Advisory Committees

The TDSB has adopted a consultative approach around the issue of sustainability and climate action. This approach has been critical to engaging stakeholders, such as trustees, Board management, union representatives, teachers, parents, students and community partners. At present, two main platforms allow TDSB stakeholders to have a say in environmental policies, plans and projects being implemented at Board level:

Environmental Sustainability Community Advisory Committee (ESCAC)

The TDSB's Environmental Sustainability Community Advisory Committee (ESCAC) is part of a network of community advisory committees and was established in 2010 to help inform the TDSB's environmental policies and programming.

Membership is open to trustees, Board staff, students, parents and community members.

For more information visit the ESCAC web page.

Joint Management-Labour Environmental Committee (JMLEC)

The TDSB's Joint Management-Labour Environmental Committee (JMLEC) was established in 2018 to leverage the knowledge that TDSB workers have of their workplaces and work processes and to link that expertise with the broader knowledge of management.

With membership representing the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation Toronto (OSSTF), the Elementary Teachers of Toronto (ETT), CUPE 4400, the Maintenance and Construction Skilled Trades Council and TDSB management, the committee aims to enhance the TDSB’s environmental sustainability initiatives and to reduce the TDSB’s greenhouse gas emissions.