Social Sustainability & Justice

Resources for teaching justice-oriented science and social sustainability

"[Social sustainability] is the ability of a society to uphold universal human rights and meet people's basic needs, such as healthcare, education, and transportation. Healthy communities ensure personal, labour, and cultural rights are respected and all people are protected from discrimination" - McGill Office of Sustainability

• Albright, C. (2022). Pride Resources: For the World We Want. North American Association for Environmental Education. https://eepro.naaee.org/resource/pride-resources-world-we-want. Resources to broaden understanding of climate justice and cultivate inclusive spaces in learning environments.

• Nature of Science. Aotearoa Science Learning Hub. This resource explores the nature of science as a culture, its special characteristics, values, the assumptions that scientific knowledge is based on and how scientific knowledge is developed.

• BioInteractive: The Biology of Skin Color. (2015).  https://www.biointeractive.org/classroom-resources/biology-skin-color. 

• Creating a Brighter Future: Sustainability at McGill. https://www.mcgill.ca/sustainability/learn/sustainability-module. The module offers a crash course on the concept of sustainability and outlines ways students can contribute to a more sustainable future through courses, research, events, and initiatives. Available on MyCourses. 

• Easy steps to a gender inclusive classroom. (2017). Gender Spectrum. San Leandro, CA.   

• Fred Hutch Cancer Center - Science Education Outreach.  https://www.fredhutch.org/en/education-training/teachers-students.html. 

• Gender Inclusive Biology. https://www.genderinclusivebiology.com/. "This website aims to curate resources and connect science educators, students, learners of all types, parents, guardians, and everyone involved in supporting and learning to grow a more inclusive biology curriculum."

• Project Biodiversify: Tools for promoting diversity and inclusivity in biology classrooms. https://projectbiodiversify.org. 

• Stephens, S. (2000). Handbook for Culturally-Responsive Science Curriculum. Published by the Alaska Science Consortium and the Alaska Rural Systemic Initiative. 

• The Underrepresentation Curriculum Project (URC) https://underrep.com. A flexible curriculum designed to help students critically examine scientific fields and take action for equity, inclusion, and justice. 

• The Youth, Equity, and Stem (YESTEM) Project. (2022). https://yestem.org