The call for the 4th cohort of the TRU UNSDG Faculty Fellows will open on Monday, March 4, 2025. It closes Monday, March 31, 2025 at midnight.
UNSDG Application Form
Read the following overview of the application form: UN SDG Open Pedagogy Faculty Fellowship Application
Once you have read the overview, submit your application using the following form.
About the Fellowship Program
Open pedagogy places the student at the center of that learning process in a more engaging, authentic, and collaborative learning environment in order to achieve social justice in the community. TRU is part of an award-winning international fellowship program in which faculty can work across institutions and disciplines to maximize global impact by creating reusable, open assignments. This program provides faculty with an opportunity to work with their colleagues and students to impact change via open pedagogy and community engagement. The fellowship is based on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), a set of 17 goals that address a wide range of social issues, such as poverty, inequality, climate change, and peace and justice. They are designed to achieve and maintain social justice and a sustainable future, with a target of the year 2030 set for the attainment of each goal.
This fellowship is designed to assist faculty with creating renewable assignments (all of which will carry a Creative Commons license) to help students become agents of change in their own communities. Fellowship teams will include 2 to 3 instructors from different disciplines and different institutions so as to maximize student impact. Each fellowship team will design three renewable assignments in the Summer semester. A minimum of two renewable assignments will be deployed in the classes of each fellowship team during the Fall semester. Faculty will be expected to present on their proposed assignments prior to their deployment. A student showcase will take place in early Winter (February-March) in which a select number of students will present on how they improved their communities and achieved global justice through open pedagogy using the UN SDG framework.
Learn more about this project from the UN SDG Open Pedagogy Faculty Fellowship website.
Contact Brenda Smith or Michelle Harrison for more information
Examples of outcomes by TRU Faculty Fellows:
- SDG 6: Water infographic — Sharon Brewer (Chemistry)
- SDG 6: Clean water and sanitation glossary — Sharon Brewer (Chemistry)
- SDG 16: Student submission pressbook — Bala Nikku (Social Work)
- SDG 4: Leadership and community art map — Dawne Bringeland (Business Management – OL)
- SDG 4: Infographic, Storyboard, and Video — Erin Woodford (Journalism – OL)
Meeting Dates & Deliverables Timeline
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Deliverable |
Deadline |
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4 Virtual Meetings 10:00am-1:00 p.m. PST | Wednesday, June 4, 2025 Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Wednesday, June 18, 2025 Wednesday, August 6, 2025 |
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3 Renewable Assignments submitted | TBA – Late August |
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Course Data submitted | TBA – Mid October |
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Faculty Reflection | TBA – Mid December |
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3-Minute Student Video | TBA – Mid December |
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Faculty/Student Showcase Presentation (Optional) | TBA in February 2026 |
Toolkit & Repository
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG) Open Pedagogy Fellowship Toolkit is a resource for both instructors and institutions. It includes examples of a wide variety of openly-licensed renewable assignments that can be assigned and applied to a variety of subject areas and disciplines. Each assignment speaks directly to at least one UN SDG.
Check out the repository of previous assignments created by the program’s fellows.
Partner Institutions
- Montgomery College (MC) (Maryland, USA) (founding member)
- Binus University (Indonesia)
- Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (Connecticut, USA)
- Douglas College (British Columbia, Canada)
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) (British Columbia, Canada)
- Langara College (British Columbia, Canada)
- Maricopa Community Colleges (Arizona, USA)
- Nova Scotia Community College (Nova Scotia, Canada)
- Pima Community College (Arizona, USA)
- Thompson Rivers University (British Columbia, Canada)
- Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara (Indonesia)
- Salt Lake Community College (Utah, USA)
- Yavapai College (Arizona, USA)
- University of Central Florida (Florida, USA)
- College of Southern Nevada (Nevada, USA)
- Norquest College (Alberta, USA)
Past TRU Fellows
- Jess Allingham (Physical Sciences – Chemistry) (Kamloops)
- Lindsay Blackstock (Physical Sciences – Chemistry) (Kamloops)
- Sharon Brewer (Physical Sciences – Chemistry) (Kamloops)
- Dawne Bringeland (Business) (OLFM)
- Steve Earle (Physical Sciences – Geology) (OLFM)
- Kim Naqvi (Environment, Culture & Society – Geography) (Kamloops)
- Bala Nikku (Social Work) (Kamloops)
- Erin Woodford (Communications) (OLFM)
- Alana Hoare (Education) (Kamloops)
- Anusha Venkataraman (Physical Sciences – Physics) (Kamloops)
- Cory Jobb (Education) (Kamloops)
- David Kabelik (Biology) (Kamloops)
- Hossein Banitabaei (Architectural and Engineering Technology Faculty) (Kamloops)
- Juan Mejia Mejia (International Business) (Kamloops)
- Paul Clark (International Business) (Kamloops)
- Tanya Manning-Lewis (Education) (Kamloops)
- Tom Waldichuk (Geography) (Kamloops)