Welcome to the 2023 Institutional Sustainability Report
Showcasing progress towards our Institutional Sustainability Strategy and our commitment to excellence and leadership in sustainability through the lens of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.
Institutional Sustainability Strategy Goals
As a community, the University of Calgary is on a mission to tackle humanity’s biggest issues. We accept the challenge to be responsible stewards of Earth’s land, air and other resources, because our talented scholars are leading on the path towards a more sustainable world. Our campus continues to grow its impact through social responsibility, engagement, experiential learning, capacity building, diversity, and entrepreneurialism. The University of Calgary’s new strategic plan, Ahead of Tomorrow reflects these principles that keep us grounded in purpose as we continue to spark global change.
Ed McCauley
President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Calgary
Institutional highlights
At the University of Calgary, our mission is to power positive change for a prosperous, compassionate, sustainable, and equitable world. We prepare transformative leaders across all disciplines to be collaborative innovators with a holistic understanding of human and ecological health and wellbeing. Through creativity in teaching and learning in the classroom and hands-on experiential learning on real-world challenges in our community, we are empowering the change leaders of tomorrow to co-create regenerative futures and thriving societies.
Penny Werthner
Interim Provost and Vice-President, Academic
2023 Report highlights
UCalgary strives to develop innovative research with the capacity to transform our world for the better. We face complex global challenges that will continue to have serious consequences if neglected, but the UN Sustainable Development Goals offer us a roadmap to help address these matters of health, poverty, inequity, energy and the environment. A safer, more equitable and sustainable future is possible, and UCalgary researchers will play an important role in creating it.
William Ghali
Vice-President, Research
Land acknowledgement
The University of Calgary, located in the heart of Southern Alberta, both acknowledges and pays tribute to the traditional territories of the peoples of Treaty 7, which include the Blackfoot Confederacy (comprised of the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai First Nations), the Tsuut’ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda (including Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations). The City of Calgary is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta (Districts 5 and 6).
The University of Calgary is situated on land Northwest of where the Bow River meets the Elbow River, a site traditionally known as Moh’kins’tsis to the Blackfoot, Wîchîspa to the Stoney Nakoda, and Guts’ists’i to the Tsuut’ina. On this land and in this place we strive to learn together, walk together, and grow together “in a good way.”
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Institutional Sustainability Strategy
The University of Calgary’s Institution Sustainability Strategy provides a road map for continuous improvement in our pursuit of excellence and leadership in sustainability. We aim to be a Canadian post-secondary education leader in sustainability in our academic and engagement programs, administrative and operational practices, and through supporting community and industry in their aims for leadership in sustainability.
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