[Triumf-seminars] TRIUMF Special Seminar today at 11:00

[TRIUMF Seminars]

Date/Time: Wed 2023-09-13 at 11:00

Location:  Auditorium          

Speaker:   Prajval Shastri (Vice-chair, International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development)

Title:     Listening to the Urgent Call of Humanity:  The International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development and Onward

Abstract: Join Zoom Meeting: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/63042943440?pwd=Zkx5ZCs1OFZJQ2RWaGh2UWI0SC9oQT09

Meeting ID: 630 4294 3440
Passcode: 1234
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The International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development 2022 was initiated by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics. The IYBSSD has been celebrated globally through a myriad of locally driven  initiatives as well as  several flagship events. It has been supported by UNESCO, by many scientific networks and national academies, and endorsed by the Inter- Parliamentary Union, the World Science Forum, the Club of Rome  and several Nobel laureates and Fields medalists. The IYBSSD has been an  extraordinary opportunity for the global scientific community to come together and reflect on  its impact on the path taken by humanity so far, to collectively debate on the role of the  sciences in our daily lives and ask if our science praxis is in tune with the idea of a good society which is what sustainable development is. Key to this process are insights from the social sciences for equity, diversity, inclusion and decolonisation within the  sciences in order for it to be a tenable enterprise. Going forward the United Nations has by consensus, declared the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development, 2024-2033 to include all sciences and all knowledge. This is a global acknowledgement that the time has come to consolidate a renewed set of principles to shape our practice in a call to action and chart a new vision of our  future. Some of the possibilities that this opportunity opens up will be discussed.



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