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2020 VIU & the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Vancouver Island University & the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Prepared by: Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region Research Institute March 2020 Acknowledgements The Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region Research Institute (MABRRI) at Vancouver Island University (VIU) conducted all of the primary research and report writing for this project. This research has been conducted under the supervision and guidance of MABRRI Research Director, Dr. Pamela Shaw PhD MCIP RPP FRCGS, and was supported by Graham Sakaki MCP, MABRRI Research and Community Engagement Coordinator, and Larissa Thelin, former MABRRI Assistant Research and Community Engagement Coordinator. We would first like to thank Dr. Ralph Nilson, former President and Vice-Chancellor of VIU, for initiating the project and providing us with this opportunity, as well as his support throughout the process. We extend our gratification to the Office of the President and VIU’s new President and Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Deborah Saucier, for the continued support of this project. We would also like to thank both Robin McLay, Senior Advisor to the President, and Patrick Brennan, Special Advisor to the President, for their advice and support. We also wish to thank everyone who presented at our events: Mark Holland, Rebecca Mellett, Anastasia Lukyanova, Vivien Goss, Claudia Medina, Wendy Drummond, Emma Levez Larocque, Stuart Clark, Jack Anderson, and Mike Simpson. Finally, we would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all the faculty and staff of VIU that generously volunteered their time to meet with us and to provide valuable information for this study, for the faculty, staff, and students that attended community engagement events and provided recommendations for this report, and for the volunteers who helped to facilitate the events. A special thank you is extended to the Powell River campus and staff (Greg Cran, Michael Lait, Alison Taplay, Lynda Albury, Marla Morden, Chelsea Caul, and others) for their support and assistance in organizing and hosting the Rural Cafe on the Sustainable Development Goals. ii MABRRI Research Project Team Contributing Authors Courtney Vaugeois, Community Engagement Projects Coordinator Jenica Ng-Cornish, Research Assistant Molly Blower, Student Research Assistant Larissa Thelin, former Assistant Research & Community Engagement Coordinator Jessica Pyett, Projects Coordinator Kidston Short, former Senior Research Assistant Graham Sakaki, Research & Community Engagement Coordinator Additional Staff and Volunteers Involved The following lists other members of the MABRRI team and VIU volunteers that were involved in this project. They contributed by helping to facilitate meetings with faculty and staff and by assisting with the facilitation of the symposium hosted in October 2018 and the Accelerating the SDGs event in February 2020. Names are listed alphabetically by last name. Carson Anderson, former MABRRI Research Mandy Hobkirk, Coordinator of the Mount Assistant Arrowsmith Biosphere Region Alan Cavin, former MABRRI Research Assistant Lindsay Malbon, former MABRRI Research Assistant Janet Chen, VIU Student Volunteer Caelen Middleton, VIU Student Volunteer Cliff Feng, VIU Student Volunteer Aishwarya Pathania, VIU Student Volunteer Celina Fletcher, VIU Student Volunteer Chrissy Schellenberg, MABRRI Research Cassidy Funk, former MABRRI Research Assistant Assistant Ashley Van Acken, former Coordinator of the Kira Gill-Maher, VIU Student Volunteer Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region Samreet Grewal, VIU Student Volunteer Ariel Verhoeks, MABRRI GIS & Remote Sensing Kayla Harris, former MABRRI Research Assistant Specialist iii Table of Contents Acknowledgements ii MABRRI Research Project Team iii List of Figures & Tables v Acronyms vi Introduction 1 Vancouver Island University 1 The United Nations & the Sustainable Development Goals 1 Project Objectives 3 Methodology 3 Preliminary Measures 3 VIU Website Review 4 Meetings with VIU Faculty and Staff 4 Analysis of Other Initiatives 5 Community Engagement 5 Data Analysis 8 The Sustainable Development Goals & VIU 10 Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere 10 Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture 14 Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages 18 Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all 25 Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls 33 Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all 37 Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all 41 Goal 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all 45 Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation 49 Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries 55 Goal 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable 59 Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns 65 Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts 71 Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development 74 Goal 15: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss 78 Goal 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels 82 Goal 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development 86 Limitations 91 References 93 iv Appendix A: Data collection methodology for the review of the VIU website 137 Appendix B: Meetings with VIU faculty and staff 138 Appendix C: Example interview questions: Department of Global Studies 140 Appendix D: Compiled data for Goal 1: No poverty 142 Appendix E: Compiled data for Goal 2: Zero hunger 150 Appendix F: Compiled data for Goal 3: Good health and well-being 159 Appendix G: Compiled data for Goal 4: Quality education 177 Appendix H: Compiled data for Goal 5: Gender equality 197 Appendix I: Compiled data for Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation 207 Appendix J: Compiled data for Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy 214 Appendix K: Compiled data for Gaol 8: Decent work and economic growth 219 Appendix L: Compiled data for Goal 9: Industry, innovation, and infrastructure 231 Appendix M: Compiled data for Goal 10: Reduced inequalities 245 Appendix N: Compiled data for Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities 252 Appendix O: Compiled data for Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production 269 Appendix P: Compiled data for Goal 13: Climate action 283 Appendix Q: Compiled data for Goal 14: Life below water 289 Appendix R: Compiled data for Goal 15: Life on land 297 Appendix S: Compiled data for Goal 16: Peace, justice, and strong institutions 307 Appendix T: Compiled data for Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals 319 Appendix U: Completed SDG ratings from Accelerating the SDGs 338 List of Figures & Tables Figure 1: The 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2 Figure 2: An example of the posters presented at the UN SDGs & VIU Symposium: 6 Table 1 (Goals 1 & 2) Figure 3: SDG Wheel Activity 8 Figure 4: Action Item handout 9 Table 1: Demographic statistics for Vancouver Island University for the academic 25 year of 2016/17 v Acronyms ACER – Awareness of Climate Change through HRRWO – Human Rights and Respectful Education and Research Workplace Office AERL – Applied Environmental Research ICSS – International Centre for Sturgeon Studies Laboratories ISE – Institute for Sustainable Energy AIFY – All in for Youth IT – Information Technology BCCIC – British Columbia Council for KNP – Kisii National Polytechnic International Cooperation LEED – Leadership in Energy and Environmental BCGEU – British Columbia Government and Design Service Employees’ Union MABRRI – Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region BRiCC – Building Resilience in Coastal Research Institute Communities MASLM – Master of Arts in Sustainable Leisure CBAIR – Community Based Applied Management Interdisciplinary Research MBA – Master of Business Administration CIEL – Centre for Innovation & Excellence in Learning MCP – Master of Community Planning CIHR – Canadian Institutes of Health and MDGs – Millennium Development Goals Research MPS – Managed Print Services CIMS – Cleaning Industry Management Standard NSERC – National Sciences and Engineering Research Council CLB – Canada Learning Bond OpenROV – Underwater Remotely Operated CSTADS – Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol, Vehicle and Drugs Survey RDN – Regional District of Nanaimo CUAC – Cascadia Urban Analytics Cooperative RIF – Regional Initiatives Fund CUP – Community-University Partnership RMOT – Resource Management Officer ECEC - Early Childhood Education and Care Technology FFE- Families First Edmonton SARA – Species at Risk Act FIRE – Northern Feminist Institute for Research SDGs – Sustainable Development Goals and Evaluation SFU – Simon Fraser University GCC – Green Chemistry Commitment SHAPE – Sport Health and Physical Education GLORIA – Global Observational Research Initiative in Alpine Environments SRCA – Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity vi SSHRC – Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council TRU – Thompson Rivers University VIU
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