Corporate Knights released its sixth annual Knight Schools report in June, which is the guide to sustainable education for students who want to change the world. Using a methodology based on the Beyond Grey Pinstripes survey developed by the Aspen Institute, Corporate Knights examines a variety of
Canadian university and college programmes, specifically business, law, public
policy, industrial design, and teacher education in the 2009 edition.
We rank schools based on how well they integrate environmental and social issues into
the programmes overall, through faculty support, student initiatives,
and course work.
One
of the key ways we assess schools in our report is by tracking
sustainability-related core and elective courses within the curriculum.
This tells us which schools mandate an understanding of and/or give
students the option to focus on sustainability. Since this is a great
tool for prospective and current students, we've compiled a list of all the undergraduate business
courses in Canada that are fully dedicated to social and/or
environmental issues. You can download this extra content (.xls) here. We invite students and professors to alert us if we've missed a course by emailing us.
Stay tuned for more course lists!
Top 5 undergraduate business programs (out of 47 schools) For the full ranking, go here.
Business School
|
Score |
1. University of Waterloo - Centre for Environment and Business
|
74.25% |
| 2. University of Calgary - Haskayne School of Business |
72.55% |
| 3. University of British Columbia - Sauder School of Business |
66.95% |
| 4. Simon Fraser University |
66.07% |
| 5. Dalhousie University |
64.35% |
Top 5 Mid-Sized Business Schools (10,001 to 25,000 students)
|
Score |
1. Dalhousie University (overall rank 5)
|
64.35% |
2. Ryerson University - Ted Rogers School of Management (overall rank 11)
|
51.17% |
3. Brock University (overall rank 13)
|
49.67% |
| 4. Queen's University (overall rank 16) |
49.21% |
5. Carleton University (overall rank 17)
|
48.99% |
Top 4 Small-Sized Business Schools (10,000 students or less)
|
Score |
1. Trent University (overall rank 8)
|
59.63% |
2. University of Lethbridge (overall rank 15)
|
49.54% |
3. Saint Mary's University - Sobey School of Business of Business (overall rank 24)
|
39.09% |
| 4. Royal Roads University (overall rank 25) |
36.35% |
|