Abstract
This paper puts forward several principles that the authors believe are essential for quality education in Canadian colleges. The relationship between establishing communities of practice, creating knowledge repositories, encouraging top management commitment to knowledge sharing and establishing a comprehensive reward system are examined in relation to innovation in education. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #4 of the UN postulates quality education among its top initiatives.The question that arises is how do we ensure that SDG #4 is implemented in higher education institutions? Accordingly, data was collected through observation of faculty and staff from the 2017 Ontario Colleges strike. Although a strong corporate culture exists in Ontario colleges, the system continues to struggle with explicit top management principles that support knowledge sharing across different disciplines. Inter and intra departmental forums including students are non-existent. Knowledge repositories, that staff, faculty and students can tap into are lacking. A greater conversation with stakeholders is imperative to weave all the threads of organizational behavior practices together to nurture future global citizens. Only then can we achieve sustainable quality education.
Highlights
Education is considered a vital prerequisite and a foundation to reform in any country
The question that arises is how do we ensure that Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #4 is implemented in higher education institutions? data was collected through observation of faculty and staff from the 2017 Ontario Colleges strike
A strong corporate culture exists in Ontario colleges, the system continues to struggle with explicit top management principles that support knowledge sharing across different disciplines
Summary
Education is considered a vital prerequisite and a foundation to reform in any country. It is one of the most powerful and proven vehicles for achieving all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of UN Global Compact. It is known that innovation is crucial for the new world of sustainability, and sustainability depends on fundamental, disruptive and system-wide innovation. As a report issued by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development puts out, “Innovation is at the core of creating a sustainable human society. We will not succeed in creating a sustainable world if we focus merely on doing more efficiently what we currently do.” (Gobble, 2012)
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