SDGs@UofT
Catalyzing transformative research that advances the Sustainable Development Goals globally.
We’re pleased to announce that on June 27, University of Toronto’s Executive Council has approved a new extra-departmental unit (EDU:C). The institutes for Resilient and Inclusive Societies and Ecosystems (iRISE) is a tri-campus unit that will be hosted at U of T Scarborough.
SDGs@UofT — version 1, summer 2023
SDGs Transdisciplinary Knowledge Co-Production – Session 4
Event Details 📅 January 23, 2026 📍 University of Toronto, St. George Campus, OI 2295, O.I.S.E🕒 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM About the SDGs-TKC CoP The Sustainable Development Goals Transdisciplinary Knowledge Community of Practice (SDGs-TKC CoP) is hosting its next session on January 23, 2026, at the University of Toronto. Delivered in partnership with the President’s Advisory Committee on the […]
Call for Submissions: January 2026 SDGs Student Publication
Call for Submissions: January 2026 SDGs Student Publication Theme: Education & Clean Energy SDG 4 • Quality Education | SDG 7 • Affordable & Clean Energy We are pleased to invite submissions for the January 2026 edition of the SDGs@UofT Monthly Publication. Each issue highlights a pair of Sustainable Development Goals through interdisciplinary, justice-focused, and student-driven perspectives. […]
Why Sanitation Matters for Education
No school can succeed without access to clean water When we talk about education, we usually think about teachers, books, and classrooms. But what about toilets? Or clean drinking water? As strange as it might sound, sanitation plays a huge role in whether students can actually learn. That’s where Sustainable Development Goal 4 comes in. SDG 4 (Quality […]
Student Mobility Training Program
Partnered with Mitacs’ Globalink Research Award Program Overview The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Student Mobility Training Program aims to support top graduate students to conduct interdisciplinary research that advances knowledge and action on the United Nations’ 17 SDGs. The program seeks to provide opportunities for graduate students to work on research projects outside of their home discipline. Graduate students (master’s and PhD students) will work under the supervision of faculty fellows and affiliates with the SDGs@UofT at institutions around the world. […]
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.
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Call for Applications: 2025-2026 SDGs@UofT Student Advisory Committee
The Student Advisory Committee has been created to lead tri-campus student engagement, emphasizing diversity in SDG initiatives, promoting an inclusive strategy, contributing to communication planning for a global trainee community, and playing a key role in mobilizing knowledge through peer interaction.
Learn more about the Call for Applications: 2023-2024 SDGs@UofT Student Advisory Committee
Call for Applications: 2025-2026 SDGs@UofT Student Advisory Committee
The Student Advisory Committee has been created to lead tri-campus student engagement, emphasizing diversity in SDG initiatives, promoting an inclusive strategy, contributing to communication planning for a global trainee community, and playing a key role in mobilizing knowledge through peer interaction.
Learn more about the Call for Applications: 2023-2024 SDGs@UofT Student Advisory Committee
SDGs@UofT Catalyst and Synthesis Grants Call for Proposals
The Catalyst and Synthesis funding will prioritize research projects that emphasize the intersections of the SDGs and address sustainable development challenges in an integrated and intersectional way.
Learn more about the SDGs@UofT Catalyst and Synthesis Grants Call for Proposals
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.
Learn more about our three research themes
