Advancing Saskatchewan's Sustainability and Circular Economies

萨斯喀彻温理工学院致力于建设一个更可持续的未来。可持续发展是嵌入在我们的机构战略计划（2020-2025）：“引领崛起：把理工教育到新的高度，”它致力于参与我们的社区尊重，诚信，可持续发展和卓越。可持续发展是学术规划、应用研究和行政举措的核心。机构层面的领导层已承诺推进联合国可持续发展目标，并签署了反映这一承诺的国家和国际协议。与可持续发展目标相关的成功与萨斯喀彻温理工学院的既定目标一致，即支持社区和创造公平的机会，同时确保所有学习者都有机会取得成功，并发展知识、技能、态度和价值观，使他们能够为可持续发展的社会做出贡献。我们新成立的以可持续发展为主导的综合卓越中心（SLICE）统一了解决可持续发展问题的应用研究。SLICE的协作方法汇集了解决与可持续性相关的复杂问题所需的专业知识。萨斯喀彻温理工学院与NSERC动员资金的目的是双重的。-第一：战略性地投入资金，启动和加速Sask理工新的以可持续发展为主导的综合卓越中心（SLICE），作为未来五年的重点工作领域。-第二：继续在SP已建立的研究中心/专业领域发展我们的应用研究企业。为了实现这两个目标，我们在三个方面寻求资金：1)使Sask理工学院能够建立一个新的应用研究项目（SLICE），并通过必要的人力资源（研究人员、技术人员和业务发展）来加强现有的项目；2)通过资助学生应用研究培训和参与，培养多样化的学生，为他们进入劳动力市场做好准备；3)加强与研究合作伙伴、社区、资助者、行业和非营利组织的联系，为参与入门级和时间关键型应用研究的社区合作伙伴提供资金，这将导致更大、更有影响力、更有资金支持的应用研究项目和计划。

Saskatchewan Polytechnic is committed to building a more sustainable future. Sustainability is embedded in our institutional Strategic Plan (2020-2025): "Leading the Rise: Bringing polytechnic education to new heights," which commits to engaging our community with respect, integrity, sustainability, and excellence. Sustainable development is at the core of academic programming, applied research and administrative initiatives. Leadership at the institutional level has committed to advancing UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and has signed on to national and international accords to reflect this commitment. Success linked to SDGs aligns with Saskatchewan Polytechnic's stated goals of supporting communities and creating equitable opportunities while ensuring that all learners have the opportunity to succeed and develop the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values that will allow them to contribute to a sustainable society. Applied research to address sustainability is united under our newly established Sustainability-Led Integrated Centres of Excellence (SLICE). SLICE's collaborative approach brings together the expertise needed to address complex issues related to sustainability. Saskatchewan Polytechnic's aim with the NSERC Mobilize funding is twofold. - First: strategically devote funds to launching and accelerating Sask Polytech's new Sustainability-Led Integrated Centres of Excellence (SLICE) as a focus area for effort in the next five years. - Second: continue to grow our applied research enterprise across SP's established research centres/areas of expertise. To meet these dual objectives, Mobilize funds are sought for three areas: 1) Enable Sask Polytech to build a new applied research program (SLICE) and enhance existing programs with needed resources for personnel time (researchers, technicians, and business development);2) Train a diverse pool of students to prepare them to enter the workforce through funding for student applied research training and engagement; and 3) Strengthen connections with research partners, communities, funders, industry, and not-for-profit orgs with funds for engaging community partners in entry-level and time-critical applied research that will lead to larger, impactful, and funded applied research projects and programs.