Monday, March 6

11:00am-12:00pm

Zoom Virtual Event

In this 1-hour panel (available in-person and online), the new USask Sustainability Faculty Fellows will discuss embedding learning for sustainability in their courses and how connecting to the SDGs can impact teaching.

This initiative is led out of the Provost's office with Fellows receiving support from the Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning.

Presented by the Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching & Learning

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Tuesday, March 7

11:00am-12:00pm

Virtual Event

In an ever-changing world with increasingly complex challenges, the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) require rethinking norms and imagining innovative solutions. Post-secondary institutions play an important role in building capacity among learners to address this work.

With a desire to create learning experiences that are meaningful, creative and transformative, educators have to reflect on how traditional teaching methods can be improved through innovation in the classroom.

Explore strategies and methods for teaching about the SDGs to improve learning outcomes in universities and colleges across Canada.

Presented by SDSN Canada

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Tuesday, March 7

2:30pm-3:30pm

Virtual Event

Don’t miss the chance to discover the work being led on the SDGs by a few of the partners funded by the Employment and Social Development Canada SDG program, particularly those supporting youth or community initiatives.  

During this special SDG Week roundtable with Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Karina Gould, we’ll discuss challenges faced by youth and communities, opportunities to advance the SDGs, and how we can work together to accelerate progress on the 2030 Agenda.

Presented by Colleges & Institutes Canada

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Wednesday, March 8

1:00pm-2:00pm

Zoom Virtual Event

While there is no mention of open educational practices in the strategic priorities at the University of Saskatchewan, OER and other open practices are seen as valuable methods of advancing those priorities. This panel will include two faculty members and an educational developer sharing open educational practices that are being used and can be used moving forward to advance Indigenization, sustainability, and equity, diversity, & inclusion (EDI).

Presented by the Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching & Learning

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Wednesday, March 8

4:00pm-5:00pm

Zoom Virtual Event

Join us for this virtual event featuring women in STEMM (Science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine) from the University of Tasmania. In collaboration with the University of Saskatchewan, these accomplished women will reflect upon the impact of openly sharing research and resources, aligning research with the SDGs, and why inclusion in STEMM matters.

Presented by the Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching & Learning

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Thursday, March 9

4:00pm-5:00pm

Zoom

Open Educational Resources are key for a sustainable, equitable, and inclusive learning environment.  Educational practices that are learner-centred, and give students agency for their learning by creating and sharing knowledge, can have a lasting impact.  In this panel presentation you will hear from three USask instructors who have engaged students as co-creators and collaborators in the development of OER.

Presented by the USask Library

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Monday, March 6

1:30pm-2:30pm

Zoom Virtual Event

This session will introduce participants to the various aspects of open educational practices (OEP), including open educational resources (OER) and open pedagogy. Participants will also learn how to start engaging in OEP at USask.

Presented by the Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching & Learning

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Tuesday, March 7

1:30pm-2:30pm

Zoom Virtual Event

Pressbooks is online software for creating books, including open educational resources (OER). It enables authors and publishers to design, format, and share their books in several ways, including in web-based and digital/ebook formats or as print-ready PDFs. Pressbooks is used by independent authors and educational institutions around the world.

In this hands-on webinar, you will learn how to use Pressbooks to start to create, build, and adapt online books and open educational resources on the USask Open Press network (https://openpress.usask.ca/). We will cover the basics of creating your book structure, inputting and formatting content, and briefly look at some ways you can enhance your book with embedded media and interactive learning objects (H5P).

Participants who do not already have a USask Pressbooks account and who wish to join in on some hands-on activities should email Julie Maier (julie.maier@usask.ca) with their NSID before the session; Julie will generate a new Pressbooks user account for you and a “sandbox” book that you can explore during the session and continue building with later.

Presented by the Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching & Learning

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Tuesday, March 7

4:15pm-5:30pm

Arts 241

David Morley is the President and CEO of UNICEF Canada. He is an internationally recognized expert on international development, humanitarian response, and child well-being. From the narrow alleys in Brazilian favelas to behind rebel lines in the Republic of Congo and into the corridors of power in Ottawa, David has spent his entire career working for the rights of children.

A Member of the Order of Canada, which recognizes a lifetime of outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation, David has dedicated his career to improving the lives of children and communities in Canada and around the world. He has also led Save the Children Canada, been the head of Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) Canada, and has written two books, both of which were Canadian bestsellers. He is Co-Chair of the Stephen Lewis Foundation and on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Network for Women and Children’s Health.

David is married to Elizabeth, an internationally recognized early childhood educator. They have two sons and five grandchildren. As often as possible, David loves to play hockey.

Presented by the Department of Political Studies and the USask Office of Sustainability

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Thursday, March 9

1:30pm-2:30pm

Zoom Virtual Event

Learn how to share and discover OER in the new Open Educational Resources Community in HARVEST, USask’s repository for research, scholarly, and artistic work. This community has been created to house OER other than textbooks, such as handouts, posters, assessment, slides and other resources. Depositing in HARVEST ensures that OER are hosted at a stable address, easy to find and share, and available long-term.

Presented by the Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching & Learning

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Thursday, March 9th

3:00pm-4:00pm

Arts 210

Ahead of Its Time: How Meewasin has been Leading Sustainability for Over 40 Years

In 1979 the Meewasin Valley Authority was created as a forward thinking partnership between the Government of Saskatchewan, City of Saskatoon and University of Saskatchewan to balance human use and conservation. Today Meewasin is leading urban conservation in Canada and is a world-leader for its sustainable governance model that support healthy people and a healthy planet. Guided by a 100-year plan with a mandate to conserve, develop and educate in the river valley, the scope of Meewasin’s work is expansive.

This presentation will move through a short history of Meewasin, how our work supports many SDG and other global goals and how partnerships are essential to moving us forward into a more sustainable world.

Presented by the Meewasin Valley Authority

Friday, March 10

12:30pm-4:00pm

Murray Library 145 (CLL) Collaborative Learning Lab 

Presented by the Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching & Learning and the Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation (SCIC)

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Monday, March 6

2:30pm-4:00pm

MURRAY GMCTL 50.12

Join this session to learn more about USask's Experiential Learning Framework and begin developing an idea to incorporate experiential learning into one of your courses.

Presented by the Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching & Learning

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Friday, March 10

1:00pm-2:00pm

Roy Romanow Student Council Chamber - Place Riel

Join Meg Dorwart (Saskatchewan Waste Reduction Council, Library of Things YXE, @fckwaste) as she talks about her own personal journey towards zero-waste. This close and casual workshop will help you determine where you have the best opportunities to reduce waste in your own life and move as close as you want to get towards zero-waste entirely.

Presented by Meg Dorwart (Saskatchewan Waste Reduction Council, Library of Things YXE, @fckwaste)

Wednesday, March 8/Thursday, March 9

10:00am-3:00pm

WCVM/Place Riel

Jointly-hosted by the WCVM Students Association and the USSU, this clothing swap is the perfect place to donate your old, unwanted clothes and trade them in for something new (or new to you, anyway). The swap will be hosted in WCVM on Wednesday, March 8 and move to the Place Riel North Concourse on Thursday.

Presented by the Western College of Veterinary Medicine Students' Association & USSU