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Student fee levy

$0,25/credit/semester

Available amount for 2008-2009

$130,000

Fund management

All community members can apply to the Sustainability Action Fund. However projects that receive funding must be of direct benefit to the Concordia campus community. All project leaders are required to present their project to Concordia community and SAF board of directors at public consultation for approval.

The Board of Directors is composed of:

• One director elected by the Concordia Student Union from its executive
• One director elected by the Concordia Student Union from its Council of Representatives
• One director elected by the Arts and Science Federation of Students Association
• One director elected by the Commerce and Administration Students' Association
• One director elected by the Concordia Engineering and Computer Science Association S.A.
• One director who must be a supporting member elected by the members on a recommendation from Sustainable Concordia
• One director who must be a supporting member from the faculty of Fine Arts elected by the members on a recommendation from the Fine Arts Student Alliance.

The SAF hired a coordinator for 20 hours/week.

Project selecting criteria

• Probability of success
• Potential impact on community
• Feedback from Public consultation

Contact

Louise Birdsell Bauer
Sustainable Action Fund Coordinator
Email: safconcordia@gmail.com
Website: http://sustainable.concordia.ca

Student fee levy

$1,25/semester/student

Available amount for 2008-2009

$42,000

Fund management

Each project proposal is evaluated by the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) Finances Office.

Selecting projects criteria

The Green Fund was created in an effort to empower campus members to engage in sustainable initiatives on campus and in their personal lives as well as build a culture of sustainability on campus. The fund offers monetary support to initiatives that reduce the environmental impact of a group, SSMU or the McGill community. All members of SSMU are eligible for funding.

All projects or initiatives being funded by the Green fee should achieve at least one of the following goals that SSMU has committed to:

• Assess and further the implementation of the SSMU environmental or sustainability policy
• Strive towards minimization of the Society’s negative environmental impact
• Raise awareness within the Society about environmental issues
• Potentiel d’impact sur la communauté
• Projects may also be related to SSMU’s commitments to Montreal’s Plan Durable.

Contact

Maggie Knight and Arielle Jeffe
Environment Commissioners
Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU)
Email: environment.ssmu@gmail.com
Website: www.ssmu.mcgill.ca/environment

Student fee levy

$2,50/semester/student

Available amount for 2008-2009

About $9,000

Fund management

The Sustainable Development Action Group grants money depending on submitted proposals.

Selecting projects criteria

N/A

Contact

Erika Ide
Sustainable Development Intern 08-09
Bishop’s University
Email: agrawehr06@ubishops.ca
Mark Lawson, President
Students’ Representative Council
Email: srcpres@ubishops.ca

Student fee levy

Half of a volunteer fee levy of $0,75/credit/student

Available amount for 2008-2009

$24,000

Fund management

A specific budget unit is part of the Sustainability Office that manages the Fund.

The direction of the Sustainability Office will make its recommendations regarding project proposals.

According to its recommendations, presidents of Student Associations meet together at a fixed date and then publicly announce their decision.

Selecting projects criteria

• Relevancy of the project according to sustainability or social commitment
• Number of students involved
• Impact on student community
• Durability of results
• Visibility brought to HEC Montréal by the project
• Project capacity to use funds for finding other funding. The Leadership Fund only finances project to a maximum of 50%.

Contact

Pierre Batellier
Sustainable Campuses Coordinator
Email: pierre.batellier@hec.ca

Fund name: ETS’s Student Union Sustainability Fund (Fonds de développement durable de l’Association étudiante de l’École de technologie supérieure)

Student fee levy

$5/semester/student

Available amount for 2008-2009

About $45,000

Fund management

The Fund Management Committee is composed of:

• The AÉETS President
• A Director of the AÉETS Board
• A member of TribuTerre
• A Director of the ETS administration
• A student nominated by this committee

Selecting projects criteria

N/A

Contact

Marc-André Morissette
Vice-President of Communications
AEÉTS
Email: vpcomm@aeets.com

Fund name: UQTR’s Student Union Sustainability Fund (Fonds de développement durable de l’Association générale étudiante (AGE) de l’UQTR)

Student fee levy

$1,345 from the whole budget of the AGE UQTR go to the Sustainability Fund.

Available amount for 2008-2009

$1,345

Fund management

The fund management committee is composed of:

• The AGE UQTR’s Environment Officer
• The Academic Affairs’ Vice-President, undergraduate level
• The Academic Affairs’ Vice-President, graduate level
• A representative of the University Environment Committee
• A representative of the Bacc Vert
• Other financial partner (adviser)
• The AGE UQTR’s Administrative Director (adviser)

Selecting projects criteria

The evaluation criteria consider the Generations Pact and Sustainable Campuses objectives.

• The project is planned and realistic:
  • Allow indicators measuring objectives achievement
  • Present measurable results at the end of the project
  • Consider economical, ecological limits and social needs aspects
  • Is adapted to the UQTR campus
  • Respect the AGE UQTR Sustainability Politic
  • Has a 25% financial commitment of the campus
• The project will have positive impact on the environment:
  • Reduce Greenhouse gases (GHG) emission
    • Resources conservation and protection
    • Limitation of ecological footprint
  • Improve the UQTR environmental assessment
• The project will have positive impact on the campus community:
  • Answer to a campus need
  • Is part of a innovative and/or formative process
  • Potential impact on community
  • Durability or transferability of the project’s results

Contact

Marie-Élaine Laroche
External Vice-President
AGE UQTR
Email: vpexternes.age@uqtr.ca

Fund name: Joint Fund for Sustainability Initiaves (Fonds conjoint pour les initiatives de développement durable)

Student fee levy

Undergraduate Student Union (FEUS) levy: $1,000

Graduate Student Union (REMDUS) levy: $2,500

Other contribution: 5 University’s Professionals Unions, the University’s Sustainability Fund and Le Réseau (alumni).

Available amount for 2008-2009

$10,300

Fund management

The fund management committee is composed of:

• A representative of Student Services
• A representative of the University Sustainability Committee
• A representative of each Fund contributor (FEUS, REMDUS, Réseau, APCUS, APPFMUS, SCCCUS, SPPUS, and APAPUS).

Selecting projects criteria

This funding aim to stimulate and finance activities and projects that want to modify individual and collective behavior and practices in a sustainable way.

The project or activity criteria has to:

• Be implemented for and by campus community
• Encourage people to act accordingly to the Sustainability Politic and Action Plan of the University
• Have positive impact on the environment and community.

Evaluation criteria:

• Probability of success
• Potential of impact of community
• Compatibility with the University’s Sustainability Politic
• Have other incomes helping the self-financing of the project (example: sponsorship, financing activities, other funding, etc.)
• Partnerships (between Faculties and/or Services, students and employees, etc.).

Contact

Email: developpement_durable@usherbrooke.ca
Website: www.usherbrooke.ca/developpement_durable/financement/financement.html

Fund name: Student Sustainability Fund

Student fee levy

2$/semester/student

Available amount for 2008-2009

About 45,000$

Fund management

The Fund is managed by UQAC, but a multistakeholder committee will evaluate and follow-up on the student projects submitted.

Selecting projects criteria

n/a

Contact

Georgette Pelletier
President
Mouvement des associations étudiantes générales de l’UQÀC
Email: president@mageuqac.com

Sustainability Fund

Student fee levy

An automatic but voluntary contribution (CANO) of 25$ per semester has been created during Fall 08 in order to improve the student life on campus through the new Student Life Improvement Fund (Fonds d’amélioration de la vie étudiante).

The FAÉCUM has then adopted its priority investments during its Spring 2009 congress, and a specific budget has been voted for the sustainability projects.

Available amount for 2008-2009

200 000$

Fund management

The Student Life Improvement Fund manages the Sustainability Fund. Therefore, one student and one University director will make their recommendations about the projects submitted to the evaluation committee of the Student Life Improvement Fund, which is made of:

• 3 FAÉCUM representatives, including the Academic Affairs Coordinator
• The Association générale des étudiants de la Faculté d’éducation permanente’s representative
• 4 members of the Université de Montréal management.

Selecting projects criteria

n/a

Contact

External Affairs Coordinator
Fédération des associations étudiantes de l’Université de Montréal (FAÉCUM)
Email: finances@cadeul.ulaval.ca

Student Sustainability Fund

Student fee levy

10,000$ per year (coming from the CADEUL’s budget)

Available amount for 2008-2009

10 000 $

Fund management

The Fund is administrated by the University Laval Foundation, but the grants are allowed by a student committee made of 5 members of the CADEUL’s board of directors.

Selecting projects criteria

Any project linked to sustainability.

Contact

Email: finances@cadeul.ulaval.ca
Website: www.cadeul.com