Series - 2022-2023: Getting back on track with the UN SDGs

“We have a habit of making poverty seem invisible”: How Canada can get back on track with the SDGs

Author Neha Chollangi
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals are designed to help unlock progress — what is holding Canada back?

Why It Matters

From poverty reduction to food security, the SDGs are more than utopian ideals, they are necessary changes needed for an equitable society. Our sectors need to transition into a more collaborative and intersectional approach in their work to make meaningful progress on the goals.

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