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Transdisciplinary Knowledge Co-Production Online Workshop
Engaged scholarship that involves partnership with non-academic stakeholders and addresses real world and complex challenges of sustainability and climate change requires a different approach to building knowledge and facilitating action. The Committee on the Environment, Climate Change, and Sustainability (CECCS), in partnership with the SDGs@UofT Institutional Strategic Initiative (ISI) is hosting a Transdisciplinary Knowledge Co-Production (TDCP) Workshop for early-career researchers, post-doctoral fellows, masters and PhD students at U of T. Join us in this online workshop to learn more about the concept of TDCP research and get your questions answered!
Time: Tuesday, March 19th, 2024, 3:00pm – 4:30pm
Audience: Early-career researchers, post-doctoral fellows, PhD and masters students at U of T
Please note this is an online event, and it will be recorded and shared via CECCS channels. The Zoom link will be shared with participants closer to the event date.
Closed: Fall/Winter 2022-23: Sustainability Event Planning and Marketing Assistant
Closed: Call for Event Coordinator Job Applications
Closed: Fall/Winter 2021-22: Sustainability Research Assistants
U of T’s Path to a Low-Carbon Future Begins Deep Below King’s College Circle
An energy-saving project to be constructed beneath front campus is one of dozens the university will undertake over the next decade to reduce its carbon footprint.
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U of T’s proposed geoexchange project on Front Campus is one of urban Canada’s largest
With its expansive lawn flanked by heritage buildings like Convocation Hall and University College, Front Campus is the historic centrepiece of the University of Toronto’s St. George campus. Now, the iconic green space is poised to be at the heart of the university’s mission to reduce carbon emissions and meet ambitious climate change commitments.
A new sustainability project proposed under U of T’s Low Carbon Action Plan aims to make Front Campus the site of a geoexchange system. Boreholes would be drilled deep into the ground to allow for storage of surplus heat, generated by mechanical systems in the summer, for use in the cold winter months.
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