SDSN Canada’s mission is to mobilize Canadian universities and colleges to facilitate learning and accelerate problem solving for the UN’s Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To these ends, SDSN Canada mobilizes support and partnership throughout the country for the SDGs, promotes high-quality education and research collaboration, and supports governments in understanding and addressing the challenges of sustainable development.
The University of Waterloo is the founding institution for SDSN Canada. As host, the University of Waterloo uses its position as home to Canada’s largest Faculty of Environment to share knowledge, activate research and help solve the interconnected economic, social, and environmental challenges confronting the world.
What does SDSN Canada do?
- Build an on-going pan-Canadian network of post-secondary institutions and other knowledge institutions to facilitate learning and accelerate problem solving for sustainable development.
- Link Canadian experts to the global SDSN and to global discussions on a universal agenda for sustainable development.
- Organize national/sub-national sustainable development meetings bringing together key actors to identify and help solve Canada's biggest sustainability challenges.
- Foster debate on sustainable development within Canadian academia and society more broadly.
- Conduct action-oriented research that helps Canada adopt and implement policies and practices that provide international leadership in sustainability.
- Develop and continually improve educational programming for sustainable development.
The SDSN has been operating globally since 2012 under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General. The SDSN is building national and regional networks of knowledge institutions, solution-focused thematic networks, and the SDG Academy, an online knowledge-hub for sustainable development courses. Learn more about SDSN worldwide.