Healthy Cities in the SDG Era
Episodes
21 episodes
20. The Finale
In this final episode, we will look at the intersection between SDG 3: Good Health and Wellbeing and SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. The focus of SDG 11 is to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilien...
19. Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy focuses on ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy.Marina Freire-Gormaly, Ph.D., EIT, LEED GA is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the
18. Life Below Water
SDG 14: Life Below Water focuses on conserving and sustainably using the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development. Hiliary Monteith is a doctoral candidate in the Departme...
17. Partnerships for the Goals
Sustainable Development Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals focuses on strengthening the means of implementation and revitalizing the global partnership for sustainable development.
16. Responsible Consumption and Production
Sustainable Development Goal: 12 Responsible Consumption and Production focuses on ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns. Quinn Grundy is a registered nurse and an Assistant Professor with the
15. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Sustainable Development Goal 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions focuses on promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, providing access to justice for all and building effective, accountable, and inclusive i...
14. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Sustainable Development Goal : 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure focuses on building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization and fostering innovation.
13. Decent Work and Economic Growth
Sustainable Development Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, focuses on promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
12. Clean Water and Sanitation
Sustainable Development Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, focuses on ensuring access to water and sanitation for all.Professor David Meyer complet...
11. Life on Land
SDG 15: Life on Land, focuses on sustainable management of forests, combatting desertification, halting and reversing land degradation, and halting biodiversity loss. In this episode, Ophelia Michaelides speaks to two researchers th...
10. Climate Action
Sustainable Development Goal 13: Climate Action, focuses on taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.Dr. Paula Braitstein is an epide...
9. Quality Education
SDG 4: Quality Education, focuses on ensuring inclusive and equitable education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all.Content warning for listeners: This episode contains discussions on residential schools in the followin...
8. No Poverty
Sustainable Development Goal 1: No Poverty, focuses on ending poverty, in all of its forms, everywhere.Lincoln Lau, currently based in Manila, Philippines re...
7. Zero Hunger
Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger aims to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture. In this episode of Healthy Cities in the SDG Era, Dr. Erica Di Ruggiero will speak with t...
6. Global Health Diplomacy
This episode of Healthy Cities in the SDG Era takes a different approach in thinking about the Sustainable Development Goals, by zooming out from a focus on specific SDGs, to talking about global health diplomacy, a process which is linked to m...
5. Gender Equality
Sustainable Development Goal 5: Gender Equality, aims to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. Its targets encompass ending all forms of discrimination against women and girls everywhere; eliminating violence against women an...
4. Reduced Inequalities
SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities, focuses on reducing inequality within and among countries. There is a stark wealth gap between the richest and poorest in Canada. According to a
3. Sustainable Cities and Communities
Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, focuses on making cities and settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. This is significant, as currently half of the global population, or 3.5 billion people, li...
2. Good Health and Wellbeing
Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, holds as its objective, ensuring healthy lives and promoting wellbeing for all at all ages. Its targets encompass a broad range of areas, from improving maternal and child health outco...
1. What are the SDGs, and why is a Canadian university talking about them?
In September 2015, Canada and 192 other countries adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a global framework that is described as a “shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet.” In the first epi...