SEPN’s Divestment Research Featured as UBC Professors Vote on Fossil Fuel Divestment
Date Posted: January 26, 2015 SEPN’s recently released research, “The State of Fossil Fuel Divestment in Canadian Post-secondary Institutions,” has been featured in the Globe and Mail, the Vancouver Observer, and the Financial Post! From the Globe and Mail article: “UBC’s $1.3-billion endowment is the country’s second biggest after the University of Toronto’s $1.5-billion portfolio, but its […]
Media Release: Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement Growing
Students and faculty increasing the pressure for post-secondary institutions to divest. For release: Thursday, December 11, 2014 SASKATOON, SK: Divestment from fossil fuels has become a hot topic at the UN climate talks in Peru. Already, $50 billion has been divested globally by concerned educational institutions, governments and individuals. Educational institutions are the second largest […]
Media Release: Canadian Educational Institutions Must Do More to Address Climate Change
Sustainability and Education Policy Network releases new research identifying leaders and laggards on sustainability issues. SASKATOON: December 1, 2014: As international governmental discussions on climate change begin today at COP20 in Peru, only half of all Canadian 220 post-secondary institutions have any policies addressing sustainability issues. Similarly, only half of Canada’s 389 K-12 school divisions […]
Montréal 2013: SEPN’s Annual Meeting Focuses on Maximizing Impact
Each year, SEPN hosts an annual meeting with its academic co-applicants and collaborators, representatives from organizational partners and contributors, and students/post-doctoral fellows. The meetings focus on reviewing the previous year’s research and strategic planning around the direction of SEPN’s research. Annual meetings include Scientific Committee and Board of Director meetings to review budgets as well […]
SEPN releases its first peer-reviewed publication in the journal Sustainability
SEPN releases its first peer-reviewed publication in the journal Sustainability
The Sustainability Education Research Institute Receives Funding from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation
The University of Saskatchewan’s Sustainability Education Research Institute receives funding from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation
Windhorse Farm 2013 Writing Retreat
SEPN held its first writing workshop from May 21-26, 2013 with 10 team members. A wide variety of SEPN academic team members attended including several graduate students from Dalhousie University and the University of Saskatchewan as well as a post-doctoral fellow, SEPN’s Project Manager, Theme 1 Academic Lead, and Principal Investigator. Organizational representatives from the Canadian […]
Network NVivo Training
SEPN purchased an NVivo Server in its first year and held its first network-wide training session on January 24 and 31, 2013. The NVivo Server allows the team to collaboratively analyze policy documents and other data from anywhere in the country. SEPN has compiled literature and document databases between 2012 and 2014. Visit this page […]
Ottawa 2012: SEPN Researchers Vision the Network
Each year, SEPN hosts an annual meeting with its academic co-applicants and collaborators, representatives from organizational partners and contributors, and students/post-doctoral fellows. The meetings focus on reviewing the previous year’s research and strategic planning around the direction of SEPN’s research. Annual meetings include Scientific Committee and Board of Director meetings to review budgets as well […]
