Generation SDG is the fourth Summit hosted by Waterloo Global Science Initiative (WGSI). WGSI brings together brilliant minds and unheard voices from different disciplines, generations, and geographies to address the pressing challenges of tomorrow — today. 

Canada, as a self-proclaimed global leader in climate change action, Indigenous reconciliation, sustainable development, human rights, social justice, racial tolerance, and freedom of speech and assembly — and a prosperous country with enviable economic and social stability — is as well positioned a nation as any in the world to approach the SDGs in a proactive fashion. At home, implementation of the goals can transform multiple aspects of Canadian society. Abroad,  Canada can — through its own examples — help foster the international collaborations necessary to mobilize enabling policy and sustainable finance channels at the global scale.

What WGSI aims to achieve at the Generation SDG Summit is a multi-dimensional approach to:

• Identifying a clear set of cross-cutting actions that can advance implementation efforts; 
• Supporting the sub-national implementation of the goals;
• Enabling the ecosystem of actors that will carry out this work.

Our Summits are not traditional conferences. For each Summit we bring together contributors that include the world’s sharpest leaders and ideators, and emerging minds to tackle a particular challenge. Of this group of approximately 40 people, half the room is under the age of 30. We believe in the importance of creating a level playing field where people can think outside the box. Through the space we create, we elevate the expertise, lived experiences, and ideas of an unlikely group of collaborators. We facilitate open discourse that sparks real progress, and have the freedom to forge a unique mandate that adapts to our ever-changing world. 

Interested in the Generation SDG Summit? Send us an email at info@wgsi.org