Canada's Sustainable Future – Creating a Digital Action Plan

How might digital innovations help Canada achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030? This is the question Future Earth, Sustainability in the Digital Age, and the Canadian Science Policy Centre sought to address in 2021 through a virtual, national dialogue series called: Canada’s Sustainable Future – Creating a Digital Action Plan.

We organized four public town halls and three consultation sessions, connecting 50 leaders in sustainability science and digital innovations, with over 375 participants attending from all regions of Canada. Discussions covered multiple sectors, included Indigenous and non-Indigenous participation and examined success stories and challenges to the implementation of the SDGs
in Canada. Dialogues focused on the role digital technologies play and explored how Indigenous Science and Knowledge can contribute to a more coordinated, national SDG approach.  This report presents the key results of that work and pathways to action.