Research and Policy

Canadians on Citizenship (2012) is the first national survey on what it means to be a citizen in Canada.The study was conducted by the Environics Institute, in partnership with the Institute for Canadian Citizenship, Maytree Foundation, CBC News and RBC.

A series of documents released by the United Nations over the past 35 plus years.

Presented by David Bell, Nov 18-19 2009 at the McGill World Platform Health and Economic Convergence. See Bell's McGill Presentation on Leadership and Education for a Sustainable Future

After tracing the origins of the concept of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in the Brundtland Report and Agenda 21, this paper provides an overview of ESD initiatives in Canada over the past 20 years, emphasizing Canada’s response to the UN Decade for ESD (2005-2014).  The paper concludes with a discussion of what steps are needed to make ESD more effective in prep

Download the DESD Quarterly Highlights for December 2009