Business, Professor: Adrienne Armstrong
    • Algonquin College in the Ottawa Valley Coordinator of Outdoor Adventure Naturalist: Ian Pineau
    • Algonquin College Heritage Institute, Professor: Lisa Shaw-Verhoek

    Advancement Division Representative:

    • Executive Director, Advancement Division or designate

    Student Services Representative

    • Director, Student Services: Wayne McIntyre

    Business Development Representative:

    • Innovation & Special Projects, Manager: Tammy Thornton

    Administration Representatives:

    • Director, Physical Resources (Co-Chair):Mike Rushton
    • Facilities Planning Specialist, Physical Resources: Phil Rouble
    • Purchasing, Manager : Solveig Keshavjee
    • Assistant Manager, Food & Beverage Operations: Gordon Esnard
    • Project Manager, ITS: Christine Boisvert

    Student Representatives:

    • Algonquin College in the Ottawa Valley - (vacant)
    • The Heritage Institute - (vacant)
    • Woodroffe - Mike Bolliger

    Students’ Association Representative:

    • Jonathan Palermo

    * The Co-Chair appointments have been made temporarily until the mandate is approved and the Committee is functioning at which time these roles will be reviewed by the Executive Sponsor.

      Sub-Committees

      Sub-Committees will be created as needed and will include both representatives from the committee membership as well as other representatives from the College community.

    Priorities for 2008/09

    • Identify and prioritize potential action items arising from the 2008-2013 Strategic Plan.
    • Implement the Student Consultation Project for environmental responsibility.
    • Develop a sustainability strategy for the College.
      • Retain a consultant to guide the development of a sustainability strategy for the College.
      • Establish baseline and benchmarks
      • Reach agreement regarding a philosophy and direction for the committee
      • Develop a communications plan to support and advance the College’s Strategic Plan with respect to sustainability and to promote the relevance of sustainability among the students, staff, College and the communities we serve.

Comments

Tue, 04/21/2009 - 08:58 — Anonymous

Help us with our core mission

The energy, money and time spent on this initiative would be better spent being far more surgical about helping programs and faculty stay current in the fields they are teaching. In the end, students want to learn what they need to learn, but our curriculums and systems remain mired in the 1990s because there is not enough resources provide to faculty except for general education provided through TLS and the once-a-year Kaleidoscope. This is not adequate in an era when required knowledge in various fields are changing ever faster.