UNESCO Chair Charles Hopkins

This week York University announced that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has selected the University to host its Chair on Reorienting Teacher Education to Address Sustainability. Not only is this the first UNESCO Chair in Canada outside of Quebec, it is the first of its kind in the world, and the second UN-related institution in Toronto.

Stan Shapson, York's associate vice-president (strategic academic initiatives) and co-developer of the project when he was dean of education, expressed his pleasure with the announcement. "It is an honour for York University to host the UNESCO Chair at York," he said. "Both our Faculties of Education and Environmental Studies have taken a keen interest in education for sustainable development. The work is already underway and we expect to see very positive results in both the long and short terms.

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