Thu, October 13, 2016 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM LIU INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ISSUES. Free. Join us for the UBC launch of 100 Days by PhD Candidate and Liu Scholar Juliane Okot Bitek. 100 Days (U of Alberta Press 2016) is a collection of poetry that negotiates ways to remember the 1994 Rwanda Genocide. Venue:...
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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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Thu, October 13, 2016 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM LIU INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ISSUES. Free. Environmental defenders are murdered every month in Latin America. What can you do to help? Please join us in a roundtable discussion in solidarity with Angélica Choc, Indigenous Q’eqchi’ Maya activist, whose home in El...
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Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 15:00
Thu, October 13, 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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Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 10:00
Wed, October 12, 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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Wednesday, October 12, 2016 - 10:00
Wed, October 12, 2016 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM PONDEROSA CENTRE. Ticketed more details to come. Save the date! On January 26th 2017, the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems Symposium will celebrate the involvement of UBC students with food sustainability research, education, and community engagement. This...
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Wednesday, October 12, 2016 - 09:00
Tue, October 11, 2016 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM See description. Suggested donation: $5. Climate Justice in BC. Re-Imaging a Good Green Life Can BC become carbon-zero and generate thousands of good green jobs? Seth Klein shares key findings and policy solutions of the Climate Justice Project, highlighting...
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Tuesday, October 11, 2016 - 19:00
Tue, October 11, 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 11, 2016 - 10:00
Sun, October 9, 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 9, 2016 - 12:00
Sat, October 8, 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 8, 2016 - 12:00
Fri, October 7, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM See description. Prof. Jeff Sayer, James Cook University 25 years after the Rio Summit and a decade after the Copenhagen COP action to conserve tropical forests still disappoints. Political commitments have been made but are not reflected in action on the...
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Friday, October 7, 2016 - 12:00