The Sustainable Development Solution Network (SDSN) Canada and Green Beacon together with convening support from Waterloo Global Science Initiative (WGSI) hosted an online workshop on October 15, 2020 on Voluntary Local Reviews: Taking Stock and Building Momentum.
Held during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Together|Ensemble was Canada’s first online all-of-society conference devoted to tracking progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The event brought together an impressive mix of over 100 speakers in more than two dozen sessions for an audience of 1,400 attendees.
Two successful proposals have been awarded $10,000 each as part of an SDSN Canada seed funding initiative to support member research to achieve the SDGs within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The main aims for the seed funding are to support members to secure larger funding streams from which to build their research, as well as to create opportunities for members to work together in pursuit of the SDGs.
We are pleased to announce that we are co-hosting an upcoming panel conversation to discuss the concept of sustainable innovation in Québec and the types of accelerated action that are needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as we kickstart what the United Nations has called a 'Decade of Action'.
We are pleased to welcome two new members to the SDSN Canada team for the 2020-2021 academic year.
Nidhu Jagoda is our new Youth Network Coordinator, focused on engaging students at member campuses to establish local SDG hubs/alliances and take action to advance SDG solutions.
Allen Lu is our new Communications Coordinator, focused on amplifying sustainable development resources from our members and designing and implementing our communications campaigns in Canada.
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On May 22nd, the Together | Ensemble 2020 Conference hosted a national workshop on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) leadership for campus action. The workshop was led by Beth Eden of SDSN Youth Canada, Tyler Warnock, Katherine Liu, Tyson Bilton and Adibba Adel of the Sustainable Development Goals Alliance (SDGA) at the University of Calgary and Riadh Mestiri, Catherine Lebel, Elisabeth Chartrand and Pierre-Antoine Descôteaux of Alliance étudiante en développement durable de l’Université Laval.
On May 22nd, the Together | Ensemble 2020 Conference hosted a national workshop on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) leadership for campus action.
SDSN Canada is currently looking for a University of Waterloo student to lead and coordinate all communications throughout Canada.
The SDSN Canada Members’ Meeting was held on May 22nd, 2020, as a side event of the Together|Ensemble conference. The meeting was hosted online on Zoom due to social distancing considerations of COVID-19.