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In an ever-shrinking world, bringing global issues into the classroom is more important than ever, in order to better prepare our students to become engaged global citizens. With an increasing array of communication technologies available at our fingertips (and so many ways to stay "connected" nowadays), we have a duty to equip our students with skills and ideas that will enable them to grow their empathy for others as well as an understanding of the world they live in. Such a pedagogical approach gives students a chance to identify the social, cultural, economic, and climate issues, as well as to connect and reflect on how the work (research and artwork) they make and study sits within a larger context.

In a Pecha Kucha style panel presentation, we will explore how different disciplines utilize global issues as topics for research and connect them to their course work/instruction. For example, how a design student may use a topic about climate change to create an awareness campaign; how a fashion course may explore colonialism/ cultural appropriation; or how a historian may introduce migration into the themes they are teaching.

We envision this multidisciplinary session to be a place for dialogue, from presenters as well as the audience participants to learn and exchange strategies on how different disciplines connect global issues in the classroom.