Higher Education

Higher Education

Our team has unparalleled experience in the field of sustainable campuses. SSG Directors founded the campus sustainability movement in Canada in 1998 with the first campus environmental assessment in Canada at Mount Allison University. SSG has had multiple campus sustainability success since. Our coordination of Concordia University's sustainability assessment was ranked #2 out of 1400 universities in North America. We recently produced Algonquin College's first sustainability assessment, strategy and action plan. SSG members developed the innovative Campus Sustainability Assessment Framework that has been used by over 40 Campuses across Canada.

We have delivered sustainable campuses presentations across North America at the Association for the Advancement of Society in Higher Education (AASHE), Yale, Harvard, Ball State, McGill, Dalhousie, Moncton, and UPEI. We contribute to leading publications such as the Journal for Cleaner Production and various books on campus sustainability. SSG members are involved in the major sustainable campuses organisations in North America including AASHE, National Wildlife Federation’s Campus Ecology Program, and Sierra Youth Coalition’s Sustainable Campuses Program.

Our campus services include:

  • Sustainability assessments;
  • Energy and emissions assessments and plans;
  • Campus Sustainability Assessment Framework applications;
  • Public engagement (multi-stakeholder engagement); and
  • Sustainability Management Systems creation and implementation.


Vancouver
HiVE Vancouver
128 West Hastings
Vancouver BC V6B 1G8
Phone: 604 828 6660
Toronto
Centre for Social Innovation
215 Spadina Ave, Suite 160
Toronto, ON M5T 2C7
Phone: 647 881 4369
Montreal
1130 Lajoie #3
Outremont, QC H2V 1N8
Phone: 514 806 5847
Halifax
11 Alex Cox Rd
Tatamagouche, NS B0K 1V0
Phone: 250 213 9029


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