RESODAP – AUF

Ensure that those in leadership positions are representative of the university’s membership in terms of gender, ethnicity, and age (e.g., establish and enforce annual selection criteria for electing or appointing these individuals)

Ensure that the profiles of the people in management are varied in terms of disciplinary profiles (for example, set annual selection criteria for electing or appointing these people and apply them)

Draft and implement a policy to combat forced and child labor

Develop and implement a pay equity policy, including a commitment to measure and eliminate gender pay gaps

Accept that a union represents and defends the rights of :
– Teachers and researchers
– Students
– Management employees
– Support staff

Promote equal access to education for men and women (e.g., measure the number of female and male students, set recruitment goals, develop a policy, review promotional tools to attract as many female students as male students, etc.)

Take steps to ensure gender parity at:
– Teachers and Researchers
– Graduate students
– Senior Management
(For example, measure the number of women and men in each category, develop a policy, review promotional tools, etc.)

Supporting women’s participation in the labour market (offering childcare, condensed hours, etc.)

Establish a complaint management mechanism (e.g. form, complaint box, etc.)

Hire someone to handle complaints (e.g., an ombudsman or ethics officer)

Draft and implement an anti-corruption policy

Fight discrimination in the workplace (develop a policy, raise awareness, provide a hotline, provide sanctions, etc.)

Fighting discrimination against women on campus (idem)

Fight discrimination against people from minority groups (ethnicity, religion, skin color, sexual orientation, age, social class, etc.) (politics, hotline, etc.)

Promote access to education for people from minority groups (measure the number of minority students, adapt promotional tools, create incentives, etc.)

Helping people with disabilities (developing a policy, dedicating a service, adopting adapted infrastructures, providing support, etc.)

Offer hours that allow for adult access to education (evenings, weekends, etc.)

Develop and implement a policy on new building standards that emphasizes the use of sustainable and resilient materials

Prioritize the purchase of environmentally friendly, local and sustainable products, supplies and food (e.g. ban single-use utensils, buy from local suppliers, purchase products with a small ecological footprint that will last over time, etc.)

Draft and implement a responsible purchasing policy

Take steps to reduce the amount of waste on campus (prioritize purchasing products and foods with little packaging, encourage repairing or repurposing products or supplies that are about to be thrown away, etc.)

Promote sorting (e.g., install compost and recycling bins, drop boxes for batteries, light bulbs, used clothing, etc.)

Write and implement a campus waste reduction and management policy

Inform and educate its members about the impacts of food waste (e.g., through posters, vignettes, etc.)

To make available to its members a self-service fridge in which people who wish to do so can drop off or pick up the products they are interested in

Write and implement a food waste policy

Offer its employees and students accommodations to reduce their mobility needs (e.g., condensed work schedules, online courses, on-campus housing, etc.)

Promote public transit to university members (e.g., advertise, offer transit passes, etc.)

Draft and implement an energy reduction policy

Draft and implement a greenhouse gas (GHG) policy

Measuring your GHG emissions

Measure your energy consumption

Encourage the government to develop an efficient public transit system or bicycle paths

Take steps to maintain or restore :
– Terrestrial ecosystems, including those affected by university activities
– Marine, lake or river ecosystems, including those affected by university activities

For example, ensuring that buildings or activities of employees, students, and researchers do not pollute the environment or organizing clean-up or restoration activities of surrounding ecosystems

Develop and implement a policy on ecosystem maintenance and restoration

Provide university members with free access to:
– of drinking water
– toilets
– hand washing facilities

Take steps to prevent water waste on campus (e.g., equip sinks and toilets with motion sensors, install drinking fountains, an automatic watering system, etc.)

Where relevant, mention sustainable development in course offerings

Offer at least one course dedicated to sustainable development

Offer at least one program dedicated to sustainability within the university

Offer courses that address in depth the issues targeted by the SDGs (e.g. responsible consumption, poverty alleviation, climate change, sustainable agriculture, etc.)

Offer at least one course dedicated to sustainable development per department, institute or school

To propose a training offer

Ensure equal access to knowledge among students, regardless of their socioeconomic status (provide free internet access on campus, offer a used book bank, etc.)

Encourage and value work experience (provide opportunities for internships, entrepreneurial projects, etc.)

Supporting students with learning difficulties (e.g., providing tutoring, counseling, etc.)

Vary the teaching strategies used by teachers, such as tutorials, independent learning, team exercises, discussion, debate, field trips

Regarding the assessment of learning, balance individual and team work

Identify publications by researchers at your university that address sustainable development, the SDGs, and the issues addressed by the SDGs (e.g., responsible production and consumption, poverty alleviation, climate change, sustainable agriculture, etc.)

Honouring research on sustainable development and the SDGs (e.g. mentioning it in official documents, promoting it on its website, etc.)

Incentivize research on sustainable development, the SDGs, and the issues addressed by the SDGs (e.g., provide awards or grants)

Encourage research that addresses sustainable development and the SDGs (idem)

Partner with the community to fund research on sustainable development and the SDGs or solve problems experienced by communities or organizations.

Offer financial assistance to students in need (e.g., grants, stipends, tuition reductions, loans)

Offer financial assistance to employees in need

Provide a food bank service that coordinates non-perishable food donations for its students and employees in need

Educate the university community about the dangers of tobacco, drug, and alcohol abuse

Encourage the university community to exercise

Include nutritious foods in the university’s food offerings (foods that are low in sugar and fat, high in fiber, vitamins and protein)

Provide the university community with free or affordable access to general, sexual and mental health care

Increase the number of students who take an internship of more than one month (e.g., it organizes internships of more than one month, it promotes such internships, etc.)

Increase the number of students who find employment in their field six months after graduation (e.g., provide job search counseling, mock interview and resume review services, etc.)

Increase the number of employees who have a contract of more than 24 months (e.g., offer long-term employment contracts, good working conditions, etc.)

Ensure that training programs are in line with the needs of the job market to help students find permanent employment (monitor the job market, etc.)

Consult with businesses, governments and local communities to understand their needs and how best to meet them

Develop and maintain partnerships with businesses, governments and local communities

Offer free training courses open to the public on the issues targeted by the SDGs

Offer free events open to the public on the issues targeted by the SDGs

Organize or take part in awareness campaigns for the general public on the issues targeted by the SDGs

Open culturally significant buildings and landscapes on campus to the public

Open the university’s libraries to the public

Open the university’s art galleries, museums, or artwork to the public