{"id":47703,"date":"2017-11-06T15:55:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T20:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=47703"},"modified":"2018-03-07T09:22:42","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T14:22:42","slug":"brock-to-host-united-nations-youth-training-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2017\/11\/brock-to-host-united-nations-youth-training-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock to host United Nations\u2019 youth training day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Niagara youths will learn about sparking change in the world during a training day hosted at Brock by the United Nations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The United Nations\u2019 Sustainable Development Goals training event will invite youths aged 16 to 25 to campus Saturday, Nov. 11 to learn ways to address the root causes of poverty and increase awareness of local and global initiatives. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Led by special guest Christian Courtis, Human Rights Officer, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the event takes place\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Pond Inlet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Youth will receive practical training and develop a deeper understanding of sustainable development in the areas of health, economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The afternoon will include a panel discussion with:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ana Sanchez, Brock University, Chair, Department of Health Sciences (Moderator)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liette Vasseur, Brock University Biology Professor and UNESCO Chair in Community Sustainability<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Irene Podolak, Action Africa Help International and Brock University Health Sciences Adjunct Professor<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">James Reid, Director and Producer, Lillian Lincoln Foundation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kathryn Baker-Reed, Skills for Change of Metro Toronto<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ben Brisbois, Healthier Cities and Communities Hub, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tickets are $15 each.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participants will receive a certificate of training from the Foundation for Environmental Stewardship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information or to RSVP, visit\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/sustainable-development-goals-youth-training-brock-university-tickets-34780108240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BrockU.UNSDGtraining.ca<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Free parking will be available in Zone 1.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This event is hosted in partnership with Brock University\u2019s Department of Health Sciences and the Brock student chapter of the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Niagara youths will learn about sparking change in the world during a training day hosted at Brock by the United Nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":47704,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,1,4],"tags":[5949,1696,5541,5950,1664,2266],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47703"}],"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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47703"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47705,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47703\/revisions\/47705"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}