{"id":490,"date":"2024-10-22T10:44:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T17:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/unsdgsteachingresource\/?page_id=490"},"modified":"2024-12-06T11:50:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T19:50:20","slug":"why-unsdgs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/unsdgsteachingresource\/why-unsdgs\/","title":{"rendered":"Why UNSDGs"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id490_074055-e1 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id490_074055-e1 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id490_074055-e1 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id490_074055-e1 > 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href=\"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/unsdgsteachingresource\/glossary\/\">Glossary<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n\n<style>.kb-nav-link-493_83991a-10 > .kb-link-wrap.kb-link-wrap.kb-link-wrap.kb-link-wrap{--kb-nav-link-highlight-order:3;--kb-nav-link-highlight-icon-order:3;}.kb-nav-link-493_83991a-10 > .kb-link-wrap.kb-link-wrap.kb-link-wrap.kb-link-wrap{--kb-nav-link-media-max-width:px;}<\/style><li class=\"wp-block-kadence-navigation-link kb-nav-link-493_83991a-10 menu-item wp-block-kadence-navigation-link\"><div class=\"kb-link-wrap\"><a class=\"kb-nav-link-content\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/unsdgsteachingresource\/what-are-unsdgs\/\">What<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n\n<style>.kb-nav-link-76zl27x07 > .kb-link-wrap.kb-link-wrap.kb-link-wrap.kb-link-wrap{--kb-nav-link-highlight-order:3;--kb-nav-link-highlight-icon-order:3;}.kb-nav-link-76zl27x07 > .kb-link-wrap.kb-link-wrap.kb-link-wrap.kb-link-wrap{--kb-nav-link-media-max-width:px;}<\/style><li class=\"wp-block-kadence-navigation-link 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href=\"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/unsdgsteachingresource\/resources\/\">Resources<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/nav><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id490_6d64e1-9e > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id490_6d64e1-9e > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id490_6d64e1-9e > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-xxl, 5rem);padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-xxl, 5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-xxl, 5rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-xxl, 5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id490_6d64e1-9e{background-image:url('http:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/unsdgsteachingresource\/files\/2024\/04\/UN-SDG-Website-Header-Small-Trail.png');background-size:cover;background-position:center 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class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-xxlarge-font-size\">Why UN SDGs<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading490_3ddc48-1a, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading490_3ddc48-1a[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading490_3ddc48-1a\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading490_3ddc48-1a mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading490_3ddc48-1a[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading490_3ddc48-1a\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading490_3ddc48-1a img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading490_3ddc48-1a[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading490_3ddc48-1a\"] 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class=\"kt-title-text\">Direct benefits for the education sector<\/span><\/a><\/li><li id=\"tab-meaningfulandrelevantengagement\" class=\"kt-title-item kt-title-item-3 kt-tabs-svg-show-always kt-tabs-icon-side-right kt-tab-title-inactive\"><a href=\"#tab-meaningfulandrelevantengagement\" data-tab=\"3\" class=\"kt-tab-title kt-tab-title-3 \"><span class=\"kt-title-text\">Meaningful and relevant engagement<\/span><\/a><\/li><li id=\"tab-farreachingimpactonadvancingsdgs\" class=\"kt-title-item kt-title-item-4 kt-tabs-svg-show-always kt-tabs-icon-side-right kt-tab-title-inactive\"><a href=\"#tab-farreachingimpactonadvancingsdgs\" data-tab=\"4\" class=\"kt-tab-title kt-tab-title-4 \"><span class=\"kt-title-text\">Far reaching impact on advancing SDG&#8217;s<\/span><\/a><\/li><li id=\"tab-strategicvalueforheis\" class=\"kt-title-item kt-title-item-5 kt-tabs-svg-show-always kt-tabs-icon-side-right kt-tab-title-inactive\"><a href=\"#tab-strategicvalueforheis\" data-tab=\"5\" class=\"kt-tab-title kt-tab-title-5 \"><span class=\"kt-title-text\">Strategic Value for HEIs<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"kt-tabs-content-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-tab kt-tab-inner-content kt-inner-tab-1 kt-inner-tabeea40b-e2\"><div class=\"kt-tab-inner-content-inner\">\n<p>Just as the UN SDGs are interlinked, so, too, are all domains of university activity: teaching &amp; learning, research, governance\/culture\/operations, and external leadership. Further, the SDGs are connected to all these areas (SDSN, 2017). Thus, the value proposition of engaging with the SDGs in teaching &amp; learning is not limited to educators but, rather, expands to others in the learning ecosystem (students, the educational institution, and the communities it serves).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-tab kt-tab-inner-content kt-inner-tab-2 kt-inner-tab898f43-db\"><div class=\"kt-tab-inner-content-inner\">\n<p>Engaging with the SDGs helps to increase their adoption. Given that the SDGs directly promote and advocate for quality education (United Nations, n.d.), more widespread support for their global adoption and implementation results in direct benefits for the education sector.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-tab kt-tab-inner-content kt-inner-tab-3 kt-inner-tab5983ba-5d\"><div class=\"kt-tab-inner-content-inner\">\n<p>The SDGs are seeing growing engagement among public, private, and community sectors in most countries and are increasingly becoming part of private and public strategies, actions, and development plans (SDSN, 2017). Thus, learning about and working with the SDGs equips educators to engage with current and future global issues in a meaningful, relevant, forward-thinking, and effective way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-tab kt-tab-inner-content kt-inner-tab-4 kt-inner-tab69f81c-6c\"><div class=\"kt-tab-inner-content-inner\">\n<p>Higher education institutions (HEIs) have a mandate to create and disseminate knowledge and occupy an influential position within society, which enables them to have a direct, powerful, far-reaching impact on advancing the SDGs (SDSN, 2017). Teaching &amp; learning is central to this. 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