Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
By providing quality academic programs, supporting inclusive practices, educating future educators, engaging with communities, and contributing to research and advocacy in education, Wilfrid Laurier University is making a positive impact on the education landscape and helping to achieve SDG 4.
The work that Laurier completed in 2024 to advance SDG 4.
Beginning in Fall 2025, Wilfrid Laurier University’s reconstructed Bachelor of Music program will offer students unparalleled flexibility and inclusivity, allowing students the choice to specialize in a specific genre and explore various musical styles. The program will welcome students from all musical backgrounds, including classical, jazz, opera, rock, pop, musical theatre and more.
Laurier’s Bachelor of Education program, offered at the Waterloo and Brantford campuses, is playing a crucial role in producing highly qualified professionals to work in schools in Waterloo Region, the Brantford area, and surrounding communities at a time when many school boards are reporting teacher shortages.
Together with educators, regional innovation laboratories and principals’ associations, a team of researchers from Wilfrid Laurier University’s Faculty of Education is using generative AI to develop a chatbot that supports principals in their decision-making. PrincipalBot provides quick access to important information, such as school board policies, human rights legislation and community resources, that principals can call upon when needed.
Enova Power Corp. (Enova), Waterloo Region’s largest electric utility provider, offers Laurier students career-ready experiences in geographic information systems, information technology and corporate communications, among other areas, through in-course projects and paid co-op work terms. Community-workplace partnerships and co-op allow Laurier students to apply classroom learning to real-world projects and develop future-ready skills while providing employers with creative and innovative emerging talent.
Laurier research centres advancing SDG 4.
The Centre for Leading Research in Education (CLRiE) brings together Laurier faculty, staff and students, as well as researchers and partners from external community organizations with backgrounds in education, psychology, kinesiology, music, health studies, biology, languages and literatures, history, social work, youth and children’s studies, global studies and more. The centre aspires to support research and research-related activities in education. A salient feature of CLRiE is its focus on interdisciplinarity, encouraging the development of thoughtful, balanced and creative approaches to educational research in a changing world.
Laurier initiatives in 2023 that advanced SDG 4.
Laurier Continuing Education supports the growing adult learner community through timely and relevant learning experiences designed for today’s working professionals. The program is backed by Laurier’s reputation for academic quality and teaching excellence and inspired by our local and global community needs. Laurier Continuing Education allows more flexibility, relevancy and openness for professional and community-focused learning.
Laurier’s Faculty of Education offers a Bachelor of Education degree integrating theory and practice to develop teachers for a changing world. Our program includes diverse courses and substantial practical experience in partner schools and alternative placements, both locally and globally. Laurier’s interdisciplinary Master of Education program provides educational leaders and professionals from a wide range of employment fields with an advanced and integrated conceptual understanding of the relationship between educational theory, practice and reflection. The Master of Education, Student Affairs Field allows candidates to focus their studies related to educational theories and practices with a specific focus on student affairs and services at the postsecondary level.
Discover how Laurier is contributing to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal targets.
