Actioning the Sustainable Development Goals
February 25, 2022
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Recently, Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s 카지노게임사이트 joined the 카지노게임사이트 Global Coalition (UGC), a platform of higher education institutions around the world committed to advancing the United Nations카지노 게임 컬렉션™ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Founded in 2019, promotes the incorporation of the SDGs into post-secondary teaching, research, operations, and partnerships through sharing of resources and best practices that support institutions in addressing the global goals. In signing the UGC카지노 게임 컬렉션™s six-principle declaration, Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s is strengthening the university카지노 게임 컬렉션™s global engagement and signifying the international alignment of the mission and vision of the new Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s Strategy. This is in coordination with the active role Queen's is playing in the fight against climate change with our institutional commitment to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 through the Climate Action Plan.
Action and awareness
One such initiative is the where UGC members are invited to take part in hosted by universities around the world. Taking place from Feb. 28 to March 4, the week promotes awareness of the SDGs among students in higher education, inspiring them to be leaders in furthering the goals on their campuses and in their local communities. This year, Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s is participating in this week with several events and activities that showcase student initiatives and highlight collaborations across the university between faculty, staff, administration, alumni, and students in responding to these global challenges.
"I am pleased that our university has joined the UGC alongside other institutions that share our vision for research, teaching, and student leadership through the lens of the UN SDGs," says Patrick Deane, Principal and Vice-Chancellor. "Queens카지노 게임 컬렉션™s 카지노게임사이트 is committed to making a global impact through our work and we have made significant progress as an institution. Participating in the SDG Action and Awareness week provides us with an opportunity to both reflect and act upon our aspirations as a university for the future."
Celebrating progress and social impact
To highlight the community카지노 게임 컬렉션™s progress in advancing the SDGs, Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s has launched a new website and report focused on social impact. Organized under the themes of research and innovation, teaching and student life, community impact, global reach, and operations, the website and report provide a snapshot of activity and collaborations specific to each of the 17 SDGs with impact across our campuses and beyond, such as stewardship activities and responsible investing strategies. These initiatives will be highlighted throughout the week as part of a social media campaign.
Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s SDG Student Hub
The , an initiative that aims to support and encourage students to learn, engage with, and act on the 17 SDGs, will be hosting a week-long . Throughout the week, there will be talks led by Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s faculty, staff, students, and Kingston community leaders on the topics of SDG 1: No Poverty, SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, and SDG 13: Climate Action and each will identify how participants can get involved in SDG action locally. The SDG Student Hub is part of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Youth, a division of which is a global movement of 1,300 institutions, including Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s, dedicated to promoting practical solutions for sustainable development.
As a further commitment to measuring our institutional progress in addressing the SDGs, Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s will again be participating in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings. The only global performance tables that assess a university카지노 게임 컬렉션™s societal impact across research, teaching, outreach, and stewardship, the efforts of Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s community resulted in a ranking of first in Canada and fifth in the world in 2021.
17 Rooms event
Brainstorming on future opportunities, nearly 300 members of the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s community participated in a 17 Rooms event in June focused on how the university could mobilize the SDGs in significant and innovative ways. A fast-paced exercise used by institutions worldwide, the 17 Rooms event brought staff, faculty, and students together to raise awareness about the SDGs. The reports from each room are now available on the Office of the Principal카지노 게임 컬렉션™s website. The brainstorming sessions highlighted potential avenues for SDG action, some of which have already inspired and will continue to shape university initiatives.
Art of Research
For Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s community members looking to get involved in promoting action and awareness of the SDGs, 카지노게임사이트 Relations is launching a re-imagined SDG-focused Art of Research photo contest this week. Open from Feb. 28 to April 6 to all Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s faculty, staff, students, and alumni, the contest celebrates its sixth year of showcasing the ground-breaking research of the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s community. The new categories reflect Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s researchers카지노 게임 컬렉션™ active contributions to the SDGs and the university카지노 게임 컬렉션™s commitment to making a global impact.
To learn more about Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s initiatives and activities during UN SDG Action and Awareness week, follow Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s 카지노게임사이트 on Twitter at .