Goal 4: Quality Education (contd)

Target 4.7: Ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including culture’s contribution to sustainable development

Key Indicator Data/Outcome

1 Mainstream the SDGs among Sheridan community

Sheridan library uses tags in SOURCE to show how research aligns to specific SDGs. 438 SOURCE artifacts with SDG tags. For the 2023 SDG week, an event to promote understanding of the SDGs among the Sheridan community, the library created an SDG research guide (147 views), worked with students on SDG-themed exhibits and hosted Art Hive and Zine Zone events in the library learning commons spaces where students created art on themes of sustainability or recycling/upcycling arts materials.

2. Promote sustainable materials knowledge among students.

Sheridan library was the first college library in Ontario to offer a Material Connexion collection to students. The collection, curated by a faculty librarian in partnership with teaching faculty, is made of up to 65% sustainable materials. The Material Connection research guide has had 2,696 views and along with class visits, there have been 117 individual visits in 2022, including members of Sheridan's external communities