Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Target 11.7: Provide universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible public spaces.

Key Indicator Data/Outcome

1 Welcome community into Sheridan Library Learning Commons spaces and extend Sheridan Library into community spaces.

Over the years, the Library has met with the administrators for the Mississauga, Brampton and Oakville public library systems to discuss current initiatives and possible integrations. E.g., the Library partnered with Career Integrated Learning to provide online job search workshops at Oakville Public Library to students looking for summer employment, newcomers and people in career transition.

2 Make online research literacy resources freely available to enhance the greater community’s knowledge and skills

3 Contribute collections and human resources to maintenance of integrated library platform to ensure smaller college libraries are not disadvantaged in access to online research resources

Library research guides are open to the community and include some non-licensed resources for those without Sheridan credentials

There have been 617 page views of the EDGE entrepreneurship guide that includes the most current business research resources, creating a self-directed, asynchronous module focusing on competitive analysis and market research.

See Page 1+ information sheet on page 25.

Goal 12: Responsible Consumption & Production

Target 12.5: Substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse.

Key Indicator Data/Outcome

1 Partner with Mission Zero to implement reduction, reuse and recycle initiatives.

The library offers space to host regular Freeuse Pop-Up Shops, a sustainability initiative which is part of Sheridan’s Mission Zero mandate. The shops promote the re-use of office supplies and other materials such as clothing