{"id":83354,"date":"2023-02-01T12:59:12","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T17:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=83354"},"modified":"2023-02-02T11:04:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T16:04:51","slug":"international-development-week-aims-to-prep-next-generation-of-global-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2023\/02\/international-development-week-aims-to-prep-next-generation-of-global-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"International Development Week aims to prep next generation of global leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the first full week of February, Canadian organizations \u2014 including Brock University \u2014 come together as part of International Development Week (IDW) to celebrate their contributions to eradicating poverty and fostering a more peaceful, inclusive and prosperous world.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s theme, \u2018Go for the Goals,\u2019 raises awareness of the <a href=\"https:\/\/sdgs.un.org\/goals\">United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)<\/a>, a continued focus of IDW since 2020. The 17 SDGs are a blueprint for United Nations Member States to unify in their commitments to peace, prosperity for people, and the planet.<\/p>\n<p>From Sunday, Feb. 5 to Saturday, Feb. 11, Brock aims to shed light on the SDGs among faculty, staff and students in support of the University\u2019s strategic priority to continue growth in internationalization and globalization.<\/p>\n<p>Christina Bosilo, Director, Brock International, believes that participation in nationwide initiatives like IDW is critical to students\u2019 career development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExposing students to the SDGs enables them to become active participants in an increasingly globalized economy,\u201d she says. \u201cOrganizations are focusing on sustainability and looking for the next generation of global leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0XTBYMfZyrM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Departments across the University have co-ordinated a week of events to support the Brock community\u2019s understanding of global development and sustainability initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>The week kicks off with a virtual information session to introduce the UN SDGs. On Monday, Feb. 6 at 10 a.m., students, faculty and staff are invited to join <a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/228940\">The Sustainable Development Goals and Why YOU Need to Know Them<\/a> session to explore the SDGs and why they matter.<\/p>\n<p>Events throughout the week include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/228868\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">My Story: From Brock to Permanent Residence<\/a> \u2014 Hear settlement success stories from Brock\u2019s international alumni.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/228997\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Academics Without Borders<\/a> \u2014 Learn about how to get involved in international projects as faculty and staff.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/228838\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A guided tour of Brock\u2019s District Energy system<\/a> \u2014 Tour the unique system that serves Brock\u2019s energy needs while providing resiliency for climate change adaptation.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/228954\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings Results for Brock University<\/a> \u2014 Learn how Brock is contributing to the SDGs.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/228895\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trivia Night<\/a> \u2014 Test your knowledge of the SDGs.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/227831\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Winter Clothing Drive<\/a> \u2014 Pick-up gently-used items available for students in need of warm winter clothing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These and other in-person and virtual events will take place throughout the week and are open to all students, staff and faculty.<\/p>\n<p>For a full listing of events and to register, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/organization\/idw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Development Week page on ExperienceBU<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first full week of February, Canadian organizations \u2014 including Brock University \u2014 come together as part of International Development Week (IDW) to celebrate their contributions to eradicating poverty and fostering a more peaceful, inclusive and prosperous world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":83355,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9794,7484,7,3319,1,4],"tags":[159,7409,786,288,44],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83354"}],"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\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83354"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83356,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83354\/revisions\/83356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}