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SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSIONER Rebecca Muscant
The first half of the winter semester has been very busy for the Sustainability Commission. The bulk of our efforts have been devoted towards Environmental Equity week, which took place at the beginning of February.
The first week was all online through our Instagram, where we engaged commuters through trivia about Vic’s sustainability commitments (and lack thereof). We wanted to generate publicity about our events, and advertise the in-person events we would be running the next week as much as possible.
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We started our in-person events the next week with our environmental equity panel, where we heard from a professor and two students about the intersections between equity and sustainability. We also hosted a U of T story walk led by Prof. Jon Johnson from the Indigenous Studies department, where we were able to learn more about the history of the land U of T is situated on. Finally, we had DivestFest, where we ran educational booths in collaboration with Stop Ecocide U of T. Despite the weather outside forcing us to move from the Quad to the Cat’s Eye, we still had a very popular event that many people were able to enjoy.
Since that week, we have also run a collaborative Art Destressor Night with VOICES, and are planning other events such as an Eco Grief Café and an Upcycling Workshop with the Arts & Culture Commission. I am very excited to continue working with the Sustainability Commission this semester!