World Leisure Centre of Excellence

Vancouver Island University

Nanaimo Roundtable MeetingSummary Notes

Time: Wednesday, October 28th, 2015, 7:00 PM10:00 PM

Location: Building 255Room 165, Nanaimo Campus, Vancouver Island University SESSION ONE: INTRODUCTION The meeting started with an introduction of BCCIC and self-introductions of participants & their organizations. 21 participants attended the Roundtable Meeting, representing sustainable focuses mainly in the areas of:

Poverty Health & Wellbeing Education Sustainable Cities & Communities Environmental Issues Clean Energy Peace & Justice

SESSION TWO: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS A brief introduction of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was provided, followed by a brief Q&A. Highlights of SDGs:

Inspiring, but challenging People, planet, prosperity, peace & justice, partnership Universal: apply to any country Inter-links among all goals: in order to achieve a certain goal, one needs to address all of the 17 goals

SESSION THREE: LINKAGE & NETWORKING & REFLECTION LINKAGE: all of the participants were asked to connect what they are doing towards certain SDGs by writing down their work on sticky notes and putting those notes on the certain areas of the board which was divided into 17 areas. Each area represented one SDG. NETWORKING: during the process, participants were actively engaged in networking. REFLECTION: participants shared their reflections of their linkage process. SESSION FOUR: GROUP DISCUSSIONCALL ON ACTIONS GROUP ONE

Use SDGs as a means of connecting everyone by using Electronic Listerv; Organize events & workshops around one goal to make related actions manageable

GROUP TWO

Start with educating what BCCIC is so that organizations with certain needs of funds/networks/resources could come to BCCIC for information;

Use SDGs to collaborate with universities by engaging students to work on different research projects on each goal;

Establish HOPE through SDGs by creating a website which connects people;

Educate kids at primary level about SDGs; GROUP THREE Using these goals for the usage of connecting people:

Utilize SDGs as a guideline for the development of a major website;

Recognize the important roles of universities acting as hubs & leaders in sustainable initiatives, as well as the collaborations among universities working towards SDGs;

Engage students to develop thesis topics on certain goals; Encourage & share micro-level ideas/practices

towards sustainable development; Continue local networking on the island through

regular meetings GROUP FOUR

Address human rights and empower people before pursuing any development

Engage students in the sustainable development actions

Utilize SDGs to create networking opportunities among different groups

Be motivated through a supportive environment initiated by SDGs In the End: A brainstorming of a name for the alliance of organizations on the Island working towards SDGs WLCEs promotion of Nanaimo Roundtable Meeting: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/worldleisureviu/posts/1084485751571431

Twitter: https://twitter.com/WLCEVIU/status/659823998335741952

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