Harvested insights gleaned from The Sustainability Imperative research projects and other CEL course projects with salience for advancing climate action in Toronto.

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The purpose of the workshop was to discuss the findings emerging from research projects completed by University of Toronto students in community engaged learning (CEL) classes over the past seven years.

In the workshop, participants selected what they felt was the most promising intervention – social equity focused financial mechanisms for advancing neighbourhood scale climate action that keeps wealth in communities – to further explore by way of a backcasting exercise. The exercise began with “painting a picture of the future” and then an exploration of “how we want to get there.”

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UCAP and partners organized three workshops to convene and engage key change-makers in industry, community organizations, and government to surface solutions to the real-world barriers they face in meeting the TransformTO goals in four of the largest emission-producing sectors:  buildings (new and existing), transportation, and energy. The workshops generated roles and responsibilities for action, as well as reports to guide the work to be done. A final workshop focusing on waste is in the planning stage, and is scheduled for early 2024.

Multi-unit Residential Building Workshop Report, Spring 2022

Low Carbon Mobility Workshop Report, July 2023

Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Workshop Report, July 2023

Organics Waste Diversion in MURBs Workshop Report, May 2024