Students will work in close contact with the City of Toronto s Sustainable Roundtable. The Sustainable Roundtable is composed of Toronto Councillors and citizens and is charged with implementing a comprehensive environmental plan for the city. The instructor in this course is working closely with a member of the Roundtable and students will work directly with the Roundtable members and staff, under the supervision of the instructor. Students will observe meetings of the Roundtable and its sub-committees and will work on projects relevant to the deliberations of the Roundtable. Students will work in teams to prepare research reports related to the work of the Roundtable and of the Secretariat serving it.
Website design is provided by municipal staff.
Content and relevant links, material, presentations etc will provide an introduction to the issue of sustainability, and to the work of the Sustainability Roundtable. Students in the group will collect and develop content and will help design a potential sustainability portal for the City. Rather than consider these three sectoral elements of sustainability, this group will consider what the intersection of these three sectors would look like for the City of Toronto as it works to understand and implement sustainability. Unlike the other two groups, the work of this group is likely to be more esoteric and the deliverable for this project has yet to be determined. Students who require a high level of certainty and rigidity in their work are advised not to select this project to work on.