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Man working a field — Did you know?

Ontario Tech grows its own produce on our lands, and our on-campus food providers use these veggies to create dishes and meals for you?

This is as local and fresh as your food can get!

Man working a field — New Sustainability minor

This cross-faculty minor explores the dominant themes of sustainability (ecology and environment, economics, and social equity), while relating to the individual student's faculty and career goals.
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Sustainability initiatives at the university

We focus on strengthening green initiatives on campus and in the community through active student, staff and faculty engagement.
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Ontario Tech University's Geothermal Energy Storage System — Geothermal Energy Storage System

Our university is home to one of Canada's largest geothermal systems! There are 370 bore holes hidden beneath Polonsky Commons to provide heating and cooling to the north Oshawa campus location's buildings.
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Welcome

Welcome to the Office of Campus Infrastructure and Sustainability at Ontario Tech University. Our mission is to develop and support sustainability initiatives, apply best practices during infrastructure planning, and create a sustainability culture for the university's staff, students and faculty.

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Ontario Tech University is innovating rapid PPE production solutions to shortages in the health-care industry related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

March 27, 2020

Ontario Tech innovating rapid PPE production solutions to address health-care shortage

From left: Mohammed Alziadeh (Ontario Tech PhD candidate) discusses seismic test results with Mahmoud Shaaban, PhD (Ontario Tech doctoral fellow) while Omar Sadek (Ontario Tech PhD candidate, seated) takes a sample measurement.

March 9, 2020

Ontario Tech partnership to help safeguard nuclear reactors from earthquake damage

university and zoo logos

March 2, 2020

Improved animal care, guest and educational experiences drive Ontario Tech University-Toronto Zoo partnership

Ontario Tech University's Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science hosted its annual Robot in 3 Days competition January 4 to 6 at ACE.

January 10, 2020

Ontario Tech helps STEM students acquire skills to change the world

Students competing in the January 2019 edition of the Robot in 3 Days competition at Ontario Tech University.

December 20, 2019

Ontario Tech University Engineering students kicking off the new decade with a 72-hour robot-building showdown

Ontario Tech University mascot Hunter the Ridgeback at the inaugural Ridgebacks varsity basketball games vs Queen's at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Centre (November 3, 2019).

December 17, 2019

Moments and milestones: Ontario Tech University in 2019

Ontario Tech University's Dr. Igor Pioro addresses delegates in Vienna, Austria at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s 2019 Conference on Climate Change and the Role of Nuclear Power (October 2019).

December 6, 2019

Our energy future: “It’s already time to be thinking about the 22nd century”

Electricity transmission towers with a sunset behind

November 14, 2019

How universities can drive Canada’s energy strategy

Ontario Tech University’s Faculty of Business and Information Technology will host free public lectures and an expert panel to discuss real-life artificial intelligence (AI) examples during AI and the Everyday Life.

November 11, 2019

Ontario Tech University at the forefront of artificial intelligence research

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