*The Politics and Governance Students' Association (POGSA) of Ryerson
University*
*in collaboration with Academics Stand Against Poverty*
*Presents*
*A Special Pre-Event for Ryerson Social Justice Week*
"Sustainability," defined by social, economic as well as environmental dimensions is emerging as the centrepiece of the new global agreement that will replace the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) when they expire in 2015. In contrast to the MDGs, which focused on poverty reduction in developing countries, the post-2015 framework, with a new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at its core, will theoretically be applicable to all countries.
Does the emerging post-2015 global framework accurately identify the multiple challenges of sustainability? How do the deepening inequalities at every level — local, national, global — affect our quest for "sustainability"? What forms of limits to corporate power are necessary to ensure sustainable production and consumption? How do we counter the false choice between sustainability and job creation that is presented by businesses and governments alike? And most important, how can citizens own these processes of transformative change?
Our workshop seeks to inform and engage Canadians, particularly students, with this rapidly intensifying post-2015 debate. We hope to do so by thinking critically about what attaining sustainability means to us – from the global to the local; from the social to the environmental; from the promise of innovation to concerns about limiting consumption.
Stephen Lewis, Distinguished Visiting Professor Ryerson University and former UN Special Envoy for HIV-AIDS in Africa, will deliver the keynote address for the workshop at 5:00pm.
*The workshop is free and open to all. To help us determine numbers for refreshments, however, we ask that you register for the event **here*
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1QP9EHcbmBo1Y0vKZ041oFeCHu-YsZhvex67OxmuDNVI/viewform?usp=send_form>
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