March 2025
The inaugural SDG Month Canada (formerly SDG Week Canada) will be held during March 2025. This national collaboration seeks to raise awareness and engagement with the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on university and college campuses.
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals are interdisciplinary and all campus partners at Western are invited to host events during the month of March to encourage conversation and collaboration. Please send event details to the Sustainability Office (sustainability@uwo.ca) to have them featured on our website.
We are excited to invite all of campus community to participate in the following events throughout the month of March!
SDG Month Events
March 4 - PROSPER 2025: Wellness Fair
March 7 - Shaping Sustainability Priorities: A Campus Conversation
Time: 1:30 - 3:30pm
Where: Virtual on Zoom
Join this conversation to learn about what we've heard through campus consultations so far, and share your input to continue shaping our climate and sustainability priorities on campus. Open to all students, staff, and faculty at Western University and affiliates. There is no preparation required in order to contribute in this conversation. We hope to see you there!
March 18 - SASAH Speaker Series: Matt Hern and Am Johal in Conversation
Time: 2:30pm
Where: Kresge Building, Rm. 203
As part of SASAH Teaching Fellow Kate Stanley's first-year course, "Climate Conversations: Finding Common Ground for the 21st Century," the program is pleased to welcome authors, advocates and collaborators Matt Hern and Am Johal to be in conversation about their recent and forthcoming projects: Global Warming and the Sweetness of Life: A Tar Sands Tale (with Joe Sacco), and O My Friends, There is No Friend: The Politics of Friendship at the End of Ecology. Learn more here.
March 21 - Sustainability Impact Showcase
Time: 1 - 2pm
Where: Weldon Library Community Room
All are invited to join for an annual celebration of campus community members who are making a positive impact on sustainability at Western.
The new Western Climate & Sustainability Awards, previously recognized as the Western Green Awards, acknowledge up to three individuals or teams that initiate or support an activity with positive sustainability outcomes. Community members who have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to advance sustainability and climate action will be recognized at this year's Sustainability Impact Showcase.
Come and meet folks across campus who share similar goals in making Western a more sustainable place with refreshments from Great Hall Catering.
March 27 - Art + Green Tour
Time: 2:30 - 3:30pm
Where: Meet outside McIntosh Gallery
Join Western Sustainability and McIntosh Gallery for an art and green tour! We’ll explore places on campus from both an artistic and a sustainable lens.
