About SDSN Canada
SDSN Canada is part of a global network mobilizing the world's knowledge community for science-based solutions for sustainable development.
With over 1,900 participating institutions worldwide and 57 global SDSN networks, SDSN members work together at the intersection of science, policy, and development practices to advance the SDGs and the Paris Agreement at global, national, regional, and local levels. The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) works under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General.
SDSN Canada’s mission
What does SDSN Canada do?
- Build an on-going pan-Canadian network of post-secondary institutions and other knowledge institutions to facilitate learning and accelerate problem solving for sustainable development.
- Link Canadian experts to the global SDSN and to global discussions on a universal agenda for sustainable development.
- Organize national/sub-national sustainable development meetings bringing together key actors to identify and help solve Canada's biggest sustainability challenges.
- Foster debate on sustainable development within Canadian academia and society more broadly.
- Conduct action-oriented research that helps Canada adopt and implement policies and practices that provide international leadership in sustainability.
- Develop and continually improve educational programming for sustainable development.
Mobilizing the Sustainable Development Goals in Canada
SDSN Global
The world's largest knowledge network that mobilizes the world's universities, think tanks, and national laboratories to identify and develop global and local solutions for action on the SDGs.