to design solutions from all perspectives
and with all people in mind.”
Justifiably proud of the nuanced
and holistic way in which the organisa-
tion has taken the lead on advancing
sustainability best practice, Candace
Le Roy, her team, and their colleagues
at SFU work tirelessly to gain the
support of all stakeholders. “Getting
a major initiative off the ground at
a university is usually the first and
biggest hurdle because we value the
engagement of all relevant stakeholders
and engagement takes time. But the
effort put in is well worth the quality
that is the result,” she says. She points
to the cross departmental teams that
have been formed to work on initia-
tives like the BC Cool Campus
challenge, spearheaded by SFU but
spread across British Columbia, to
reduce energy consumption by simple
actions and the Fair Trade and
Changemaker Campus designations
SFU has achieved.
In the end, all of this is about
changing the way we see the world
and our place in it. Virtually every
decision we make has an impact on
people and the planet, good or bad,
she concludes. “At the end of the day—
Candace Le Roy,
Director of Sustainability,
Simon Fraser University“ SUSTAINABILITY
GIVES UNIVERSITIES
AND COLLEGES
A COMPETITIVE
ADVANTAGE AND
MAKES US MORE
RESILIENT TO
INTERNAL AND
EXTERNAL THREATS”SFU’s Asia Pacific Hall in the Morris J. Wosk(^266) Centre for Dialogue
AUGUST 2019
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY