Webinar: A Local to Global Imperative: Powering Personal and Societal Transformation through Education for Sustainable Development

Authors

Sabbir Saiyed, Peel RCE
Rehema White, University of St Andrews
Asaf Zohar, Trent University
Marisol Campos-Navarrete, Sheridan CollegeFollow
John Helliker, Sheridan CollegeFollow

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Webinar

Description

How are postsecondary institutions empowering learners to develop the competencies for environmental integrity, equitable economic viability, and a just society while also helping them fulfil their own potential? How is this interdisciplinary work supporting transcultural values and practices as well as the development of critical global citizens? The webinar includes speakers from three postsecondary institutions engaged as partners in Regional Centres of Expertise (RCE) on Education for Sustainable Development throughout the world who will address these and related themes and explain how their institutions are carrying out this critical work.

Speakers:

• Sabbir Saiyed, PhD., P.Eng., Manager Transportation Systems Planning/Main Contact for the Peel RCE
• Rehema White, BSc, MSc, PhD, Academic in sustainable development, University of St Andrews, and Chair, Scotland’s United Nations University Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) in Education for Sustainable Development (Learning for Sustainability Scotland)
• Asaf Zohar, B.A., M.E.S., PhD (York), Associate Professor, School of Business; Chair, Sustainability Studies Program; Director, Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation Centre, Trent University (RCE Peterborough Kawartha Haliburton)
• Marisol Campos-Navarrete, BEng, MA, PhD, Impact Learning Manager, EDGE, Sheridan’s impact entrepreneurship hub (Peel RCE)

Moderated by: John Helliker, Dean of Innovation – Sheridan

Publication Date

11-11-2021

Keywords

education, postsecondary institutions, environmental integrity, equitable economic viability, interdisciplinary work, transcultural values, global citizens, sustainable development

Disciplines

Education

Comments

A special thanks to Research and members of the SDG working group for being the driving force behind the development of this webinar.

Faculty

The Centre for Global Education and Internationalization (CGEI)

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Saiyed, Sabbir; White, Rehema; Zohar, Asaf; Campos-Navarrete, Marisol; and Helliker, John, "Webinar: A Local to Global Imperative: Powering Personal and Societal Transformation through Education for Sustainable Development" (2021). CGEI Events. 3.
https://source.sheridancollege.ca/cgei_events/3