Call for applications - 成人VR视频 SGI Transformative Business Law Summer Academy
(en anglais seulement)
26 鈥 31 May 2024, Montr茅al
成人VR视频 Faculty of Law | 成人VR视频 Desautels Faculty of Management
Call for Applications
Building on the success of the 2023 Academy and the听2023 Impact Paper, the CIBC Office of Sustainable Finance at 成人VR视频鈥檚 Desautels Faculty of Management and the Faculty of Law invites applications from current students or recent graduates (2022 and later) in law, management, finance, sociology, environmental studies, and related disciplines for participation in the听成人VR视频 SGI Transformative Business Law Summer Academy (TBLSA) 2024.
TBLSA听is a 6-day long, residential, intensive training and collaboration course dedicated to the in-depth study of pressing topics in the areas of sustainable finance, corporate governance, ESG, human rights and democratic governance, and climate change. TBLSA Fellows (students) come from across disciplines to work in small teams on specific aspects of a multi-dimensional case study. The teams are mentored by Faculty experts and will have 4 days (Mon-Thurs) to research, draft and design a memo (chapter with policy recommendations), on their part of the case study. On the final day of the Academy (Fri. 31 May), all groups will combine their memoranda into a policy paper, which will be presented on the same day to a public audience as the 鈥2024 TBLSA Impact Paper鈥, simultaneously with a YouTube video outlining the Academy鈥檚 key findings. Like last year鈥檚 impact paper, the 2024 TBLSA Impact Paper too will become a publicly available resource for lawyers, managers, and researchers in the field.
Upon successful completion of the course, all Fellows will earn a听成人VR视频-TBLSA Certificate听and 成人VR视频 students can receive 3 academic credits if they are registered for the summer term. Course completion will be evaluated based on the Fellow鈥檚 presentation of an aspect of the group鈥檚 work (10% oral + 10% written content of the Fellow鈥檚 presentation), and on group work as reflected in the chapter contributed by the team to the 2024 TBLSA Impact Paper (80%).
The 2024 TBLSA case study is themed 鈥Money Makes the (Overheating) World Go 鈥楻ound 鈥 Until it Doesn鈥檛鈥 and will focus on the following aspects of climate governance and sustainable development:
- How can climate policy be institutionalised at the domestic and international levels? And what role can private actors play?
- What is the role of the state in leading a financial green transition? Which instruments are available to states to direct funds towards impactful market governance?
- How can climate action be advanced through means of transformative democratic governance, and public and professional education? How should curriculum design and programming be revised?
- How can corporate governance norms be reformed to address ESG considerations? What role can corporate law play in motivating corporate action as part of climate governance?
- How can the ESG criteria be expanded to include employees and workers鈥 interests for a truly sustainable transformation of corporate governance?
- How can Indigenous voices and interests be included for more collaborative governance, especially insofar as land use, extraction rights and green financing are concerned?
- Which institutional forms support the continued unsustainable extraction of finite natural resources as well as intangible materials such as data? What shifts 鈥 conceptually and in practice 鈥 are necessary for a more sustainable transformation?
To apply, please submit your application package as听one single PDF file containing (i) a 1-page Statement of Interest, (ii) a resum茅, and (iii) a 500-word writing sample听on a current climate change, ESG, democratic governance, green finance, or sustainable development issue. Applications must be sent to听tblsa [at] mcgill.ca听by Friday, 15 March 2024, midnight (Anywhere on Earth). All submitted files must have the听applicant鈥檚 name in the file name and in the document itself. Please also indicate which of the above 7 questions interests you the most.
TBLSA Fellows are responsible for their travel, but meals and accommodation during the Academy will be provided. Limited travel stipends may be available for students outside of Montreal.