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Teaching the Sustainable Development Goals Through Art - Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being
Intended Audience
Grade 6 to 12 children enrolled in the Canadian education and the International Baccalaureate systems and educators based in Canada. With adaptation, the toolkit is also suitable for young people and educators in other countries who are interested in using it.
- L. Islam, Aga Khan Foundation Canada
“This toolkit of lesson plans and activities explores the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 3 - Good Health and Well-Being - through arts and culture. We will look at sustainable development stories from Aga Khan Foundation Canada’s international work, historical artefacts from the Aga Khan Museum’s collection, and Canada’s work towards the Global Goals.” (p.6)
Avaiable in
- English
SDGs LINKAGES
This open-access toolkit helps educators make use of museum collections to educate children and young people about the SDG goals, SDG 3 (good health and well-being) in particular, and reflect on current affairs and happenings. Topics and contents presented in the toolkit are highly relevant to SDG targets 3.3 (educational activities addressing communicable diseases), 3.4 (educational activities addressing non-communicable diseases), 3.8 (increase awareness on the importance of accessible and quality health-care services) and 3.D (strengthen the capacity of all countries for health risks).
The toolkit itself also helps users achieve SDG targets 4.1 (quality primary and secondary education), 4.7 (education for sustainable development), 16.7 (inclusive and participatory approaches to decision-making), 16.10 (ensure access to information), and 17.16 (encourage greater partnerships across different sectors).
Click on the SDG Target to discover Our Collections Matter indicators
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Collection development that can contribute to programmes addressing AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and/or neglected tropical diseases, combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases.
- Number of educational programmes addressing these subjects.
- Number of targeted educational and participatory programmes for marginalized and at-risk groups relating to communicable diseases.
- Number of research activities that help understand the causes and manage impacts of tuberculosis, malaria and other communicable diseases.
- Partnerships in place to help ensure effective governance of communicable diseases, public health information and education relating to communicable diseases.
- Steady flow of reliable information relating to communicable diseases.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Plans, policies and procedures in place for the safe use of collections, notably in relation to chemical, physical, biological and other forms of hazard.
- Proportion of users of collections facilities reporting positive well-being during and as a result of activities relating to collections.
- Number and proportion of programmes relating to collections that incorporate wellbeing considerations and perspectives.
- Number of targeted programmes drawing on collections that address issues relating to non-communicable diseases, supporting prevention and treatment.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Number of programmes drawing on collections (educational, awareness-raising, research, partnerships) that promote access to healthcare.
- Number of educational programmes that are targeted towards people without access to healthcare.
- Proactive steps taken to ensure that all people, including those in vulnerable situations, can access healthcare services, overcoming cultural and language barriers.
- Collections development to support such programmes.
- Promotion of health coverage programmes, locally and worldwide.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Number of collecting initiatives that aim to build capacity for risk reduction to national and global health risks, for example by storing and preserving collections that may be of use in post-disaster scenarios, or that can be used in early warning and risk communication activities.
- Number of educational programmes incorporating perspectives on early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks.
- Number of awareness raising programmes that target marginalized and vulnerable groups most exposed to health risks.
- Plans in place for early warning, risk reduction and management to national and global health risks.
- Relationships and partnerships in place for risk reduction and management in light of national and global health risks.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Number of programmes drawing on collections that support children at risk of exclusion or otherwise not completing primary and secondary education.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Numbers of people in each type of programme drawing on collections from different demographic groups.
- Increases in numbers of people in each type of programme from different demographic groups.
- Proportion of people involved in such programmes in relation to overall audience size.
- Evidence that learners have acquired knowledge and skills to promote sustainable development.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Proportions of positions (by sex, age, persons with disabilities and population groups) in public institutions (national and local legislatures, public service, and judiciary) compared to national distributions.
- Proportion of population [audience/users/non-users] who believe decision-making is inclusive and responsive, by sex, age, disability and population group.
- Decision-making addresses societal, environmental and economic challenges related to the community, considering short-term and long-term risks and opportunities.
- Decision-making draws on diverse backgrounds, viewpoints and interests, reflecting a broad base of stakeholders, and working to promote inclusion and provide effective services for all of society.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Adopt and implement constitutional, statutory and/or policy guarantees for public access to information.
- Plans in place, and plans implemented to enhance public access to information relating to collections.
- Plans in place, and plans implemented to support fundamental freedoms, in line with human rights, national and international agreements and legislation.
- Plans and procedures in place for public access to information relating to the operation and management of collections-based institutions.
- Complaint mechanism in place for public to use where public access to information and fundamental freedoms not supported or fulfilled.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Number and/or increase in number, and diversity of global and international multi-stakeholder partnerships that share collection-related knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources to address the SDGs, or that otherwise involve collections-based organisations and institutions.
- Number and/or increase in number, and diversity of global and international multi-stakeholder partnerships involving developing countries that share collection-related knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources to address the SDGs.