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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.
Transdisciplinary Knowledge Co-Production (TDCP) Workshop
Transdisciplinary Knowledge Co-Production (TDCP) Workshop for early career researchers, post-doctoral fellows and PhD students at U of T
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) is hosting a Transdisciplinary Knowledge Co-Production (TDCP) Workshop for early-career researchers, post-doctoral fellows and PhD students at U of T. The first pilot session will introduce the concept of TDCP research, offer an opportunity to discuss the perspectives of different academic and non-academic partners, and include a working lunch to discuss what U of T should do to encourage more TDCP.
Time: 10:00am – 1:00pm, Monday, December 4, 2023
Location: Hart House (7 Hart House Circle, Toronto M5S 3H3)
Lunch will be provided.
Register at https://rb.gy/ebhjbh
The deadline to register for the workshop is 11:59 PM, 26th November 2023.
Toronto Region Board of Trade podcast explores U of T’s green infrastructure
In a recent podcast of the Toronto Region Board of Trade’s Hit Go five-part series, U of T’s Vice-President of Operations and Real Estate Partnerships, Scott Mabury, discussed how the university’s aging buildings and maintenance backlog incentivized the prioritization of resilient infrastructure. This episode explains how to accelerate investments in sustainable infrastructure through a blended model of public and private funding. Other topics of this series focused on the climate economy include cleantech startups, electric vehicles and the infrastructure required to promote EV (Electric Vehicle) adoption, and financing models that overcome risk aversion to green investments among organizations and investors.
Listen to “Episode 5 – The Cost of a Green Economy” on Spreaker.Listen to all the episodes of the Hit Go podcasts on Spreaker.
Photo courtesy of Government Relations Office.
Sustainable Future – Challenge Accepted! Video Series
U of T community members are leading the way toward a more sustainable future! In April 2023, the first episode of the Sustainable Future – Challenge Accepted! video series was released.
Watch all episodes of the video series on YouTube or click the links to each episode below.
Episode 1, Changemakers, features alumni who are championing new discoveries and initiatives in climate innovation, social justice, green tech and more.
In Episode 2, Climate Resilience, UTSC students share their thoughts on eco-anxiety, the global impact of climate change and a path forward to sustainability.
In Episode 3, Green Tech & AI, researchers share how they are using artificial intelligence, machine learning, climate informatics and data crowdsourcing to help inform an equity-based response to the climate crisis.
Episode 4, Climate Justice, explores the climate justice work of Indigenous researchers at U of T, challenges they face and how they are leading change. In the land-based learning part, Liat Margolis – associate professor of the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture and CECCS member of the Teaching & Learning Subcommittee – is featured with her co-founder of the Nikibii Dawadinna Giigwag Youth Program at U of T.
U of T News: The future of takeout? U of T startup partners with restaurants to offer reusable containers
Mo Tahvili is a co-founder and chief technology officer of Inwit, a Toronto startup that is dedicated to offering waste-free takeout. Inwit – a recent finalist in U of T’s Adams Sustainability Innovation Prize competition – currently partners with 16 Toronto restaurants to offer takeout meals in reusable stainless steel containers. Mo spoke to U of T News about his experience juggling a marketing business, a startup and computer science studies at the University of Toronto
U of T News: U of T entrepreneurs credit Adams Sustainability Innovation Prize for energizing sun-care startupU of T News:
At the 2022 Adams Sustainability Innovation Prize competition, Arbre won second-place and $7,500 for their company. Arbre is a sustainable sun care brand on a mission to create inclusive and innovative sun protection products.
Kristina Knox and Stephanie Tien co-founders of sun-care startup Arbre recently spoke with U of T News about how their second-place finish paved the way for the launch of their debut product.