SustainableCities
Global Leadership: Sustainable Cities
Explore UN SDG 11, Sustainable Cities and Communities, through design thinking.
- Time of day
- Afternoon
- Length
- 3 weeks · 15 hours a week
- Sessions
- June / July / August
- English
- Advanced (CEFR C1)
- Open to
- Ages 15–18
What youwill study.
Working within a Global Citizenship Educational framework, and focusing on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, specifically UN SDG11 Sustainable Cities and Communities, participants will use design thinking to explore and generate solutions to a complex problem affecting our global community.
This course empowers our emerging leaders to contribute ideas and evidence-based action items to shape urban spaces that are inclusive, safe, resilient, and environmentally sustainable. Through global case studies, collaborative problem-solving, and strategic planning, participants will learn to address the challenges of urbanisation, champion community well-being, and create policies that balance growth with environmental stewardship.
This course includes academic research, class discussions, cross-cultural collaboration, problem-solving, and effective presentations, as well as setting an example through inspiring leadership.
Morning,which one?
You take one course in the morning and one in the afternoon. Choose a pairing to see your first week on the home page.
- World EconomicsStart from everyday money and goods, and make sense of a connected world economy.
- Language & LiteratureRead novels, short stories and poems, and think about what words say about a culture.
- Law, Ethics & SocietyHow do we decide what is right? Tackle society’s hard questions via Canada’s legal system.
- Sciences Across the SpectrumSpan physics, chemistry, biology and earth science, and learn to ask scientific questions.
- Global Leadership: Food for All FuturesExplore UN SDG 2, Zero Hunger, through design thinking.