Event

Travel Sustainably this Summer (Online)

Tuesday, April 23, 2024 12:00to13:00

QC, CA

Offered by the Health and Wellness Program and the McGill Office of Sustainability

Want to reduce the environmental impact of your travel but not sure how? Just ahead of the summer holidays, join Marie-Claude Carignan, Climate Officer, for a workshop on how holiday travel and commuting to work can improve your health, build community, and also help protect the environment!

In this interactive and informative session, you'll learn the benefits of traveling sustainably. Marie-Claude will help you gain valuable insights into how you can reduce the environmental impacts of your travel, including reducing your carbon footprint and helping to protect the planet for future generations, while improving your well-being and keeping our communities clean.

The learning objectives for this session are:

The environmental impacts of travel
Tips and tricks to travel sustainably
How traveling sustainably can be good for your health and well-being and our communities
Incentives available at McGill and in Montreal

Registration closes on April 23rd at 9 am and the link to the session will be sent afterwards.

To register:

1. Click here to access Minerva.

2. In the Employee Menu, click on Training Menu, select Health and Wellbeing Program Services, and follow the instructions to register.

Marie-Claude Carignan

Marie-Claude is the acting Climate and Biodiversity Officer in the McGill Office of Sustainability (MOOS) and supports McGill on its path to carbon neutrality by 2040 through various climate action projects on campus, including the University’s annual greenhouse gas inventory, produced with Utilities & Energy Management. She has a joint degree in Ecology and Sustainability and is completing her Master's of Science thesis on land-use change and the social-ecological impacts of carbon offset projects in Indigenous communities in Panama.