Listen to Season 3 of the Creative Praxis podcast! York University's UNESCO Chair team Charles Hopkins and Katrin Kohl had conversation with Anna Griffith from University of the Fraser Valley on exploring the impact and future of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) as stated in Sustainable Development Goal 4. Listen to Creative Praxis for more […]
Find all the news and events to stay updated in the field of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) as an integral element of quality education and a key enabler of all Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Check out the September 2023 issue and sign up for future editions - the most of ESD in one email […]
Welcome to the September edition of our UNESCO Chair Newsletter! First of all, welcome back to those who return for the beginning of the fall/winter session at York University. For many of you it is also the beginning of the new school year, and another full conference and meeting season lies ahead of us. With […]
The government of Canada will present their second Voluntary National Review on their progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum in New York on 19 July 2023. Charles Hopkins and Katrin Kohl will represent York University as members of the Canadian Delegation. Our UNESCO Chair #IndigenousESD research network as […]
Read the full y-file story, published on 13 July. Canada will present their 2023 Voluntary National Review (VNR) during the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (UN HLPF) in New York on July 19, 2023. The report will outline the initiatives undertaken in Canada to make progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). During this year´s […]
Events and other updates from York University´s UNESCO Chair in Toronto (Canada).
Welcome to the July edition of our UNESCO Chair Newsletter! First of all, we welcome our US colleagues back into the UNESCO universe as the United States will return to UNESCO as a full member state as early as July. We look forward to working closer together again! The month of June was packed with […]
Find all the news and events to stay updated in the field of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) as an integral element of quality education and a key enabler of all Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Check out the June 2023 issue and sign up for future editions - the most of ESD in one update […]
Dear Colleagues, Network Partners, and Friends, Greetings from Toronto and Happy World Environment Day! 5 June 1972 was the first day of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Development and has been marked to celebrate the environment since then. While we often make the point for the equal importance of all three dimensions of sustainability […]
Sustainable development, the urgency of climate change, the loss of biodiversity - there is much public discussion about what we can do to become more sustainable. What can students, teachers, university staff and all other people from Lüneburg do to contribute to a more sustainable world? In this open conversation, we want to look at […]