Student Leadership has been a CECCS cross-cutting theme since 2021. In 2024, a new Student Leadership Subcommittee (SLS) was created to give students a stronger voice in CECCS, enhance student collaboration, and drive student-led initiatives aligned with the broader CECCS mandate.
As with the other CECCS subcommittees, the SLS is a standing working group of the CECCS responsible for the identification, development, and delivery of sustainability activities with the support of the Secretariat and relevant partners.
Student Leadership Subcommittee Goals
For 2024-25, the SLS have identified the following priorities:
- Student engagement
- Collaborate with St. George campus caretaking staff to pilot the reduction of paper towels in washrooms and promote the use of biodegradable soaps
- Improve waste diversion/recycling in student residences
Members of SLS are also collaborating on the development of the Leader tier of our Sustainability Pathways Program, and serving on the Campus as Living Lab working group of the Operations Subcommittee.
Membership
Kelechi Nwokeocha, MSc, Geography (Co-Chair)
Zach Lidder, 3rd year, Peace, Conflict & Justice Studies, Trinity College (Co-Chair)
Harshit Gujral, PhD, Computer Science
Hannah Permaul Flores, MSc, Geography
Riya Osti, 4th year, International Development/City Studies; UTSC campus
Jason Pang, Masters of Sustainability Management (MScSM) ; UTM campus
Angela Ye, 2nd year, Chemical Engineering
Subcommittee-Only Members
Alyssa D’Addio, 1st year, Masters of Sustainability Management (MScSM) ; UTM campus
Ambareen Fatima, 4th year, Architecture Studies
Amy Fernando, 1st year, MSc, Geography in Air Pollution and Health
Dorottya Kiss, 1st year, Master of Architecture, Daniels Faculty of Architecture and Landscape Design
Arya Poorchavoshzadeh, 4th year, Kinesiology
Janice Soro, 3rd year, Human Biology; UTSC campus