Together| Ensemble 2022 was the fourth, since 2017, in a series of symposia and conferences of Canada’s diverse and growing all-of-society community dedicated to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The three-day online event was energized by an impressive mix of 26 sessions, more than 110 speakers and 700 attendees. This included a full day of dynamic side events organized by leading SDGs groups from across Canada.

Access the Conference Report Here (English)

Accéder au rapport de conférence ici (Français)

The conference report is now available, covering the broad-ranging conversations that touched on all 17 of the SDGs, with eight core themes:

  1. Time for transformation - a need for greater ambition now in fighting for transformative system change.
  2. Collaboration: The engine of transformation - local, national and international collaborations are core drivers of progress on the SDGs.
  3. Intersectional SDGs: The global meets the personal - recognition that the SDGs are all intrinsically interwoven and that this understanding must be at the heart of new collaborations.
  4. Climate action: Deadly impacts, a drive for solutions - the need for action, not rhetoric, including a clean energy transition and making every organizational decision a climate decision.
  5. Reconciliation at the heart of the SDGs - the need to overcome a historic gap and put decolonization and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples in Canada at the heart of SDGs activism.
  6. Forward together: Reframing stories and language - to achieve meaningful broad participation in advancing the SDGs, decision making requires a reimagining of the Leave No One Behind Pledge.
  7. Economics of the SDGs: We have the goals, where’s the money? - there are existing public and private sector SDGs initiatives, but a gap in actual investment and accountability.
  8. Gen 2030: Youth empowering the present, shaping the future - an emerging generational shift—from those who defined the SDGs and environmental movement in Canada for the past half century, to the 20-something youth activists driving it today. 

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Together|Ensemble is Canada’s national conference devoted to tracking progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The conference represents an all-of-society approach to addressing Canada’s toughest sustainable development challenges, bringing together the private sector, academia, government, and civil society.

More information, including conference recaps and session recordings at www.togetherensemble.ca.