University Canada West is dedicated to expanding our sustainability footprint through ongoing integration of sustainability throughout our academic offerings.
For UCW students, sustainability can be a component of your educational program. Today, we offer two types of sustainability education:
- Course content within our degree programs; and
- A micro-credential in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
In addition, several Professors at UCW are involved in sustainability research or lead sustainability initiatives as part of their professional practice.
Courses with Sustainability Content
Undergraduate
Faculty: Dr. Mokhtar Tabari
Expertise: Published article in Energy Economics Journal Aug 2020, Economics of Natural Resources, Energy Economics, Environmental Economics & Policy
Faculty: Vicky Nie
Expertise: Writes Case Studies published in Ivey Publishing, some are about topics on women entrepreneurs, poverty & immigrants
Faculty: Dr. Gelareh Farhadian
Expertise: Sustainability based on GRI for Kayson Board of Directors, Venezuela & Venezuelan office holders
Faculty: Pooja Lekhi
Expertise: Sustainability topic in Business Environment course, Completed sustainability training program from World Bank group
Module 1: Introduction to Sustainable Finance
Module 2: Assessing Environmental and social Risks
Module 3: Environmental and Social management System
Module 4: Opportunities.
Faculty: Dr. Mokhtar Tabari
Expertise: Published article in Energy Economics Journal Aug 2020, Economics of Natural Resources, Energy Economics, Environmental Economics & Policy
Faculty: Dr. Mokhtar Tabari
Expertise: Published article in Energy Economics Journal Aug 2020, Economics of Natural Resources, Energy Economics, Environmental Economics & Policy
Faculty: Shahrzad Khosravi
Expertise: 18 years of experience working on carbon capture projects, doing pilot project now to implement 100 plants in US
Description: Global warming, its main causes and features as well as impacts (both positive and negative) on critical subject areas such as health, economic growth and resource development that relate closely to sustainability.
Faculty: Dr. Bruce Hiebert
Expertise: Corporate Social Responsibility
Faculty: Tara Immel
Expertise: Works with entrepreneurs in farmer’s markets, indigenous communities, working on Green Finance course dev.
Description: Produce
Faculty: Roy Hiran
Expertise: Sustainability; Circular or regenerative economy; Sustainable Local Food Systems and Sustainable Tourism Management; Destination Branding; Destination Marketing and Development; Hospitality Luxury Branding; Food and Wine Marketing; Food Retailing and Distribution; Local Food Supply Chain Management and Food Value-Chain Management; Gastronomy
Faculty: Carla Shore
Expertise: Currently working on a Masters Degree in Environmental Education and Communications, can provide knowledge and insight in the sustainability field
Faculty: Dr. William Rubel
Expertise: PhD was in ecocriticism, ecopoetics, and integral ecology. Chosen as a sustainability scholar at UBC. Canadian-American scholar Adrian Ivakhiv (Professor of Environmental Thought and Culture with a joint appointment in the Environmental Program and the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont) was one of dissertation supervisors. Has also been a sustainable farmer, rainforest activist, and nature reserve caretaker. First humanities scholar to be awarded a Francisco J. Varela Award from the Mind and Life Institute, for project reminding/reworlding, which explored alternative etho-ecological epistemologies and possible futures with philosophers, scientists, and contemplatives in India and North America. One of four scholars chosen to participate in the final Mind and Life visiting scholar cohort at Amherst College, where he gave a visiting scholar seminar. He been a speaker at the International Symposium for Contemplative Studies and at a couple of Mind and Life Summer Research Institutes.
Faculty: Cynthia He
Expertise: Taught a Global Issues course at a university in Japan for five years looking at the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, Model UN, Carbon/Ecological Footprints, Smart Cities, and Fast Fashion Waste.
Faculty: Cynthia He
Expertise: Taught a Global Issues course at a university in Japan for five years looking at the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, Model UN, Carbon/Ecological Footprints, Smart Cities, and Fast Fashion Waste.
Faculty: Cynthia He
Expertise: Taught a Global Issues course at a university in Japan for five years looking at the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, Model UN, Carbon/Ecological Footprints, Smart Cities, and Fast Fashion Waste.
Faculty: Cynthia He
Expertise: Taught a Global Issues course at a university in Japan for five years looking at the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, Model UN, Carbon/Ecological Footprints, Smart Cities, and Fast Fashion Waste.
Faculty: Cynthia He
Expertise: Taught a Global Issues course at a university in Japan for five years looking at the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, Model UN, Carbon/Ecological Footprints, Smart Cities, and Fast Fashion Waste.
Description: fuel-efficient engines, alternative / environmentally-friendly sources of power and energy-efficient HVAC (heat pumps).
Faculty: Erik Korolenko
Description: Read an article about reducing consumerism from lens of sustainability.
Description: Read an article about forestry, bike-sharing, global warming, green issues and sustainability
Watch TED Talks related to above topics
Discuss UB75 hopes for the future report
Assignment topics include topics related to recycling, water filtration systems, solar panels, and sustainability .
Description: Textbook chapter on sustainability and responsibility
Assignment topic related to climate change
Discussion on topic of sustainability
TED Talks related to sustainability
Resources shared: UN page on Climate Action, UBC Center for Interactive research on sustainability, and David Suzuki Foundation
Graduate
Faculty: Richard Li
Description: Sustainable leadership.
Faculty: Michele Vincenti
Description: Sustainable Funds, Hedge funds, Pension funds, Wealth; Sustainability Risk
Faculty: Pooja Lekhi
Description: Microeconomic section, Economics of negative externalities, International Environmental Issues and the Trade-off between Economic Output and Environmental Protection are all directly related to sustainability. Macroeconomic section, the limitation of GDP indicator and concept of GNNP (Green net national product) & HDI (Human development index)
Faculty: Shirley Tang
Description: Project Priority Matrix – discusses consideration of sustainability in projects; students select projects that involve sustainability; alignment with the ten major topics of PMP including stakeholders, social & environmental objectives, sustainable materials, societal risks
Faculty: Mike Benke; Raj Ghosh
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Description: Includes Environmental Quality Management System, supply chain & sustainability especially after COVID-19
Faculty: Brian Amouzegar; Mazyar Zahedi-Seresht; Ajay Garg
Description: Student topics include: climate change, non-market valuation, energy issues, cost-benefit analysis, market-based policy instruments
Faculty: Shirley Tang
