This keynote event features David Geselbracht, author of Climate Hope: Stories of Action in an Age of Global Crisis, and invites students and community members to explore how individuals and communities around the world are responding to the climate crisis with creativity, resilience, and purpose. Drawing on in-depth research and on-the-ground reporting across Canada and […]
Join guided 30 minute campus walks that highlight key sites influencing bear-human interactions on campus. These walks invite us to see campus through an ecological lens – understanding how design, infrastructure, and behaviour intersect in shared spaces. Together we will explore: • Waste management systems and attractant reduction strategies • Landscaping choices and habitat connectivity […]
The Electrici-T Challenge, organized by the Financial Research and Learning Lab, is an applied learning competition that engages students in analyzing Canada’s electricity sector through data-driven sustainability assessment. Using professional financial and energy datasets, participants build interactive dashboards to evaluate major utility companies while integrating key performance indicators such as emissions intensity, renewable energy generation, […]
Join us for an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of Brock’s service tunnels and innovative District Energy System (DES)! Discover how Facilities Management generates and distributes electricity, hot water, and chilled water across campus. Along the way, you’ll learn about Brock’s award-winning energy projects, efficiency and conservation initiatives, and some of the exciting sustainability efforts currently underway. […]
Join us for a screening of A Plastic Ocean, the full length documentary movie that Sir David Attenborough calls “the most important film of our time”. Over a four year period, A Plastic Ocean was filmed in 20 locations around the world to document the global effects of plastic pollution- and introduce workable technology and […]
As part of SDG Month Canada, RRC Polytech is also launching the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Community of Practice for staff and faculty. The SDG Community of Practice will bring together colleagues interested in integrating sustainability and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals into teaching, research, operations, and community engagement. The initiative will focus on topics, […]
Feeling overwhelmed by the climate crisis? Let’s turn those emotions into creative action and storytelling. Improv is a playful opportunity to “act” in a context in which we so often […]
Participez à une Fresque du Climat inspirante au Pavillon Gene H. Kruger (local 2320 2330), Université Laval. Ensemble, comprenons les enjeux climatiques et explorons des leviers d’action concrets. Une expérience collaborative, dynamique et accessible pour passer de la prise de conscience à l’engagement. Joignez-vous à nous pour agir dès maintenant !
Curious about growing fresh lettuce, herbs, or even tomatoes year‑round? Join us for this hands-on introduction to hydroponics and learn how to create a perpetual growing season in Calgary—no outdoor garden required. Offered as part of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Month and in partnership with the Office of Institutional Commitments, this workshop explores the history […]
The Global Centre for Climate Action welcomes NSCAD professor Jennifer Green and OCAD U professor Shannon Gerard as they discuss their current research and creative practices. Drawing on years of hands-on fieldwork with Nova Scotia farmers and craftspeople, NSCAD professor Jennifer Green will discuss how design research can bridge sustainable agriculture, textile production, and climate […]
This outdoor workshop invites participants to explore and process complex emotions related to climate change. Through guided nature-based practices, we will create space to identify, name, and sit with the full range of feelings that arise when witnessing environmental change—from grief and overwhelm to gratitude and inspiration. Grounded in therapeutic principles, this reflective and educational […]
How might a black bear experience the CapU campus? A bear’s sense of smell is roughly 2,100 times more acute than ours — where we see a green campus edging into forest, a bear reads a dense, layered archive of scent: fruiting shrubs, the pull of the nearby Lynn creek, the memory of seasons past. […]
