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The Promise of Higher Education – Essays in honour of 70 years of IAU

The International Association of Universities has virtually launched the book “The Promise of Higher Education: Essays in Honour of 70 Years of IAU”. IAU SDG…

Statement of the UNESCO Chair on the discovery at the Kamloops Indian Residential School

In recent days, Canada has been shaken by a gruesome discovery. On the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, located on the Tk’emlúps…

UNESCO Chairs for Sustainable Futures Special Live Session at the UNESCO World Conference on ESD (17-19 May 2021)

Join us on ZOOM on Monday, May 17 at 5.30 pm CET / 11.30 am EST UNESCO Chairs Special Live Session: UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs promoting ESD…

Transformative education for the 21st century – transatlantic perspectives

York partners with the Ban Ki-Moon Centre and the Austrian Cultural Forum for an event on transformative education for the 21st Century: Quickly changing environments,…

UNESCO Chair crucial in starting a new UNITWIN global research network on teacher education

UNITWIN Network on Education for Sustainable Development and Societal Transformations (UNiESD&ST) Starting in March 2021 for an initial period of four years, this new UNITWIN…

Strengthening our partnership with the Foundation for Environmental Education

UNESCO Chair Associate Mark Terry’s ongoing research project, the Youth Climate Report (YCR), has been very successful in the first two months of 2021! Not…