Benefits for Students
TRANSECTS offers flexible and accessible pathways for training, professional development, mentorship, and networking
Students of sustainability science face some of the world's most intractable problems, either as academics or practitioners. They must draw from multiple disciplines and ways of knowing to become proficient transdisciplinary professionals who engage effectively with collaborators and communities through all phases of their work -- from problem formulation to solution implementation. Hence, they must master diverse knowledge sets, methodological and relational competencies, and professional skills. Yet academic efforts to train students continue to neglect the human skills and professional tools necessary for transformative, transdisciplinary sustainability research and practice.
TRANSECTS trainees will work in international, intercultural and biodiverse settings to gain crucial transdisciplinary competencies and professional skills; enhance their critical, relational, and reflexive capacities; and build their professional networks.
TRANSECTS offers flexible and accessible pathways for training, professional development, mentorship and networking.
Scholars and practitioners who seek to catalyze and guide transformative societal change for sustainability must demonstrate research excellence, societal engagement, attention to diverse worldviews, and a practice of care for personal and community well-being. TRANSECTS offers trainees unparalleled opportunities to work in international and intercultural settings, from the local to the global level, to address these requirements, providing graduates with competencies, skills, experiences, and professional networks to launch and excel in their professional careers.
Together, we will build an inclusive community of practice that exemplifies Canada’s global leadership in transdisciplinary sustainability science training and its commitment to generating innovative solutions to urgent, global challenges. By the end of the project, a globally-networked cohort of emerging scholars and professionals will be applying the skills and competencies needed to fundamentally transform transdisciplinary sustainability research and practice in the coming decades.