Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 52.70
Liaison Kayla Tillapaugh
Submission Date April 27, 2023

STARS v2.2

Selkirk College
EN-11: Inter-Campus Collaboration

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Laura Nessman
Sustainability Coordinator
Campus Management
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Is the institution currently a member of a national or international higher education sustainability network?:
Yes

The name of the national or international sustainability network(s):
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)

Does the institution actively participate in a regional, state/provincial, or local higher education sustainability network?:
Yes

The name of the regional, state/provincial or local sustainability network(s):
Member of SDG Accord Community of Practice, support by College and Institutes Canada (CICan).

Has the institution presented at a higher education sustainability conference during the previous year?:
Yes

A list or brief description of the conference(s) and presentation(s):
Bridging Silos: Rural Climate Adaptation and Low Carbon Resilience.
This two-day virtual event held in March 2021 brought together over 200 participants from across western Canada to build knowledge and relationships centred on rural climate adaptation.
Presenters from Selkirk included: Lauren Rethoret, Jayme Jones, Angus Graeme and Sarah Breen

Has the institution submitted a case study during the previous year to an external higher education sustainability resource center or awards program?:
Yes

A list or brief description of the sustainability resource center or awards program and submission(s):
The "SDG Toolkit for Canadian Colleges and Institutes" is a practical guide to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for post-secondary institutions.
The purpose of this inventory is to identify emerging practices in post-secondary settings across Canada that integrate the SDGs explicitly and to curate a selection of these into an Open Educational Resource (OER) toolkit and guide to the SDGs for Canadian colleges and institutes. Selkirk has submitted 3 case studies to this toolkit.

https://pressbooks.pub/sdgcicanguide/

Has the institution had employees or students serving on a board or committee of a sustainability network or conference during the previous three years?:
Yes

A list or brief description of the board or committee appointment(s):
Selkirk employees served on the planning committee for the Bridging Silos conference held in March 2021.

Does the institution have an ongoing mentoring relationship with another institution through which it assists the institution with its sustainability reporting and/or the development of its sustainability program?:
Yes

A brief description of the mentoring relationship and activities:
Selkirk participates in the SDG Accord Community of Practice which provides mentorship between Canadian institutions development programming to support the SDGs.

Has the institution had employees or students serving as peer reviewers of another institution’s sustainability data and/or STARS submission during the previous three years?:
No

A brief description of the peer review activities:
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Optional Fields 

A brief description of other inter-campus collaborative efforts around sustainability during the previous year :
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Website URL where information about the institution’s inter-campus collaborations is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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