International Education Week 2020
 
Webinar: The UN SDGs to Reorient Internationalization of Higher Education Webinar

Webinar: The UN SDGs to Reorient Internationalization of Higher Education Webinar

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The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals serve as a useful framework to address global challenges through developing knowledge, skills, competencies, and partnerships. How can colleges and Institutes’, and higher education institutions in general, engagement with the UN SDGs inform and broaden the scope and thematic focus of their internationalization and global engagement whether through research, pedagogy, and community/industry partnerships? This webinar aims to discuss emerging practices to embed the UN SDGs into internationalization efforts of postsecondary education institutions.

Speakers:

  • Charles Hopkins, UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Education towards Sustainability at York University, Faculty of Education
  • Denise Amyot, President and CEO of Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICAN)
  • John Helliker, Dean, Innovation, Sheridan
  • Beth Eden, Youth Representative for UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network - Youth Initiative

Moderated by Herbert Sinnock, Director of Sustainability, Sheridan.

Publication Date

11-17-2020

Keywords

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, UN SDGs, sustainability, internationalization, higher education, international partnerships

Disciplines

Education

Faculty

The Centre for Global Education and Internationalization (CGEI)

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