At Niagara College, sustainability means providing high-quality applied education and training that meets the needs of students, employees, and the communities in which we operate today, while protecting and enhancing the human and natural resources that will be needed in the future.
As a postsecondary institution, Niagara College first made sustainability a key strategic priority in 2009 and has identified with the importance of reducing impacts on the environment. Niagara College’s definition of sustainability is based on the Bruntland Commission report, created by the United Nations (UN), Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development: Our Common Future.
It’s a sure sign of summer at NC’s Daniel J. Patterson Campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake: resident snapping turtles emerging from the wetlands and heading onto land to lay eggs. NC’s Sustainability Office has spotted two regular hard-shelled friends and is inviting the college community to name them. Enter the Turtle Naming Content by July 1 for […]
Community partnership inspires high-school students through hands-on watershed stewardship On Wednesday, May 27, Niagara College and GM St. Catharines Propulsion Plant celebrated a decades-long partnership inspiring the next generation to learn about watershed health and ecosystem restoration in the region. This year, students from the DSBN Academy and employees from GM took part in the […]
