Excerpt This project will reviews way property taxes are levied on commercial properties by the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) based on the value if redeveloped, identifies planning and economic development implications, and recommends potential solutions that the City or MPAC could consider.
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
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Client City of Toronto
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SDGs Decent Work and Economic GrowthSustainable Cities and Communities
Types Experiential Learning Project
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Years 2017
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Topics Policy, Finance & Governance
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Excerpt Proposing recommendations for a pilot textile diversion program in Toronto while considering initiatives in other jurisdictions, market conditions, and community partnerships.
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
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Client Solid Waste Management Services
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SDGs Responsible Consumption and ProductionSustainable Cities and Communities
Types Experiential Learning Project
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Topics Circular Economy, Materials & Waste
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Excerpt Redesigning new labels for waste bins across campus and determining their efficacy in improving waste sorting behaviour, in comparison to currently used labels.
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
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Location On-Campus (UTSG Waste Management)
Client Sustainability Office
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SDGs Clean Water and SanitationResponsible Consumption and ProductionSustainable Cities and Communities
Types Campus as Living Lab Project
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Topics Circular Economy, Materials & Waste
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Excerpt Incorporating regenerative sustainability into procurement services through policy and understanding the driving factors on how key stakeholders act in making purchasing decisions.
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
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Location On-Campus (UTSG)
Client Procurement Services
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SDGs Industry, Innovation and InfrastructurePartnerships for the GoalsSustainable Cities and Communities
Types Campus as Living Lab Project
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Topics Policy, Finance & Governance
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Excerpt Addressing the low awareness of the plastic bottle ban and the need to update the current Water Map in order to provide students, faculty, and staff with a way to access publicly available information on water on campus.
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
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Location On-Campus (UTSG) Sustainability Office
Client On-Campus (UTSG) Sustainability Office
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SDGs Clean Water and SanitationResponsible Consumption and ProductionSustainable Cities and Communities
Types Campus as Living Lab Project
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Topics Community, Equity & Education
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Excerpt Determining how students use the East Learning Commons Room to inform a redesign of the space as part of an overall building renovation at Sidney Smith.
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
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Client Registrar's Office, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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SDGs Good Health and Well-Being
Types Campus as Living Lab Project
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Topics Buildings, Spaces & Equipment
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Excerpt The goal of this project is to advance the collective regional understanding of the perceived impacts of intensification.
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
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Location Off-Campus (Toronto)
Client City of Toronto
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SDGs Decent Work and Economic GrowthSustainable Cities and Communities
Types Experiential Learning Project
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Years 2017
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Topics Community, Equity & Education
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Excerpt Engaging in a process to foster student well-being and engagement with food production, address food insecurity in Toronto, and integrate the food produced into Trinity College food services.
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
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Location On-Campus (UTSG)
Client Trinity College
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SDGs Responsible Consumption and ProductionSustainable Cities and CommunitiesZero Hunger
Types Campus as Living Lab Project
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Topics Food & Farming
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Excerpt Researching how Toronto can attract investment from private capital to fund TransformTO initiatives that offer resilience co-benefits, with consideration of austerity limitations, risk aversion, and budgeting.
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
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Location Off-Campus (City of Toronto)
Client Environment & Energy Division
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SDGs Affordable and Clean EnergyPartnerships for the GoalsSustainable Cities and Communities
Types Experiential Learning Project
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Years 2017
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Topics Policy, Finance & Governance
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Excerpt Students investigate social procurement initiatives on recent infrastructure projects in Ontario using three case studies: PanAm Games, Eglinton Crosstown LRT, and Regent Park Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) project.
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
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Location Off-Campus (Toronto)
Client City of Toronto
Categories
SDGs Decent Work and Economic GrowthReduced InequalitiesSustainable Cities and Communities
Types Experiential Learning Project
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Years 2017
Keywords
Project Streams Course
Topics Community, Equity & Education
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