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In recent days, Canada has been shaken by a gruesome discovery. On the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, located on the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation in British Colombia, the remains of 215 children were found. It is a tragic certainty of what was long expected and a painful reminder of Canada's […]

Join us on ZOOM on Monday, May 17 at 5.30 pm CET / 11.30 am EST UNESCO Chairs Special Live Session: UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs promoting ESD to achieve the SDGs – International networking in higher education for sustainable futures UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs put international collaboration at the core of their activities. Although active in diverse fields of […]

York partners with the Ban Ki-Moon Centre and the Austrian Cultural Forum for an event on transformative education for the 21st Century: Quickly changing environments, climate change, unprecedented developments in technology while we are collectively overcoming a global pandemic with the help of global networks of scientists sets the context of living with accelerating change. […]

UNITWIN Network on Education for Sustainable Development and Societal Transformations (UNiESD&ST) Starting in March 2021 for an initial period of four years, this new UNITWIN Network UNiESD&ST will focus on research, policy development and implementation of ESD at all levels of education with specific regards to global perspectives on ESD and teacher education. Together with […]

UNESCO Chair Associate Mark Terry's ongoing research project, the Youth Climate Report (YCR), has been very successful in the first two months of 2021! Not only did it win an SDG Action Award from the UN, but the YCR has just partnered with one of the world's most dynamic NGOs, the Foundation for Environmental Education […]

The 3-day Sustainable and Inclusive Internationalization Virtual Conference brought together 500+ participants from about 60 countries and contributed to the success of this conference with their ideas, perspectives, energy and enthusiasm. Did you miss any of the sessions or would you like to return and watch it again? You can find the conference recordings on our […]

Submit your paper for the second edition of the International Conference on Innovation in Learning Instruction and Teacher Education (ILITE 2) Theme: Innovation for sustainable education in the changing context Hanoi, 11th – 12th December 2021 The 1st International Conference on Innovation in Learning Instruction and Teacher Education (ILITE 1) was successfully held in December […]

Hosted by Mirian Vilela, Earth Charter International’s Executive Director. This podcast brings to you conversations with great thinkers, scholars and activists in the fields of sustainability, ethics, education and movements of social transformation from around the world. These conversations include personal stories, reflections on current global challenges, the evolving process (and concept) of sustainability, education […]

Thank you so much for supporting our virtual conference on Sustainable and Inclusive Internationalization. The conference brought approximately 700 participants from 70 countries together. One of the outcomes was a joint declaration, signed by conference partners and participants. Check out the 2021 Toronto Declaration, sign and join the movement for more sustainable internationalization efforts in […]

Be an Early Bird: Registration is now open for York University's Sustainable and Inclusive Internationalization Conference on January 20-22, 2021! 🙌 This virtual conference is a platform to bring together multiple voices on sustainability and inclusivity as well as work towards an increase in student and scholarly mobility in higher education. Check out the conference […]