Future-Proof Skills: Critical Thinking & Global Diplomacy

Explore how an interconnected world works—and how thoughtful young people can influence it. Across six weeks, you will build arguments, negotiate conflict, practise diplomacy in a mock Model United Nations crisis, and turn a current issue into an actionable youth-led policy proposal.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

• Explain how trade, global governance, and international bodies connect countries and shape global outcomes.

• Construct evidence-based arguments and identify common logical fallacies.

• Apply de-escalation, compromise, and interest-based negotiation techniques to conflicts.

• Represent a country in a structured Model United Nations crisis simulation.

• Communicate and collaborate respectfully across cultural differences.

• Research, draft, and present an actionable policy white paper proposing a youth-led response to a current issue.