The President’s Sustainability Council in partnership with the Office of the Provost, will be hosting a Community Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).ÌýÌý
In the summer of 2020, 91ÑÇÉ« adopted a new University Academic PlanÌý(UAP) 2020-2025ÌýBuilding a Better Future. The new UAP includes a University-Wide Challenge to contribute to the UNÌý.Ìý
Several Faculty Councils and other committees have begun thinking about what this means in relation to our academic priorities, and how taking up the challenge could advance them. On Jan. 13, 2021, a meeting will serve as an initial opportunity for a University-wide conversation, to ask questions and make suggestions, and to inform further community engagement efforts.Ìý
All interested students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend this community forum, and to send any questions they have in advance of the event toÌýsustainability@yorku.ca.
Date: Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021
°Õ¾±³¾±ð: 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Webinar Zoom
Registration:  ÌýÌýÌýÌý
The panel members are:Ìý
Co-hosts Ìý
- Ravi de Costa,ÌýChair, President’s Sustainability CouncilÌýÌý
- Javeria Mirza, president’s ambassador, graduate student in LA&PSÌý
- NicoleÌýArsenault, program director, Sustainability
PresentersÌý
- Rhonda Lenton, president and vice-chancellor
- Lisa Philipps, vice-president Academic and ProvostÌý
- Will Gage, associate vice-president, Teaching & LearningÌý
- Charles Hopkins, UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Education towards SustainabilityÌýÌý
- Andrew Maxwell, professor, Lassonde School of EngineeringÌý
- Others TBC