Student AffairsIn-Class Activities
- SDG Reflection/Discussion: After browsing this Guide, consider the reflection questions above for the SDGs that are most relevant to you. Discuss your ideas with a partner or small group in class and/or write a one-page journal entry about your reflections.
- Skills Cards X SDGs: Use Queen’s Skills Cards to assess which skills you have already, and which skills you want to develop in relation to your favourite SDG. When you sort the cards, use the vertical axis to consider your level of competence with the skill, and the horizontal axis to consider how important the skill is to make an impact in the SDG area.
- Designing Your Life activities: The career planning book Designing Your Life is packed with interesting ideas and activities to help you find your path. Check out the book and its companion worksheets and discussion questions.
Request our SDG Career Workshop: Exploring Careers with Impact
In this workshop we will apply Design Thinking to planning the next steps in your career, paying particular attention to ways you can have social impact in your work through the UN SDG framework. Come prepared to brainstorm, experiment with ideas, and envision possibilities!
At the end of the workshop you will be better able to:
- Describe important personal qualities like your skills, values, interests to help inform your decisions about future career goals.
- Consider future possibilities for your career path by using effective strategies, tools, and information.
- Plan next steps to move you closer to your career goals.
Check the MyCareer Calendar of Events for the next offering or request a workshop for your class/group.
An example from a faculty member:
The Designing Your Life After Queen’s course aims to help students align their personal values, academic interests, skills and career ambitions with their desire to make a positive difference in the world. In the course, we recently piloted the Career Services Work With Impact UN SDG Career Guide. This guide is designed to help users explore careers that advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals which are at the heart of Queen’s institutional mission.
Using the Guide, students were able to identify areas of interest, access resources, and think creatively about how to craft career pathways that would lead to having the kind of social impact that matters most to each of them. My hope is that, not only the students in our course, but every graduating student at Queen’s will have an opportunity to explore their career options using this important new resource.
Dr. Cheryl Cline, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences