Fri, December 5, 2014 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM LIU INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ISSUES. Join us in this special guest lecture, "Reshaping Food Systems to Achieve Sustainable Nutrition Security," by Dave Gustafson, Director, Center for Integrated Modeling of Sustainable Agriculture and Nutrition Security (CIMSANS...
Interested in learning more about sustainability? Our events listing and featured events provides plenty of opportunities to get involved in sustainability, both on-and-off campus. If you are looking to highlight your sustainability event on campus, please visit UBC Events and tag your submission "sustainability" related.
UBC Vancouver faculty members are invited to join an information session to learn more about the Sustainability Education Fellows program with grants of up to $20,000 for interdisciplinary faculty teams developing sustainability-related curricula...
Climate Emergency Week
Climate Emergency week at UBC seeks to convene and energize communities of climate action at UBC. Join our events, workshops and activities, and take collective action for justice, people, and our planet.
UBC Reads Sustainability
Part book club, part lecture series, and part opportunity to learn beyond the classroom. UBC Reads Sustainability is a forum for students across disciplines to discuss sustainability issues.
SDG Week Canada
SDG Week Canada is a national collaboration featuring workshops, panels, and other interactive programming to increase awareness of and engagement with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on university and college campuses.
Climate Justice Series
In response to the focus on climate justice as part of UBC’s Declaration of a Climate Emergency and recommendations from its Climate Emergency Task Force (CETF) Report the UBC Sustainability Initiative launched the Climate Justice Series, featuring sessions that examine climate justice from various perspectives, locally and globally.
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Friday, December 5, 2014 - 12:00
Thu, December 4, 2014 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. Are you worried about getting your thesis/dissertation into the format required by the Faculty of Graduate Studies? Would you like to know more about how to use the formatting features in Microsoft Word? Research Commons...
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Thursday, December 4, 2014 - 09:30
Wed, December 3, 2014 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Are you struggling with a particular feature(s) of Connect, want a quick recap or just need to discuss the structure of your course materials? Do you have questions about copyright or need help creating your course reserves...
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - 13:00
Wed, December 3, 2014 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Assessment Strategies: Current research and best practices In this session we will discuss assessment strategies, best practices and evidence. What are some alternative strategies in use, are they effective, and how can...
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - 13:00
Wed, December 3, 2014 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. Regression analysis is a statistical process for estimating the relationships among variables. We can use regression to make quantitative predictions of one variable from the values of another. Do you wonder how to do linear...
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - 11:00
Tue, December 2, 2014 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. If you need to manage large numbers of references and citations as part of your research, teaching or administrative work, citation management tools are for you. These tools provide a simple way to store, organize and retrieve...
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 - 13:30
Sat, November 29, 2014 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM THE FRED KAISER BUILDING. FREE. Join us, Saturday, November 29, 2014 from 9am to 3pm. Did you know engineers do more than build bridges and design fast cars? Engineers help prevent disease, reduce poverty and create solutions to protect people and our planet...
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Saturday, November 29, 2014 - 09:00
Fri, November 28, 2014 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Free!. What do you get when you put our 500+ second year majors together? New ideas! Research! Science! Energy! Come feel the energy from over 550 second year psychology majors as they present their research projects and share their...
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Friday, November 28, 2014 - 17:00
Fri, November 28, 2014 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. If you need to manage large numbers of references and citations as part of your research, teaching or administrative work, citation management tools are for you. These tools provide a simple way to store, organize and...
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Friday, November 28, 2014 - 10:00
Wed, November 26, 2014 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. THE DIGITAL UNIVERSE WHAT: How does digital media help you create, distribute, or preserve knowledge? Has available technology expanded, or limited, your academic or artistic work? Share how your research fits into the...
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014 - 16:00