Sat, October 1, 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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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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Saturday, October 1, 2016 - 12:00
Fri, September 30, 2016 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Speaker: Prof. Evgeny Pakhomov, Professor, IOF & Department of EOAS Location: AERL 120 Abstract : The accepted life cycle of the pelagic tunicate Salpa thompsoni is largely based upon samples collected...
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Friday, September 30, 2016 - 11:00
Fri, September 30, 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, September 30, 2016 - 10:00
Thu, September 29, 2016 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM University Centre. Free . The BC Institute of Agrology and the BRAES Institute Present: What Does a Career in Agrology Look Like? FREE burger lunch to the first 30 students to register and attend an Information session on careers in Agrology! Please...
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Thursday, September 29, 2016 - 12:00
Thu, September 29, 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, September 29, 2016 - 10:00
Wed, September 28, 2016 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM UBC FARM. $40 ($32 for registered students -- valid student ID is required) + GST. Come out and discover urban foraging and the art of medicine making through an interactive workshop identifying wild, edible and medicinal plants growing beneath your feet...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016 - 18:00
Wed, September 28, 2016 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. FREE. Celebrate food sustainability and ethical business practices. Experience live chef demo using UBC Farm's Heritage Orchard ingredients. Meet the people behind the food, get free samples, recipes and information. Visit UBC Farm...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016 - 11:30
Wed, September 28, 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, September 28, 2016 - 10:00
Tue, September 27, 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, September 27, 2016 - 10:00
Mon, September 26, 2016 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM CENTRE FOR INTERACTIVE RESEARCH ON SUSTAINABILITY (CIRS). Free. What do beavers, bio fuels, and thermal imaging have in common? These are just a few of the urban sustainability topics tackled by UBC Sustainability Scholars over the summer of 2016. Join us...
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Monday, September 26, 2016 - 13:00