Tue, October 18, 2016 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM See description. FREE. This is the second UBC Learning Circle session on Aboriginal Student Success with Stó:lō presenter Mark Point, Skowkale First Nation. The traditional canoe carver/racer, tribal council manager, band manager, teacher, school principal...
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What might sea level rise look like at UBC? A new mural in the AMS sustainability corridor offers a glimpse into future possibilities. Join local artists Josianne Assignon and Ana Julia Leon to celebrate the completion of the mural and to learn how...
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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Tuesday, October 18, 2016 - 10:00
Tue, October 18, 2016 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM MORRIS AND HELEN BELKIN ART GALLERY. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-5pm; Saturday-Sunday, noon-5pm; Closed Mondays and Holidays The Last Waves is a collaborative installation in which the viewer is immersed in a sequence of hallucinatory sets that...
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Tuesday, October 18, 2016 - 10:00
Sun, October 16, 2016 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM MORRIS AND HELEN BELKIN ART GALLERY. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-5pm; Saturday-Sunday, noon-5pm; Closed Mondays and Holidays The Last Waves is a collaborative installation in which the viewer is immersed in a sequence of hallucinatory sets that...
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Sunday, October 16, 2016 - 12:00
Sat, October 15, 2016 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM MORRIS AND HELEN BELKIN ART GALLERY. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-5pm; Saturday-Sunday, noon-5pm; Closed Mondays and Holidays The Last Waves is a collaborative installation in which the viewer is immersed in a sequence of hallucinatory sets that...
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Saturday, October 15, 2016 - 12:00
Fri, October 14, 2016 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM See description. FREE. Discover a different perspective on innovation with intellectual omnivore Vaclav Smil. A prolific author, scientist, and professor, in 2010 Foreign Policy magazine named him to its list of FP Top 100 Global Thinkers. Smil is a...
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Friday, October 14, 2016 - 18:00
Fri, October 14, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Arts Building. Free . Biology Seminar Series presents: Dr. James Stegan, Microbiology Scientist Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Title: Coupling Among Microbial Ecology, Hydrology, and Biogeochemistry in the Groundwater-Surface Water Interaction Zone...
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Friday, October 14, 2016 - 12:00
Fri, October 14, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM The Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS). Free but registration required. Scholar-practitioner of Hawaiian and Indigenous epistemology, Dr. Manulani Aluli-Meyer joins the UBC Future of Food Speaker Series to share with us her Indigenous...
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Friday, October 14, 2016 - 12:00
Fri, October 14, 2016 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Speaker: André Frainer, Post-doctoral researcher, Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø Background: Recent studies indicate that the composition of fish communities is changing in the...
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Friday, October 14, 2016 - 11:00
Fri, October 14, 2016 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM MORRIS AND HELEN BELKIN ART GALLERY. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-5pm; Saturday-Sunday, noon-5pm; Closed Mondays and Holidays The Last Waves is a collaborative installation in which the viewer is immersed in a sequence of hallucinatory sets that...
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Friday, October 14, 2016 - 10:00
Thu, October 13, 2016 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM UBC FARM. $53 ($46 for registered students -- valid student ID is required) + GST. This hands-on workshop is suitable for participants with little or no canning experience. Through a presentation, hands-on jam-making session, and demonstration of pickle-...
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Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 18:00