The Arts and Sustainable Development

In 2005, Dr. Tarah Wright commissioned a two year study investigating Canadian universities’ stances on sustainability. The findings were so provoking and the topic so timely, that we could not let the results simply end up as a bound report sitting on shelves. Thus was born Rethink University and The Goggles Project - a conceptual platform to engage higher education stakeholders in conversations about sustainability. The Goggles Project used a quirky troupe of travelling players who both collected and disseminated powerful thoughts on the role that universities can play in creating a sustainable world. The tour went from coast to coast and visited over 17 universities.

Exploring Art Educators’ Conceptualizations of Sustainability and their Roles in Creating a Sustainable Future
This study aimed to determine how leaders within the art education community at the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design (NSCAD) University conceptualize sustainability, what role their institution plays in achieving a sustainable future as well as the barriers that they face in implementing sustainable practices now and in the future.

Playlist of the Planet
This study aimed to determine how leaders within the art education community at the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design (NSCAD) University conceptualize sustainability, what role their institution plays in achieving a sustainable future as well as the barriers that they face in implementing sustainable practices now and in the future.

Funded by SSHRC Insight Development Grant

Funded by SSHRC Insight Development