1. Research Sub-Committee Report

2. 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

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

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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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)

9. 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)

10. International, National, Local Research Initiatives
Report on Curriculum
ESD Conferences
Saskatchewan - May 26, and 27, 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)

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

12. Questions…Comments..?
Contact Information:
Christina McDONALD PH.D.