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The Continuing Studies Centre for Sustainability (CFS) is an educational organization at the University of British Columbia. The Centre’s aim is to bring academic expertise to the wider community by providing sustainability education and training programs for individuals, organizations and communities. Former British Columbia Premier and Vancouver Mayor Mike Harcourt – a long-time advocate of sustainable cities and communities - is the associate director of the Centre.

Programs
Programs at the Centre for Sustainability include:


 * Sustainability Management Program, for for individuals who wish to take the lead in helping to build sustainability into their organizations.
 * Summer Institute in Sustainability, an intensive professional development program focused on developing organization-wide sustainability policies, procedures and projects.
 * Certificate in Decision Making for Climate Change, an online program offered jointly with 3 partner universities with the aim of providing students with the most up-to-date knowledge on climate change issues, including how to develop and implement an effective response plan.
 * Sustainable Cities Series, a series of seminars delivered by Mike Harcourt with the aim of advancing a vision of what it will take to create sustainable cities and communities.

The Centre for Sustainability also collaborates with other UBC Continuing Studies units and community partners to offer free public lectures and high quality podcasts that share perspectives and encourage debate on sustainability topics.

Leadership

 * Mike Harcourt, Associate Director
 * William Koty, Director
 * Katie Jane Morrell, Program Leader
 * Diana McKenzie, Program Leader

Educational Aims

 * Vision: A world that understands, desires, and pursues sustainability.


 * Mission: To serve as a catalyst for empowering people and mobilizing ideas, resources and organizations to help encourage sustainable communities, locally and globally. In pursuit of this mission, we commit to engage and inform adult learners by developing relevant and inspirational educational programs that responds to the emerging opportunities, challenges and needs in the field of sustainability, and that leverage expertise and relationships from UBC and the wider community.