SDGs LAB
SCHOOL
DATES
Wondering what you can do to become a better advocate for sustainable development!?
Take part in a program that over 10,000 students have joined to launch youth awareness and action towards building a more sustainable future. Through a speaker series, seminar, and interactive workshop, participants will have the opportunity to reflect and build on their understanding of sustainable development.
SDGs LAB empowers youth to become sustainability leaders through virtual educational sessions that will connect, educate, and empower participants to become catalysts for change in their communities.
JOIN US FOR THE SDGS LAB EVENT!
EVENT SCHEDULE
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LAUNCH: SDGs Deep Dive Interactive Keynote
October 11th-21st
Please register and complete this asynchronous Interactive Keynote before the Event Day. It should not take you more than 2 hours.
Apply discount code FREECAN/FREEUSA/FREEUK to checkout to access the course for FREE
EVENT DAY
FRIDAY OCTOBER 21ST
10am-12pm
ACTIVATE: Localizing the SDGs & Live Q&A
12:00pm-1:00pm
Lunch and Fanshawe Sustainability Initiatives Showcase
1:00pm- 3:00pm
BOOST: Action Plan Development Workshop
Here’s what to expect.
Before the event
MANDATORY:
LAUNCH SESSION
On Tuesday October 11th, you’ll have access to the LAUNCH: SDGs Deep Dive Interactive Keynote, presented by youth activist Steve Lee. You’ll learn about the SDGs - their history, their targets, their indicators, and more. This is an asynchronous online course that you can complete at your own pace. To attend the Event Day it is mandatory that you complete the LAUNCH course.
OPTIONAL:
Watch the 5 modules outlining the 5Ps of the SDGS: People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace, and Partnerships. You can find these short 2-3 minute videos by scrolling down!
Event Day
On Friday October 21st, you’re invited to the TBD LOCATION to meet with your peers and participate in the SDGs LAB susitnabilty skills training and action workshops.
ACTIVATE SESSION
In the morning, join us for ACTIVATE, a seminar that will give you specific examples of real ways youth can engage with the SDGs in their local communities. We’ll discuss where and how you can actually intervene and innovate to make an impact. Following the ACTIVATE seminar there will be a live Q&A period with youth activist Steve Lee to answer any questions you may have.
LUNCH
There will be a lunch break and food will be provided for all participants. During this break, SCHOOL community groups will be showcasing their work on campus so that participants can see what SDG opportunities there are to get involved with!
BOOST SESSION
After lunch, you will participate in BOOST, our Action-Plan Development Workshop. We’ll go through practical ways to begin SDGs projects in your local community and the steps on how to convert those ideas into action!
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a collection of 17 interlinked global goals designed to be a "blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all". The SDGs were set up in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly and are intended to be achieved by the year 2030. They are included in a UN Resolution called the 2030 Agenda or what is colloquially known as Agenda 2030. The SDGs follow and expand on the Millennium Development Goals which ended in 2015.
Post Event Resources
Shareable Achievements
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Certificate of Training
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LinkedIn Badge
Participate in all required sessions to receive a digital Certificate and Badge to share your achievement.
Lens Library
Our Lens Library is a curated hub of video modules and resource packages that clearly communicate the intersections between sustainability and the different mainstream academic disciplines. Explore the disciplines below, organized alphabetically:
Meet your Speakers
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Steve Lee
Steve S.J. Lee is a strategy consultant who spent 12 years on sustainable development, climate change, and meaningful youth engagement as a campaigner, policy advocate, and entrepreneur. Steve was the Organizing Partner leading the Major Group for Children and Youth (MGCY) and its 26 constituencies that represent the voice of children and youth in over 120 policy processes at the United Nations. Steve started as a 16-year-old child rights advocate through UNICEF.
Before joining MGCY, Steve served as the Executive Director of Foundation for Environmental Stewardship, a youth-led, youth-serving Canadian charity he founded. Steve spent three years listening to the voices of over 100,000 young Canadians in person. He drove 160,000 km to over 500 schools in more than 400 towns and helped students undertake more than a hundred local projects. Steve visited mostly rural and remote communities all across Canada from coast to coast to coast to weave the voices of youth from places most left behind.
Steve is a Certified Fund Raising Executive, a Clean16 and Clean50 winner as Canada’s leader in sustainability, a Top 30 Under 30 in Sustainability by Corporate Knights, and a Finalist of UN SDG Action Award. Steve was the Partner of RevIT² Solutions, a market research consulting firm for private investment firms, and the CEO of Steve’s Guidebook, a publishing company for university-level calculus and biology study guides. Steve has a science degree from the University of Toronto and plays the clarinet.
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Kat Cadungog
Kat (she/her) is the Executive Director of the Foundation for Environmental Stewardship (FES). Kat’s main focus is building The Youth Harbour, a youth-for-youth climate support system focused on supporting youth climate leaders with financial, technical, and networking support to amplify and scale their work, so far raising $1.51M dollars for the project. She supported the expansion of growth of the SDGs training program to now over 90+ schools across Canada, the US, and the UK, and worked on over 50 community action projects in high schools.
Kat is a Future of Good Young Impact 2022 Leader, Clean50 nominees, and Corporate Knights Top 30 under 30. She was one of the 40 leaders invited to the first ever Ditchley Energy and Climate Summit in the UK, and attended multiple other conferences such as COP27, the Globe Forum, Imagine Canada Leadership Roundtable, among other high-level conferences. Kat volunteers as a Global Shaper in Calgary and with the Calgary Climate Hub. She has worked on a diversity of projects from volunteering at Calgary Legal Guidance, presenting systems research on the national pharmacare, or co-founding literacy campaigns. Kat is passionate about empowering youth to take impactful action on sustainable development, strengthening and amplifying the youth *force* in the Canadian climate movement. In her spare time, you can find her mountain biking or hiking, or making public declarations that she will give up coffee.
Tech Support
How to register for the Deep Dive Keynote
The virtual keynote is 100% FREE, but you will need to enter coupon code FREECAN/FREEUSA < (delete video not needed) at the checkout page, as seen in the video here!
How to use Hopin as an attendee.
Our sessions will be hosted virtually on Hopin! It’s a super easy platform to use that opens up in any browser. Here’s a demo on how it works if you’re curious or have any questions!
5Ps
Modules to view before attending the event
(*These are a couple years old and focused more so on the Canadian context but they are still a great supplementary resource to check out if you’re interested in dipping your toes in the water before attending your event!)
Video 1: People
Video 3: Prosperity
Video 5: Partnerships
Video 2: Planet
Video 4: Peace
Any questions?
Feel free to contact NAME your SDGs Launch Coordinator: