Niagara College Canada

Niagara College proudly joined The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) in July, 2011.

AASHE is helping to create a brighter future of opportunity for all by advancing sustainability in higher education. By creating a diverse community engaged in sharing ideas and promising practices, AASHE provides administrators, faculty, staff and students, as well as the business that serve them, with leadership and essential knowledge resources, opportunities for professional development, and a unique framework for demonstrating the value and competitive edge created by sustainability initiatives.

We are excited to be a Host Institution for this year’s Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education, a virtual conference taking place Oct. 18, Oct. 26, and Nov 3.  GCSHE offers 3 full days of live content and networking, plus eighty days of on-demand access (through December 31). As a Host Institution, we have unlimited registration passes for Niagara College students and employees only, as well as unique opportunities to be recognized for our commitment to sustainability.  Sign up using the instructions below to gain free access to this great event:

1. Click HERE to register (select Attendee
   • If you are a Presenter or Student Presenter, use the Presenter Access Code provided in your acceptance email.  You will need to add a ticket to your registration first to be prompted for your Presenter Access Code.
2. Fill out all the relevant fields.
   • Use your institutional email address only.  The Discount Code is linked to our institution’s email domain (@niagaracollege.ca, @ncstudents.niagaracollege.ca).  Other email addresses (such as Gmail, Outlook, or Yahoo) will not work with the Discount Code and will be deleted.
3. After entering your ticket, but before clicking Checkout, enter the following Promotional Code and hit Apply: PROOZJIGWPX
4. This will drop your total to $0.00. 
5. Complete your registration.
6. The registration deadline is November 3, 2022, at 11:59 pm ET

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to the Sustainability Program and Outreach Coordinator Katie Bristow at [email protected].

We hope you will be able to join us as we explore, reexamine and re-envision sustainability in higher education.

Sustainability Tracking and Assessment Rating System (STARS)

One of AASHE’s flagship programs is the Sustainability Tracking and Assessment Rating System (STARS). The STARS program is a transparent, self-reporting framework designed specifically for colleges and universities to measure their sustainability performance. The STARS program is an instrumental tool for the Office of Sustainability to track our progress moving forward.

Niagara College first received a STARS Bronze Rating in recognition of our sustainability achievements in October 2013.  Not only was this achievement a win for sustainability on campus, earning a bronze rating for sustainability satisfies one of the core Strategic Plan goals! In 2016, Niagara College improved its rating to Silver, further demonstrating an overall commitment to sustainability!

You may review Niagara College’s Silver STARS Submission from 2016 and Bronze STARS Submission from 2013.

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