APPLICATION FORM –Winter 2025 Open to MBA, MMgt, and BBA/iBBA PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE FORM CAREFULLY TO SEE WHICH FILES WILL YOU WILL NEED TO UPLOAD TO COMPLETE YOUR APPLICATION SO THAT YOU WILL HAVE THESE READY. The purpose of this course is to explore how new technologies and practices intended to tackle climate change can be adopted and scaled. Canada has committed – as part of the Paris Agreement – to reduce its emissions by 40% below 2005 levels by 2030, and to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. Key to achieving these goals is the widespread adoption of climate technologies and practices by individuals, organizations, and governments, particularly around energy, real estate, and transportation, which are the largest emitters of greenhouse gases. Unfortunately, many barriers exist within the current regime that inhibit such scaling efforts such as the entrenchment of existing actors, lack of a supportive regulatory framework, lack of consumer acceptance, etc. This is primarily a project based-course course focused on learning how to map out existing socio-technical systems and landscapes for a given technological niche (e.g., key players, processes, practices), identify multi-level barriers to the adoption of niche climate innovations, and formulate a strategy for overcoming such barriers (grounded within primary data collection within Canada, but also incorporating best practices and case studies globally). Furthermore, it is an experiential education opportunity in partnership with Foresight https://foresightcac.com/ in which a select number of students will be engaged in sustainability transition projects throughout the duration of the course. As a result, admission into the course will occur through a competitive application process. The course will begin with two in-person classes at Schulich at the beginning of the term. The content of these sessions will focus on introducing the academic tools and frameworks that will be used to guide the sustainability transition field project. Subsequently, students will be formally introduced to Foresight and the associated team members who they will be working with throughout the remainder of the semester. Students will be assigned to particular climate opportunity and will spend the majority of their time engaging, collecting and analyzing both primary (e.g. interviews with key stakeholders and industry experts) and secondary (e.g. industry reports, statistical databases) data. Both the Schulich instructor for the course and the Foresight supervisor will connect with students at regular intervals throughout the term, typically in remote format. If you have questions,please reach out to SUST@schulich.yorku.ca