Research Sub-Committee Report

Committee Membership David Zandvliet (Chair) Bob Adamson Lyle Benko Heather Creech Grant Gardner Jean Paul L’Italien Kim Peters Christina McDonald (Acting Chair) Glen Suter Shirley Tagalik

Meetings Two Teleconferences: November 13, 2007 January 14, 2008

Our Goal 4.Identify, nurture and disseminate ESD research to provincial/territorial ESD Working Groups and national and international organizations as appropriate

Planning and Action Objectives Activities Outcomes Progress to Date Future Milestones/ Target Date 4.1 Identify ESD research and describe ESD possibilities through development of a rational and framework ESD Research Foundation Paper An ESD Foundation Paper on ESD Research will be developed to guide the work of the NESDEC Research Sub-Committee Begun to develop a Statement of ESD Research June 2008

Planning and Action www.umce.ca/cours/jplitalien/NESDEC/index.htm Objectives Activities Outcomes Progress to Date Future Milestones/ Target Date 4.1 Identify ESD research and describe ESD possibilities through development of a rational and framework ESD Research Website ESD Bibliography Identifying ESD research and making it accessible through the internet to practitioners / educators Electronic list of what exists regarding ESD Research Begun to collect links for ESD research and developed a website that consists of those links June 2008

Planning and Action Objectives Activities Outcomes Progress to Date Future Milestones/ Target Date 4.2 Stimulate the creation of a journal that articulates an ESD research agenda or include discussion of ESD in existing publication 4.3 Explore alternatives to make ESD research more accessible March 2008 – January 2009 September 08- March 2009

International, National, Local Research Initiatives Reporting on ESD in Canada (Council of Ministers of Education) Setting a baseline of sustainable development knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of Manitoban adults and youth (International Institute for Sustainable Development -IISD) Sustainable Campus Policy Bank (IISD)

International, National, Local Research Initiatives Research into the current uses and trends for deploying Information and Communications Technologies in ESD (IISD) Crystal Research focusing on ESD (NSERC) U.N. Regional Centres of Excellence Survey Monkey (LSF)

International, National, Local Research Initiatives Report on Curriculum ESD Conferences Saskatchewan - May 26, and 27, 2008. International RCE Conference of the Americas Manitoba – November 26-28, 2008 Nations Under One Sky – Linking Education and Sustainable Development SEdA (Sustainability and Education Academy)

Discussion Survey Monkey tool Role of SEdA /ESD Conferences Assessment and Sharing

Questions…Comments..? Contact Information: Christina McDONALD PH.D. CHRISTINA.MCDONALD@GOV.MB.CA