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Resilience Begins with People: Building Inclusive Pathways for Disaster Risk Reduction

"Resilience from Within:" How Indigenous Communities in Uzbekistan Respond to Environmental Changes and Create Pathways to Sustainability

Laura Rosella named a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

Peter A. Newman named a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

Re-imagining the national interest: How Trump's climate policy has shifted the U.S. away from a path toward sustainability

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SDGs Scholars Academy

The SDGs Scholars Academy serves as a think tank bringing together leading researchers and encouraging them to pursue convergence research and knowledge mobilization to address issues that are crucial to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and informing future global goals.

Membership

The SDGs Scholars Academy will include distinguished fellows and fellows, who will be united by the breadth and depth of their expertise and interest in engaging in open and transparent dialogue about SDGs issues today and the future of the SDG, and who will engage affiliates interested in participating in SDGs Scholars Academy events. Distinguished fellows are selected based on […]

Research Themes

Four research themes have been identified that will be leveraged to create a research agenda to address complex intersecting problems reflected in the SDGs and inform future global goals. The SDGs@UofT research themes addresses multiple SDGs and illuminate ways in which they interact to prevent or enable sustainable development.

What's happening at SDGs@UofT

Resilience Begins with People: Building Inclusive Pathways for Disaster Risk Reduction

blog | October 16, 2025

Disasters don’t usually come out of nowhere. Here in Toronto, we’re seeing it more often. Frequent floods sweeping through neighborhoods and hazy skies thick with smoke are all signs of a changing climate. Around the world, countless communities are facing resilience challenges due to infrastructure needs which have long been ignored. And in too many […]

"Resilience from Within:" How Indigenous Communities in Uzbekistan Respond to Environmental Changes and Create Pathways to Sustainability

blog | September 23, 2025

In the drylands of Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, the shrinking of the Aral Sea has transformed landscapes, livelihoods, and food systems. Once a thriving fishery hub, Moynuk now faces ecological degradation and food insecurity. However, Indigenous communities living in and near Moynuk have developed their own climate adaptation strategies—often with minimal external support. This blog introduces how […]

Laura Rosella named a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

news | August 22, 2025

We want to congratulate SDGs@UofT 2025 Fellow Laura Rosella for her successful nomination to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences as a 2025 Fellow, one of the Academy's highest honours! Professor Rosella's research examining the linkages between health, social, environmental, and clinical data has generated new findings about health and well-being. Policymakers and health system […]

Peter A. Newman named a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

news | August 22, 2025

We want to congratulate SDGs@UofT Faculty Affiliate Peter A. Newman for his successful nomination to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences as a 2025 Fellow, one of the Academy's highest honours! Professor Newman has contributed a wealth of knowledge to the field of social work, primarily pertaining to his research's influences on the development and […]

Re-imagining the national interest: How Trump's climate policy has shifted the U.S. away from a path toward sustainability

blog | August 15, 2025

The Trump administration’s recent moves to dismantle core U.S. climate policies have signaled a fundamental redefinition of the “national interest.” In late July, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said they would revoke the 2009 “endangerment finding.” This finding allows the EPA to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The change will ultimately allow […]

Register Now: Hybrid Event on Publishing in Nature Journals - September 10

Events | September 10, 2025 3:30 pm

Join us for an insightful hybrid session, “Publishing in Nature Journals & Shaping the Future of Sustainability Research: Insights from Nature Sustainability.” This session is designed to provide researchers with an overview of publishing with Nature journals, along with opportunities to engage directly with senior editors. The event will include a presentation on Nature Sustainability’s publishing approach, […]

Healthcare without growth? The opportunities and the challenges of degrowth for health and healthcare.

Events | September 29, 2025 11:30 am

Global and national economic growth rates have been slowing for decades. Some embrace deliberate “degrowth” or “post-growth” economic strategies as an essential precondition for avoiding ecological and societal collapse; others see involuntary degrowth as an inevitable consequence of failing to remain within planetary boundaries. Reducing harmful overconsumption may offer profound opportunities to improve health; yet […]

Caring for the caregiver: An intersectional analysis of caregiver policies in Canada

Events | September 25, 2025 10:00 am

Please join us on September 25 from 10 – 11:30 am ET, Kayla Benjamin and Dr. Erica Di Ruggiero will co-present “Caring for the Caregiver: An intersectional analysis of caregiver policies in Canada.” This hybrid event is part of the Care Economies in Context Speaker Series. Register to attend in-person or via Zoom on CGSP's website. […]

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