Learn about youth engagement in the Sustainable on the Go initiative today! We are pleased to announce the new addition to the Sustainable on the Go website today! Learn more about youth engagement for responsible and inclusive internationalization in higher education. The Youth Engagement Program was created as a strategy to mentor, guide and prepare […]
Join UNESCO´s global campaign today and speak up for education! The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 24 January as International Day of Education, in celebration of the role of education for peace and development. Without inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong opportunities for all, countries will not succeed in achieving gender equality and breaking the […]
You are invited to join an interactive webinar discussing outcomes of 2-year stakeholder consultation on ESD indicator development for higher education institutions. Coordinated by the University of Twenter in the Netherlands, the Unesco Chair at York University Toronto, Canada Charles Hopkins & Katrin Kohl were 2 out of 9 experts from Europe and North America […]
York University will feature diverse young voices from across the world at the 2nd edition of the Sustainable on the Go (SOTG 2022). The event is co-organized by York International, the UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Education towards Sustainability, and their international partners during the International Education Week 2022 on 17 November 2022. The outcomes from the Transforming Education Summit (TES) and their relevance […]
Our Chairholder Charles Hopkins was the chairman and main organizer of the first global event on education for sustainable development in Canada in 1992. “The World Congress for Education and Communication on Environment andDevelopment (ECO-ED), which took place in Toronto, Canada, 17-21 October 1992, was multisectoral in scope, accommodating individuals and groups from business, aid […]
Following the success and lessons learned from the previous Global Action Programme(GAP), UNESCO developed the ESD for 2030 framework and Roadmap, a global framework for the implementation of Education for Sustainable Development for the period 2020-2030. To accelerate this global framework, UNESCO, with the generous support of the Government of Japan through its Japanese Funds-in-Trust […]
Heinnovate is back with a new webinar on exploring the ways in which higher education institutions are working towards achieving the SDGs. Practitioners will discuss what steps they are taking to embed the SDGs in their teaching, research and community service, locally and globally, and how sustainability links with higher education innovation.Together with Isabel Toman […]
York University is hosting the 2nd edition of the Sustainable on the Go (SOTG 2022). The event is co-organized by York International, the UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Education towards Sustainability, and their international partners on 17 November 2022. The SOTG 2022 will feature inclusive, innovative, and interactive formats following the joint commitment to the Toronto Declaration in 2021. Registration is now […]
2022 UN HLPF Register now for 2022 SDGs Leaning, Training & Practice! 5, 6, 7, 11 and 12 July Background The United Nations High-level Political Forum on sustainable development (HLPF) in 2022 will be held from 5 – 7 July and 11 – 15 July 2022, in New York. Under the theme “Building back […]
York University is hosting the 2nd edition of the Sustainable on the Go (SOTG 2022), co-organized by York International, the UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Education towards Sustainability, and international partners on 17th November 2022 during the International Education Week. The SOTG 2022 will feature inclusive, innovative, and interactive formats and facilitate participation of international education stakeholders from most time zones and world regions […]