• Lunch time Earth Week booth (located by Tim Hortons):
  • Stop by to learn more, participate in activities and connect with the Environmental Sustainability Task Force.
  • Add your pledge to the sustainability wall: showcase your commitment to sustainability, get inspired and learn simple ways to help the planet.
  • Earth Week Bingo begins — complete eco-friendly challenges throughout the week for a chance to win 1 of 3 gift cards.  
  • 150 succulents available for giveaway to those that participate in an Earth Week activity.
• Reduced lighting across the hospital to save energy
• Plant-forward / vegetarian meal options at the Garden Grill

Come to our lunch time Earth Week booth to try our Waste Guessing Game and test your knowledge of common waste generated during patient discharge.

• Campus Clean-Up: Help us make a positive impact in our local environment, 12 p.m.-1 p.m. (Rain date: April 23.) Gloves, bags and garbage pickers will be provided. All waste will be weighed to see if we can beat last year’s total of 14kg.
• Touch-a-Truck Event: Explore sustainability in action as you get up close and interactive with a waste collection vehicle.  Happening at the school bus loading area, 1 p.m. - 3p.m.
• Wear green to show your support for Earth Day!

• Special Earth Week lunch event in partnership with Sodexo and Forward Food.  The event will feature two limited-time, fully plant-based menu items:
  • Buddha Bowl
  • Baked Black Bean Nachos
• These items will be offered at a discounted price, subsidized by Forward Food. Forward Food will also set up an information table near the cafeteria entrance to help promote the health and environmental benefits of plant-forward dining.

Earth Week Bingo deadline. Top 3 prizes awarded for most Bingo tasks completed.  

Earth Week events held by our neighbourhood partners

April 20, 2026 - 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. - Indigenous Garden Tour

• Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Indigenous Wellness Garden West of L-Wing
• Enjoy a 30-minute learning tour followed by drop-in style garden activities afterwards!

April 21, 2026 - 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. - Earth Week Community-Wide Campus Cleanup

Join us in our efforts to make our community spaces cleaner and greener!

• Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, April 21 at Email greentaskforce@sunnybrook.ca to sign-up
• Glendon Campus, York University, Parking Lot A, sign up here.

April 22, 2026 - 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. - Ravine Tour Showcase

• Glendon Campus, York University and Toronto French School (TFS)
• Join TFS teacher (and proud Glendon grad!) Mallory Nettleton for a guided walk through Glendon’s ravines and discover the rich biodiversity right at our doorstep

April 22, 2026 - 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. - Horticultural Therapy Speaker

• Sunnybrook Hospital McLaughlin Lecture Theatre