WHY UNIVERSITIES AND THE SDGS?
Universities are well positioned to address the global goals in four main areas: Teaching and learning, research, governance, and public engagement.
These four areas are sub-categories of our overarching purpose, which is ultimately to serve society. At McMaster, the development goals drive the work we do, in our service to society and in our contributions to building a better world.
The global goals provide a framework for higher education institutions. They are lofty goals, but as higher education institutions we have an obligation to do our part in achieving them
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY IMPACT RANKINGS
Introduced in 2019, the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings are the only global performance tables that assess universities against the UN’s SDGs.
McMaster has been recognized for its commitment to the development goals and performed well across key SDG categories, including good health and well-being and decent work and economic growth, placing first among Canadian universities in both.
GOVERNMENT FUNDING
This website has been funded in part by the Government of Canada’s Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC): Sustainable Development Goals Funding Program.
In March 2020, McMaster University’s Associate Vice-President of Global Health, Andrea Baumann, and her team in the Global Health Office, received a grant from the Government of Canada for a project focused on McMaster’s contributions to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Baumann is Principal Investigator of the project and Ruth Adair is Co-Principal Investigator.
Titled ‘Sharing sustainability: A how-to for higher education’, the project aims to highlight McMaster’s deep commitment to the 17 development goals by showcasing SDG-targeted research and initiatives across the university.