SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
124 to design solutions from all perspectives and with all people in mind .”
Justifiably proud of the nuanced and holistic way in which the organisation has taken the lead on advancing sustainability best practice , Candace Le Roy , her team , and their colleagues at SFU work tirelessly to gain the support of all stakeholders . “ Getting a major initiative off the ground at a university is usually the first and biggest hurdle because we value the engagement of all relevant stakeholders and engagement takes time . But the effort put in is well worth the quality that is the result ,” she says . She points to the cross departmental teams that have been formed to work on initiatives like the BC Cool Campus challenge , spearheaded by SFU but spread across British Columbia , to reduce energy consumption by simple actions and the Fair Trade and Changemaker Campus designations SFU has achieved .
In the end , all of this is about changing the way we see the world and our place in it . Virtually every decision we make has an impact on people and the planet , good or bad , she concludes . “ At the end of the day
SFU ’ s Asia Pacific Hall in the Morris J . Wosk Centre for Dialogue
“SUSTAINABILITY GIVES UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE AND MAKES US MORE RESILIENT TO INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL THREATS ”
— Candace Le Roy , Director of Sustainability , Simon Fraser University
AUGUST 2019