Creating Global Citizens
Grand River Collegiate has become an SDG school. As we navigate our globally connected world we believe our students should be prepared as global citizens. Watch the video below to understand a little more about the Global Goals for Sustainable Development.
Grand River Collegiate has become an SDG school. As we navigate our globally connected world we believe our students should be prepared as global citizens. Watch the video below to understand a little more about the Global Goals for Sustainable Development.
As an SDG school, our students will learn about global citizenship as we build partnerships and experiences to ensure they are prepared for a world that is rapidly changing. Helping our students envision and transform our community, country and world to be a better place is important.
As an SDG school, our students will learn about global citizenship as we build partnerships and experiences to ensure they are prepared for a world that is rapidly changing. Helping our students envision and transform our community, country and world to be a better place is important.
Grand River has signed the Global Goals for Sustainable Development Pledge
Grand River has signed the Global Goals for Sustainable Development Pledge
We the undersigned schools, recognizing the enormous social, economic, and environmental challenges facing the world; recognizing that future development must take place in a way that is socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable; recognizing that the SDGs establish an agenda for the achievement of sustainable development by 2030; affirming the urgent need to further strengthen and scale up Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in schools; emphasizing the important role that youth can play in achieving a sustainable future by virtue of their creativity, enthusiasm, and optimism; and stressing the vitally important role that schools can play in achieving a sustainable future through teaching and operations, AGREE THAT: WE WILL: 1. support and promote the principles of the SDGs; 2. contribute to the achievement of the SDGs by ensuring that our schools and major programs are environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive; 3. support and encourage our teachers and educators to deliver lessons on the SDGs; 4. provide educational opportunities for our students to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to engage with the SDGs; and 5. join the global movement to achieve the SDGs by 2030. By selecting "YES", I confirm that my institution is becoming a signatory to this pledge, and all its perambulatory and operative clauses, with the endorsement and support from our institution's senior leadership (principal, vice-principal, board of directors, etc).
We the undersigned schools, recognizing the enormous social, economic, and environmental challenges facing the world; recognizing that future development must take place in a way that is socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable; recognizing that the SDGs establish an agenda for the achievement of sustainable development by 2030; affirming the urgent need to further strengthen and scale up Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in schools; emphasizing the important role that youth can play in achieving a sustainable future by virtue of their creativity, enthusiasm, and optimism; and stressing the vitally important role that schools can play in achieving a sustainable future through teaching and operations, AGREE THAT: WE WILL: 1. support and promote the principles of the SDGs; 2. contribute to the achievement of the SDGs by ensuring that our schools and major programs are environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive; 3. support and encourage our teachers and educators to deliver lessons on the SDGs; 4. provide educational opportunities for our students to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to engage with the SDGs; and 5. join the global movement to achieve the SDGs by 2030. By selecting "YES", I confirm that my institution is becoming a signatory to this pledge, and all its perambulatory and operative clauses, with the endorsement and support from our institution's senior leadership (principal, vice-principal, board of directors, etc).