Bold Aspirations for a Sustainable Future
2021-2024 Strategic Directions
In the summer of 2020, the Sustainability Action Fund team and Board of Directors sat down to discuss its long-term goals for the organizations. Following these discussions, four (4) key directions were chosen.
Improve support and resources for projects with long term impacts.
- Creating networking opportunities for student project leaders
- Expand project support through offering mentorship opportunities
- Support experiential learning opportunities by cultivating ongoing administrative and faculty support
Increase the accessibility, education, and engagement with social sustainability at Concordia
- Expand communication and metrics of socio-economic impacts from SAF funded projects
- Promote and prioritize initiatives that challenge white supremacy, colonialism, and capitalism
- Nurture safer spaces to communicate openly about social issues
- Identify opportunities for greater institutional support for social sustainability
Enhance the resilience of the SAF
- Allocate more resources towards staff capacity and development
- Diversify funding sources of the SAF
- Deepen communication channels throughout Concordia to strengthen project institutional memory
Strengthen support and accountability for student involvement in community initiatives
- Develop accountability measures for SAF funded projects to foster reciprocal relationships between community and university
- Explore opportunities for community membership
- Build evaluation mechanisms for community projects
