{"id":108074,"date":"2026-03-02T12:11:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T17:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=108074"},"modified":"2026-03-25T10:14:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:14:24","slug":"brock-joins-national-sustainable-development-awareness-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2026\/03\/brock-joins-national-sustainable-development-awareness-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock joins national sustainable development awareness campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brock University is joining post-secondary institutions across Canada this month to raise awareness of the <a href=\"https:\/\/sdgs.un.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals<\/a> (SDGs).<\/p>\n<p>Students, faculty and staff can learn more about the 17 SDGs through a series of <a href=\"SDGmonth.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SDG Month Canada<\/a> events taking place at Brock during March. Adopted by all UN member states in 2015, the SDGs are part of a broader plan to build a more peaceful, prosperous planet by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe theme for this SDG Month this year is \u2018Mobilizing Local Action for Global Impact,\u2019 which really reflects the way our Brock community strives to drive positive change here in Niagara and communities around the world,\u201d says Marla Terreberry-Portfilio, Associate Director, International Services with Brock International.<\/p>\n<p>SDG Month events at Brock include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/323879\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seminar exploring SDG 13 \u2014 Climate Action<\/a> on Tuesday, March 10 from 1 to 2 p.m. in Rankin Family Pavilion (RFP) room 214\/215 with an online option available.<\/li>\n<li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/323880\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discussion of SDG 12 \u2014 Responsible Consumption and Production<\/a>, featuring guests from the Government of Canada, on Wednesday, March 11 from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Goodman Atrium.<\/li>\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/323318\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interactive sustainability fair<\/a> on Monday, March 16 from 10 a.m. to noon in the RFP Atrium and RFP 214\/215.<\/li>\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/323925\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seminar focused on SDG 3 \u2014 Good Health and Well-Being<\/a> on Monday, March 16 from 2 to 3 p.m. in RFP 214\/215 with an online option available.<\/li>\n<li>An online <a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/324090\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seminar discussing the work of Academics Without Borders<\/a> on Monday, March 23 from 11 a.m. to noon.<\/li>\n<li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/323115\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">behind-the-scenes tour<\/a> of Brock\u2019s District Energy System and service tunnels on Tuesday, March 24 from 10 to 11:30 a.m.<\/li>\n<li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/323345\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">screening of the documentary <em>A Plastic Ocean<\/em><\/a> at the Brock International Centre on Tuesday, March 24 from 3 to 5 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/324031\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seminar on SDG 4 \u2014 Quality Education<\/a> on Monday, March 30 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in RFP 216 with an online option available.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The University\u2019s SDG Month events have been planned by teams across campus, including Brock International, Facilities Management, the Goodman School of Business, Student Life and Success, and Sustainability at Brock.<\/p>\n<p>Visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/organization\/sdgsweek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ExperienceBU<\/a>\u00a0for more information on Brock\u2019s SDG Month events.<\/p>\n<p>SDG Month is an initiative of the <a href=\"https:\/\/sdsncanada.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Canada<\/a>, of which Brock University is a member. SDSN Canada is a member of the SDSN, a not-for-profit organization established by the UN to promote the SDGs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock University is joining post-secondary institutions across Canada this month to raise awareness of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":108079,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,1],"tags":[159,53,594,15047,9075,9917,13284,8434],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108074"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108074"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108106,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108074\/revisions\/108106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}