By Daphne Chalmers (McGill, Education), Julia Freeman (McGill, Bieler School of Environment), Diane Dechief (McGill, Office of Science Education), Natalya Gomez (McGill, Earth and Planetary Sciences), Blane Harvey (McGill, Education), Amy Janzwood (McGill, Bieler School of Environment/Political Science) and Nik Luka (McGill, Architecture and Urban Planning)
The team of experts behind McGill’s Sustainability Education Fellows reflects on the challenges and successes of the program’s first year.
Improving accessibility, rethinking old habits, and hosting a clothing swap were among the actions taken by new and returning sustainably certified workplaces.
It’s a proven way to improve patient safety and outcomes, and meet the evolving health needs of the aging Quebec population. It’s a way to make higher education in nursing available to all communities in the province. It’s a way to increase the pool of potential candidates for graduate-level education to produce the next generation of nurse leaders, researchers and educators, as well as nurse practitioners. It’s a way to ensure more nurses have the required level of training if, and when, Quebec follows all other Canadian provinces and requires a nurse to have a university-level education.
