Educational alliance for a sustainable Toronto: The University of Toronto and the City's United Nations University (UNU) Regional Centre of Expertise

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 416-427

  Stefanovic, Ingrid Leman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Centres of excellence; Higher education; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349107871     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676370810905526     Document Type: Article

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