University Initiatives
At University Canada West, sustainability is at the core of our mission to foster a thriving, responsible, and inclusive global community. We are committed to promoting environmental stewardship, reducing our ecological footprint, and empowering students, faculty, and staff to make a positive impact on the world.
Curriculum & Faculty
UCW incorporates sustainability into our curriculum and UCW professors are involved in sustainability research or lead sustainability initiatives as part of their professional practice.
Transportation
The UCW Vancouver House Campus is conveniently close to two adjacent active travel paths, rapid transit and express bus service within a 10-minute walk, as well as a shuttle that supports both bike and wheelchairs to our door, and a foot ferry that also supports cyclists.
Campus Buildings
The UCW Vancouver House Campus is a highly efficient building due to a wide variety of sustainability features and its recent construction in 2020.
Recycling
When UCW moved to Vancouver house, the University was careful to follow the waste management hierarchy by reducing our need for materials (Reduce), identifying any materials that we could bring with us (Reuse), ensuring materials we needed had recycled content (Recycle) and that our relocation and purchase packaging was recycled, and recovering hard to recycle by-products from our purchases (Reclaim).
