Catalyst Awards celebrate sustainability leader
UU直播 Reporter | April 11, 2017
By: UU直播 Reporter Staff聽
On April 3, the UU直播 Office of Sustainability (MOOS) hosted its seventh annual Catalyst Awards Gala. Over 100 people gathered at the McCord Museum to celebrate individuals and teams who have made lasting contributions to the sustainability of the University.
Principal Suzanne Fortier described the awards as honouring UU直播鈥檚 own 鈥溾��: shining examples of hope and possibility in a world so often characterized by darkness and uncertainty.
To put the principles embodied by the award recipients into practice, the Gala itself was the first UU直播 event to use the聽Sustainable Events Guide聽and be 鈥渃ertified Gold鈥� by the newly created Sustainable Events Ambassadors team.
Professor Yves Beauchamp, Vice-Principal Administration and Finance, expressed that the accomplishments celebrated at the Catalyst Awards are sources of great pride and inspiration. 鈥淭he people honoured here tonight have found ways to work together 鈥� across departments, roles, and traditional responsibilities 鈥� to create truly remarkable changes in the way our University is run,鈥� he said.
The coveted聽Emerald Key Award聽for student contribution to sustainability was presented to John Lindsay, a U3 student studying Environmental Science in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
