Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 78.59
Liaison Beverley Ayeni
Submission Date March 1, 2024

STARS v2.2

University of Toronto Mississauga
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 12.00 / 12.00 Minali Giani
Sustainability Intern
Facilities Management and Planning
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Part 1. Sustainability research

Total number of employees that conduct research:
585

Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
276

Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
47.18

Part 2. Sustainability research by department

Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:
24

Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
22

Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
91.67

Research Inventory 

A copy of the inventory of the institution’s sustainability research (upload):
Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:
See above

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
There is a directory available for UTM that lists all departments (graduate and undergraduate) with the relevant department websites:

https://app.utm.utoronto.ca/phonebook/ShowPersonnelAction.action

From there, each individual department site was found, and the faculty list was retrieved. Their faculty profiles, research interests, and publications were reviewed to see if there were connections to sustainability topics and the 17 UN SDGs. Some researchers have labs and external websites discussing their research, which was also included in the spreadsheet in case they needed to be re-assessed.

Several staff members are cross appointed in different departments and programs. Therefore, there was an effort to check the faculty profile to determine if the professor is cross appointed and the spreadsheet was also searched to see if they have already been listed. This was done to check for duplicates to ensure faculty members are not counted twice.

Professors that were on sabbatical or on leave in the previous or upcoming academic year were included, as this inventory spans staff conducted research from 2020-2023.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability research 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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