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🍎 Happy World Teachers’ Day!
This year marks 60 years since the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation on the Status of Teachers. “Standing with teachers” means valuing their expertise, strengthening their professional voice, ensuring they have the support & conditions to shape the futures of education. 🌍📚
This year marks 60 years since the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation on the Status of Teachers. “Standing with teachers” means valuing their expertise, strengthening their professional voice, ensuring they have the support & conditions to shape the futures of education. 🌍📚
October 5, 2026 at 1:27 PM
🍎 Happy World Teachers’ Day!
This year marks 60 years since the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation on the Status of Teachers. “Standing with teachers” means valuing their expertise, strengthening their professional voice, ensuring they have the support & conditions to shape the futures of education. 🌍📚
This year marks 60 years since the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation on the Status of Teachers. “Standing with teachers” means valuing their expertise, strengthening their professional voice, ensuring they have the support & conditions to shape the futures of education. 🌍📚
💚 🍂 Our October York University UNESCO Chair Newsletter is out!
🌍📚as always, there are plenty of upcoming conferences, webinars, publications and opportunities to connect and get involved.
👉 www.yorku.ca/unescochair/...
🌍📚as always, there are plenty of upcoming conferences, webinars, publications and opportunities to connect and get involved.
👉 www.yorku.ca/unescochair/...
October 1, 2026 at 11:17 AM
💚 🍂 Our October York University UNESCO Chair Newsletter is out!
🌍📚as always, there are plenty of upcoming conferences, webinars, publications and opportunities to connect and get involved.
👉 www.yorku.ca/unescochair/...
🌍📚as always, there are plenty of upcoming conferences, webinars, publications and opportunities to connect and get involved.
👉 www.yorku.ca/unescochair/...
🟧📙🧡 Today, on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada 🇨🇦, we honour Survivors, remember the children who never returned home, and recognize the lasting impacts of residential schools. Reconciliation asks us to listen, learn, reflect and act, today and throughout the year.
September 30, 2026 at 11:24 AM
🟧📙🧡 Today, on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada 🇨🇦, we honour Survivors, remember the children who never returned home, and recognize the lasting impacts of residential schools. Reconciliation asks us to listen, learn, reflect and act, today and throughout the year.
🌍 A new NORRAG blog by Katrin Kohl and Julia Heiss explores what ESD should retain, rethink and newly embrace beyond 2030. Drawing on recent foresight work, the blog reflects on the future direction of ESD.
👉 Read the blog on NORRAG:
www.norrageducation.org/what-should-...
👉 Read the blog on NORRAG:
www.norrageducation.org/what-should-...
September 24, 2026 at 12:55 PM
🌍 A new NORRAG blog by Katrin Kohl and Julia Heiss explores what ESD should retain, rethink and newly embrace beyond 2030. Drawing on recent foresight work, the blog reflects on the future direction of ESD.
👉 Read the blog on NORRAG:
www.norrageducation.org/what-should-...
👉 Read the blog on NORRAG:
www.norrageducation.org/what-should-...
🕊️🌍💙 Peace starts with what we do, every day. Today, for the International Day of Peace, pick one small action and make it count ✨🤝🌱
The United Nations shares 10 simple ways to help build a more peaceful world:
👉 www.un.org/en/actnow/te...
Which one will you choose today? 💬🕊️
The United Nations shares 10 simple ways to help build a more peaceful world:
👉 www.un.org/en/actnow/te...
Which one will you choose today? 💬🕊️
September 21, 2026 at 5:38 PM
🕊️🌍💙 Peace starts with what we do, every day. Today, for the International Day of Peace, pick one small action and make it count ✨🤝🌱
The United Nations shares 10 simple ways to help build a more peaceful world:
👉 www.un.org/en/actnow/te...
Which one will you choose today? 💬🕊️
The United Nations shares 10 simple ways to help build a more peaceful world:
👉 www.un.org/en/actnow/te...
Which one will you choose today? 💬🕊️
Young people need opportunities to shape the future of AI, not simply adapt to it: Charles Hopkins joined the launch of the Erindale Youth AI Innovation Incubator. Thank you to The Erindale Academy for creating a space where young people can turn ideas into real-world projects and contributions.🌱
September 20, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Young people need opportunities to shape the future of AI, not simply adapt to it: Charles Hopkins joined the launch of the Erindale Youth AI Innovation Incubator. Thank you to The Erindale Academy for creating a space where young people can turn ideas into real-world projects and contributions.🌱
What does #ESD look like when it moves from commitment into practice? 🌍
This short UNESCO video introduces the new guidance tools and the work behind them.
🎥 Watch:
youtu.be/NNFxsGTzUfc
This short UNESCO video introduces the new guidance tools and the work behind them.
🎥 Watch:
youtu.be/NNFxsGTzUfc
September 17, 2026 at 3:39 PM
What does #ESD look like when it moves from commitment into practice? 🌍
This short UNESCO video introduces the new guidance tools and the work behind them.
🎥 Watch:
youtu.be/NNFxsGTzUfc
This short UNESCO video introduces the new guidance tools and the work behind them.
🎥 Watch:
youtu.be/NNFxsGTzUfc
🌍 Three new UNESCO guidance tools for Education for Sustainable Development are now available. Now comes the next step: putting the guidance into practice. 🌱
🔗 Explore the project and all three tools:
www.unesco.org/en/sustainab...
🔗 Explore the project and all three tools:
www.unesco.org/en/sustainab...
September 17, 2026 at 3:36 PM
🌍 Three new UNESCO guidance tools for Education for Sustainable Development are now available. Now comes the next step: putting the guidance into practice. 🌱
🔗 Explore the project and all three tools:
www.unesco.org/en/sustainab...
🔗 Explore the project and all three tools:
www.unesco.org/en/sustainab...
🌍 New ESD guidance launches 17 September!
We are pleased to see Driving sustainability in education through a whole-institution approach.
📘 Based on action research with 41 institutions in 10 countries.
👉 Join the UNESCO launch: www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
We are pleased to see Driving sustainability in education through a whole-institution approach.
📘 Based on action research with 41 institutions in 10 countries.
👉 Join the UNESCO launch: www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
September 14, 2026 at 10:57 AM
🌍 New ESD guidance launches 17 September!
We are pleased to see Driving sustainability in education through a whole-institution approach.
📘 Based on action research with 41 institutions in 10 countries.
👉 Join the UNESCO launch: www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
We are pleased to see Driving sustainability in education through a whole-institution approach.
📘 Based on action research with 41 institutions in 10 countries.
👉 Join the UNESCO launch: www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
💚 Two intensive and inspiring days in Munich with a remarkable & fun 😊 group of global experts contributing their knowledge, experience, and ideas to the emerging vision for Education for Sustainable Development beyond 2030.
🌍 Thank you so much for the collective thinking behind this process. 💚
🌍 Thank you so much for the collective thinking behind this process. 💚
September 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
💚 Two intensive and inspiring days in Munich with a remarkable & fun 😊 group of global experts contributing their knowledge, experience, and ideas to the emerging vision for Education for Sustainable Development beyond 2030.
🌍 Thank you so much for the collective thinking behind this process. 💚
🌍 Thank you so much for the collective thinking behind this process. 💚
💚 The September York University UNESCO Chair Newsletter is available online and was sent out to your inbox.
👉 Read more: www.yorku.ca/unescochair/...
👉 Read more: www.yorku.ca/unescochair/...
September 1, 2026 at 5:08 AM
💚 The September York University UNESCO Chair Newsletter is available online and was sent out to your inbox.
👉 Read more: www.yorku.ca/unescochair/...
👉 Read more: www.yorku.ca/unescochair/...
How can education systems better respond to today’s sustainability challenges? Discover answers at the launch of the Transforming futures: Enhancing practice for ESD for 2030 through action research publications on 17 September 2026, 13:00–14:30 CET.
Register now: www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
Register now: www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
August 24, 2026 at 2:15 PM
How can education systems better respond to today’s sustainability challenges? Discover answers at the launch of the Transforming futures: Enhancing practice for ESD for 2030 through action research publications on 17 September 2026, 13:00–14:30 CET.
Register now: www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
Register now: www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
A pleasure to return to the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), for "Research Opportunities in Sustainability-Led Community Engagement".
Thank you to IIUM's Sejahtera Centre for Sustainability and Humanity and all participants for the engaging discussion.
Thank you to IIUM's Sejahtera Centre for Sustainability and Humanity and all participants for the engaging discussion.
June 17, 2026 at 12:14 AM
A pleasure to return to the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), for "Research Opportunities in Sustainability-Led Community Engagement".
Thank you to IIUM's Sejahtera Centre for Sustainability and Humanity and all participants for the engaging discussion.
Thank you to IIUM's Sejahtera Centre for Sustainability and Humanity and all participants for the engaging discussion.
Ahead of the @timeshighered.bsky.social #GSDCongress in Jakarta, Charles and Katrin were pleased to meet colleagues at USM and UPSI in Malaysia.
Encouraging conversations on sustainability, teacher education, community engagement, and higher education grounded in local values and contexts. 🌏📚✨
Encouraging conversations on sustainability, teacher education, community engagement, and higher education grounded in local values and contexts. 🌏📚✨
June 14, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Ahead of the @timeshighered.bsky.social #GSDCongress in Jakarta, Charles and Katrin were pleased to meet colleagues at USM and UPSI in Malaysia.
Encouraging conversations on sustainability, teacher education, community engagement, and higher education grounded in local values and contexts. 🌏📚✨
Encouraging conversations on sustainability, teacher education, community engagement, and higher education grounded in local values and contexts. 🌏📚✨
What does sustainability mean for my future?
Yesterday, Charles Hopkins, C.M. and Katrin Kohl had the pleasure of spending time with students and teachers at Tenby International School.
The day continued at the University of Nottingham Malaysia. A huge thanks to Subarna Sivapalan!
Yesterday, Charles Hopkins, C.M. and Katrin Kohl had the pleasure of spending time with students and teachers at Tenby International School.
The day continued at the University of Nottingham Malaysia. A huge thanks to Subarna Sivapalan!
June 11, 2026 at 2:48 AM
What does sustainability mean for my future?
Yesterday, Charles Hopkins, C.M. and Katrin Kohl had the pleasure of spending time with students and teachers at Tenby International School.
The day continued at the University of Nottingham Malaysia. A huge thanks to Subarna Sivapalan!
Yesterday, Charles Hopkins, C.M. and Katrin Kohl had the pleasure of spending time with students and teachers at Tenby International School.
The day continued at the University of Nottingham Malaysia. A huge thanks to Subarna Sivapalan!
A wonderful student sharing session today at the International Islamic University Malaysia on moving from values to action. This means asking how education can help us act with knowledge, care, and responsibility to make a difference. Looking forward to the Usrah in Action Symposium on Friday.
June 9, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A wonderful student sharing session today at the International Islamic University Malaysia on moving from values to action. This means asking how education can help us act with knowledge, care, and responsibility to make a difference. Looking forward to the Usrah in Action Symposium on Friday.
🌿 Happy World Environment Day!
Caring for the planet begins with learning: learning to notice, to ask better questions, to listen to different voices, and to act with care. Education helps us turn concern into action and hope into shared responsibility. 🌎💚
Caring for the planet begins with learning: learning to notice, to ask better questions, to listen to different voices, and to act with care. Education helps us turn concern into action and hope into shared responsibility. 🌎💚
June 5, 2026 at 10:27 AM
🌿 Happy World Environment Day!
Caring for the planet begins with learning: learning to notice, to ask better questions, to listen to different voices, and to act with care. Education helps us turn concern into action and hope into shared responsibility. 🌎💚
Caring for the planet begins with learning: learning to notice, to ask better questions, to listen to different voices, and to act with care. Education helps us turn concern into action and hope into shared responsibility. 🌎💚
📬 The York University UNESCO Chair newsletter for June 2026 is now available!
🌍 Explore the latest developments in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), quality education, and international collaboration.
👉 Read the newsletter: www.yorku.ca/unescochair/...
🌍 Explore the latest developments in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), quality education, and international collaboration.
👉 Read the newsletter: www.yorku.ca/unescochair/...
June 1, 2026 at 10:55 AM
📬 The York University UNESCO Chair newsletter for June 2026 is now available!
🌍 Explore the latest developments in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), quality education, and international collaboration.
👉 Read the newsletter: www.yorku.ca/unescochair/...
🌍 Explore the latest developments in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), quality education, and international collaboration.
👉 Read the newsletter: www.yorku.ca/unescochair/...
Congratulations to Paul Pu and Jim Slotta on the launch of AI Era: Redefining Teaching and Learning. An important contribution to the conversation on education, purpose, and learning in an age of AI. We are proud to have contributed the foreword. 📚
May 29, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Congratulations to Paul Pu and Jim Slotta on the launch of AI Era: Redefining Teaching and Learning. An important contribution to the conversation on education, purpose, and learning in an age of AI. We are proud to have contributed the foreword. 📚
The York UNESCO Chair Newsletter May 2026 is out 📩
From post-2030 education discussions & greening education initiatives, new publications and opportunities, the newsletter offers insights of where ESD is heading.
Read the latest from York's UNESCO Chair 🌍
👉 www.yorku.ca/unescochair/...
From post-2030 education discussions & greening education initiatives, new publications and opportunities, the newsletter offers insights of where ESD is heading.
Read the latest from York's UNESCO Chair 🌍
👉 www.yorku.ca/unescochair/...
May 4, 2026 at 10:40 AM
The York UNESCO Chair Newsletter May 2026 is out 📩
From post-2030 education discussions & greening education initiatives, new publications and opportunities, the newsletter offers insights of where ESD is heading.
Read the latest from York's UNESCO Chair 🌍
👉 www.yorku.ca/unescochair/...
From post-2030 education discussions & greening education initiatives, new publications and opportunities, the newsletter offers insights of where ESD is heading.
Read the latest from York's UNESCO Chair 🌍
👉 www.yorku.ca/unescochair/...
Two strong days at the IAU HESD Cluster in Tunis: higher education is not only implementing the SDGs, it is shaping what comes next. Universities are societal actors, connecting knowledge, research, & community engagement, with an important role for the post-2030 agenda for sustainable futures.
April 25, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Two strong days at the IAU HESD Cluster in Tunis: higher education is not only implementing the SDGs, it is shaping what comes next. Universities are societal actors, connecting knowledge, research, & community engagement, with an important role for the post-2030 agenda for sustainable futures.
Happy Earth Day 2026 🌍✨ Our Power, Our Planet™ 💚
Every action counts, from classrooms to communities, we shape a more sustainable future together 🌱
Every action counts, from classrooms to communities, we shape a more sustainable future together 🌱
April 22, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Happy Earth Day 2026 🌍✨ Our Power, Our Planet™ 💚
Every action counts, from classrooms to communities, we shape a more sustainable future together 🌱
Every action counts, from classrooms to communities, we shape a more sustainable future together 🌱
Opening panel at the International Association of Universities HESD Cluster Workshop 2026 in Carthage (Tunisia) on Institutional Leadership and the SDGs.
#HigherEducation #ESDfor2030 #SDGs #IAU #SDGs #SustainableDevelopment #Sustainability4Ed
#HigherEducation #ESDfor2030 #SDGs #IAU #SDGs #SustainableDevelopment #Sustainability4Ed
April 21, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Opening panel at the International Association of Universities HESD Cluster Workshop 2026 in Carthage (Tunisia) on Institutional Leadership and the SDGs.
#HigherEducation #ESDfor2030 #SDGs #IAU #SDGs #SustainableDevelopment #Sustainability4Ed
#HigherEducation #ESDfor2030 #SDGs #IAU #SDGs #SustainableDevelopment #Sustainability4Ed
The April 2026 Newsletter from the York University UNESCO Chair is out now 🌍📩
Explore this month’s highlights and ongoing work advancing Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) 📚 🌳 🌏
❤️ Thank you for your interest!
👉 www.yorku.ca/unescochair/...
Explore this month’s highlights and ongoing work advancing Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) 📚 🌳 🌏
❤️ Thank you for your interest!
👉 www.yorku.ca/unescochair/...
April 7, 2026 at 9:27 AM
The April 2026 Newsletter from the York University UNESCO Chair is out now 🌍📩
Explore this month’s highlights and ongoing work advancing Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) 📚 🌳 🌏
❤️ Thank you for your interest!
👉 www.yorku.ca/unescochair/...
Explore this month’s highlights and ongoing work advancing Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) 📚 🌳 🌏
❤️ Thank you for your interest!
👉 www.yorku.ca/unescochair/...
Celebrating Easter with a sense of lightness and new beginnings 🌼🐣 A moment to slow down, enjoy the spring air, and appreciate the small things that bring joy 🌿✨
Wishing everyone days filled with warmth, laughter, and a little bit of chocolate 🍫🐰
Wishing everyone days filled with warmth, laughter, and a little bit of chocolate 🍫🐰
April 3, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Celebrating Easter with a sense of lightness and new beginnings 🌼🐣 A moment to slow down, enjoy the spring air, and appreciate the small things that bring joy 🌿✨
Wishing everyone days filled with warmth, laughter, and a little bit of chocolate 🍫🐰
Wishing everyone days filled with warmth, laughter, and a little bit of chocolate 🍫🐰