Standard: Facilitating Collaborative Engagement to Cultivate and Empower a Community of Learners
Theme: National and Global Engagement
Growth Phase: Leading into the Future
Growth Indicator: Students design and lead national and global inquiries and lead the school community in global citizenship.
In 2016 the Canadian Ministers of Education articulated six broad global competencies closely aligned with prioritized provincial/territorial competency frameworks. These are Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship, Learning to Learn/Self-Aware & Self-Directed, Collaboration, Communication, Global Citizenship and Sustainability. Links to context, literature review, and systems level framework are provided.
Council of Ministers of Education (CMEC). (2018). Global Competencies. Retrieved from https://www.globalcompetencies.cmec.ca/global-competencies
Noted charity organization Oxfam outlines and defines global citizenship; providing exemplary resources and guides for teachers, community activities and much more.
Oxfam. (2023). What is Global Citizenship? Retrieved from https://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/who-we-are/what-is-global-citizenship/