The Manitoba Council for International Cooperation (MCIC) is in Steinbach today for its annual conference – Generating Momentum for Our World: The Sustainable Development Goals. Students from Niverville Collegiate, Clearspring Middle School and Blumenort School will attend the one-day conference at the Steinbach Cultural Arts Centre to learn about issues around the global sustainable development goals.
Students will explore the five P’s of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnership – through learning how their actions here can be felt around the world. They will discover how the term ‘sustainability’ is not exclusive to environmental issues, but to social and economic issues as well. Through a series of simulation games, circuit sessions and workshops, students will learn answers to important questions such as: How will our lives be different in the future? What can we do to take action for a more sustainable future?
The morning session will include an opening plenary, public speaking, and peer-to-peer skill development. In the afternoon, students will participate in creative workshops and a session on how to take action.
“It’s exciting to focus on the Sustainable Development Goals as they were passed by the United Nations in September and went into effect January 1st,” says Janice Hamilton, Executive Director of MCIC. “We are eager for students to learn more about the SDGs because this generation will play an important role to help make a difference in the future.”
The Steinbach conference is the second in a series of five that are being held throughout Manitoba this school year. The Generating Momentum conferences are made possible through financial support MCIC receives from the Government of Canada provided through Global Affairs Canada.
