/mssi/taxonomy/term/6/all en /mssi/channels/news/ai-and-sustainability-balancing-innovation-planetary-and-social-well-being-357969 <h2><img alt="The 11th trottier symposium on sustainable engineering, energy and design" src="/tised/files/tised/11th_symposium_logo.png" style="height:105px; width:700px" /></h2> <h3>Date: October 10th, 2024 |聽Time: 6:00 PM |聽Location: The 苹果淫院 Faculty Club | Free Event聽<img alt="Letters AI with greenery coming out of it" src="/tised/files/tised/styles/wysiwyg_extra_large/public/ai_image.jpg?itok=VRa4KRf9" style="float:right; height:250px; width:333px" /></h3> Wed, 17 Jul 2024 15:01:48 +0000 admin 8183 at /mssi /mssi/channels/event/ai-and-sustainability-balancing-innovation-planetary-and-social-well-being-357966 <p>Join us for the 11th Trottier Symposium on Sustainable Engineering, Energy, and Design, where renowned expert Victor Galaz, PhD will lead an enlightening discussion on the intersection of artificial intelligence and sustainability.</p> Wed, 17 Jul 2024 14:30:43 +0000 admin 8182 at /mssi /mssi/channels/news/can-hopeful-moments-lead-hopeful-futures-357900 <h2 style="text-align:center">Can hopeful moments lead to hopeful futures?</h2> <p style="text-align:center">By聽Daphne Chalmers (苹果淫院, Education),聽Julia Freeman (苹果淫院, Bieler School of Environment),聽Diane Dechief (苹果淫院, Office of Science Education),聽Natalya Gomez (苹果淫院, Earth and Planetary Sciences),聽Blane Harvey (苹果淫院, Education),聽Amy Janzwood (苹果淫院, Bieler School of Environment/Political Science)聽and聽Nik Luka (苹果淫院, Architecture and Urban Planning)</p> Mon, 08 Jul 2024 12:50:46 +0000 admin 8179 at /mssi /mssi/channels/news/green-hydrogen-avoiding-pitfalls-unlock-its-potential-canadian-industries-356253 <h3>Date: April 10, 2024 | Time: 3:00 PM | Location: The 苹果淫院 Faculty Club: 3450 McTavish Street |聽Free Event</h3> <p>Join the Trottier Family Foundation and TISED for an upcoming panel discussion where we explore the role and potential of green hydrogen in Canada's decarbonization strategy.聽 With perspectives from public, private, academic, and non-profit stakeholders we help to identify the sectors to prioritize, the main roadblocks ahead, and the resources and actions needed to effectively implement this technology.</p> Thu, 21 Mar 2024 15:42:23 +0000 admin 8026 at /mssi /mssi/channels/event/2021-mssi-research-symposium-day-1-knowledge-action-333043 <table> <tr> <td rowspan="2"> <p>11:00 am</p> </td> <td rowspan="2"> <p><strong>Keynote: Are you ready for your research to make an impact?</strong></p></td></tr></table> Thu, 02 Sep 2021 14:54:15 +0000 larissa.jarvis@mcgill.ca 3366 at /mssi /mssi/channels/event/2021-mssi-research-symposium-day-2-sus-platform-launch-333044 <p>Join the MSSI Urban theme for the launch of聽the Sus dashboard,聽developed to support聽data-driven decision making for the monitoring, planning and governance of urban sustainability in Montreal.</p> <p><strong>About Sus</strong></p> Thu, 02 Sep 2021 14:57:00 +0000 larissa.jarvis@mcgill.ca 3367 at /mssi /mssi/article/landscapes-materials-mssi-events-transistions-urban/sustainability-transitions-symposium <p>In line with the launch of the fourth MSSI research theme, our 2019 event was centered on <i>Sustainability Transitions</i> (read more about the new theme <a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/can-small-and-medium-enterprises-lead-the-way-to-a-sustainable-future/">here</a>). Over 60 participants joined us for an afternoon exploring the idea of Sustainability Transitions 鈥� from what it means to us as individuals to how it is understood through research.</p> <p><b>What are 鈥楽ustainability Transitions鈥�?</b></p> Tue, 02 Jun 2020 17:47:11 +0000 苹果淫院 Sustainability Systems Initiative 3209 at /mssi /mssi/article/mobilizing-efforts-around-sustainable-development-goals <p>In an increasingly connected world, the opportunities to develop as a unified whole 鈥� rather than as divided parts of a disparate world 鈥� are limitless. In 2015, in an effort to increase coordination across efforts at global development, the United Nations introduced the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 鈥� 17 Goals with 169 targets to improve the world by 2030.</p> Mon, 27 Apr 2020 16:09:08 +0000 Akbar Aziz 3183 at /mssi /mssi/channels/news/ssh-ideas-newest-mssi-fund-has-launched-320764 <p>The聽苹果淫院 Sustainability Systems Initiative is聽looking for big ideas in sustainability research from 苹果淫院 faculty members based in the social sciences and humanities.</p> <p>Solutions to sustainability challenges require much more than technological innovation, as viable plans to achieve sustainability must also address social and economic factors and conditions. For example, shifting society towards a more sustainable path will necessitate new norms, attitudes, habits, laws, economic incentives or instruments and public policies.</p> Mon, 24 Feb 2020 21:35:24 +0000 larissa.jarvis@mcgill.ca 3113 at /mssi /mssi/article/2020-mssi-innovation-fund-recipients <p>The MSSI Innovation Fund provides support to 苹果淫院 faculty members聽to accelerate the development of innovations or processes in the field of sustainability research. This year's聽projects from Law, Science and Engineering were selected for their potential-for-impact on sustainability challenges. The recipients of this year鈥檚 funding, our third to date, are below. You can see projects funded through previous calls聽<a href="/mssi/research/funded-projects">here</a>.聽The next call for proposals is planned for Fall 2020.</p> Tue, 02 Jun 2020 18:36:34 +0000 苹果淫院 Sustainability Systems Initiative 3210 at /mssi /mssi/channels/news/2020-mssi-innovation-fund-recipients-321183 <p>The 苹果淫院 Sustainability Systems Initiative has just funded six new projects through the 2020 Innovation Fund. These one-year projects from Law, Science and Engineering were selected for their potential-for-impact on sustainability challenges. The recipients of this year鈥檚 funding, our third Innovation Fund to date, are below. You can see projects funded through previous calls <a href="/mssi/research/funded-projects">here</a>.</p> Tue, 17 Mar 2020 18:44:36 +0000 larissa.jarvis@mcgill.ca 3141 at /mssi /mssi/channels/event/transitional-justice-climate-change-302685 <p>Climate change raises a host of concerns about justice due to the varied contributions to and impacts of climate change across time, communities and countries.</p> Mon, 18 Nov 2019 16:26:27 +0000 larissa.jarvis@mcgill.ca 1704 at /mssi /mssi/channels/event/sustainable-foods-future-10th-sustainability-research-symposium-302544 <h2><strong>Join us for the 10th Sustainability Research Symposium!</strong></h2> Tue, 12 Nov 2019 14:49:03 +0000 larissa.jarvis@mcgill.ca 1696 at /mssi /mssi/channels/event/invited-speaker-dr-zeev-rosenzweig-301886 <h3><b>Dr. Zeev Rosenzweig</b></h3> <p>Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry<br /> University of Maryland Baltimore County</p> Tue, 22 Oct 2019 15:25:07 +0000 larissa.jarvis@mcgill.ca 1672 at /mssi /mssi/channels/event/sustainability-transitions-mssi-annual-research-symposium-297475 <p>Your opportunity to connect with the MSSI community, learn about ongoing projects and contribute your experience and knowledge. This year's event is centered on the newest MSSI research theme: Sustainability Transitions.聽</p> Tue, 28 May 2019 20:55:32 +0000 larissa.jarvis@mcgill.ca 1536 at /mssi