SUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE SPOTLIGHT
Empowering Youth Voices, Lighting Up Change: Step into the Spotlight!
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The Sustainable Healthcare Spotlight (SHS) is an Agents of Change project aimed at engaging high school students with real-world health-care issues and the importance of sustainability in healthcare. It seeks to address the concerns of sustainability in the next generation to create healthcare systems that prioritize environmental sustainability, equitable access, and improved health outcomes for all.
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Our Mission
The mission of the SHS is to empower and inspire grade 11 and 12 students by fostering a deep understanding of contemporary healthcare challenges. Through meaningful engagement and critical thinking, we aim to cultivate a generation of future leaders who actively contribute innovative solutions to enhance healthcare sustainability for a better and more equitable future.
Vision
Our vision at the SHS is to enable the future generation of healthcare professionals to think critically and engage with the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare. Through collaboration and friendly competition, we see these students as catalysts for positive change, driving innovation and advocating for sustainability in healthcare.
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Our Mission
The mission of the SHS is to empower and inspire grade 11/12 and first year undergrad students by fostering a deep understanding of contemporary healthcare challenges. Through meaningful engagement and critical thinking, we aim to cultivate a generation of future leaders who actively contribute innovative solutions to enhance healthcare sustainability for a better and more equitable future.
Vision
Our vision at the SHS is to enable the future generation of healthcare professionals to think critically and engage with the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare. Through collaboration and friendly competition, we see these students as catalysts for positive change, driving innovation and advocating for sustainability in healthcare.
Want to learn more about us?
Sustainability in the Ontario Curriculum
Canadian and World Studies
“As well as becoming critically thoughtful and informed citizens who value an inclusive society, students will have the skills they need to solve problems and communicate ideas and decisions about significant developments, events, and issues.”
(Ontario. (2015). The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11-12: Canadian and World Studies. Toronto: Ontario, Ministry of Education.)
Social Sciences and Humanities:
“Students in social sciences and humanities develop a critical lens through which they can build their awareness of and make decisions with respect to critical issues in our increasingly complex, multifaceted, and diverse society.”
(Ontario. (2013). The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11-12: Social Science and Humanities. Toronto: Ontario, Ministry of Education.)
Transferable skills:
“Transferable skills are the skills and attributes that students need in order to thrive in the modern world. The Ontario Ministry of Education has defined seven important categories of transferable skills: Critical thinking and problem-solving; innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship; self-directed learning; collaboration; communication; global citizenship and sustainability; digital literacy.”
(Ontario. (2022). Transferable Skills. Ministry for Education.)
Sustainable Healthcare Spotlight
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