Mon, March 14, 2016 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM BOOKSTORE. Join us at the UBC Bookstore Plaza to get your free travel mug and learn how to recycle all components of a disposable coffee cup if you can’t use it.
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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Past Events
Fri, March 11, 2016 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM SCHOOL OF POPULATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH. Olga Pena, PhD Research Scientist and Manager Air Pollution/Carlsten Lab Chan-Yeung Centre for Occupational and Environmental Respiratory Disease (COERD) Location: SPPH B151 Upcoming OEH Seminars
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Friday, March 11, 2016 - 12:30
Thu, March 10, 2016 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM UBC Okanagan campus. Free. Network Like a Pro! EME 1153 Looking to develop your networking skills? Want to learn what recruiters are looking for when they meet new candidates? This interactive session will address all these questions and more. Pre-registration...
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Thursday, March 10, 2016 - 16:30
Thu, March 10, 2016 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM UBC Okanagan campus. Free. Careers in Banking Workshop EME 1153 Not sure where you fit in a career in banking? Wondered what types of career paths are available? Join our business representatives as they share their insights on how to break into an exciting...
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Thursday, March 10, 2016 - 14:30
Thu, March 10, 2016 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM MORRIS AND HELEN BELKIN ART GALLERY. Free admission for all. Tea with Beau Thursdays in January, February and March, 2016, 1-2 pm Join UBC Artist in Residence and Kwakwaka’wakw Hereditary Chief Beau Dick, community members, elders and activists on select...
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Thursday, March 10, 2016 - 13:00
Wed, March 9, 2016 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM See description. FREE!!. Join us at the UBC Learning Circle live for the airing of Community Conversation on HIV/AIDS in First Nations Communities, with Rodney Little Mustache, Emma Palmantier, and Harlan Pruden. Our rich and diverse Indigenous panel will...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2016 - 10:00
Tue, March 8, 2016 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Free admission for all. Please join us for a reading and discussion with Glen Coulthard, who will read from his critically acclaimed book, Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition (University of Minnesota Press...
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Tuesday, March 8, 2016 - 13:00
Mon, March 7, 2016 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM LIFE SCIENCES CENTRE. 0. Event Description Well-designed figures can illustrate complex concepts and patterns that may be difficult to express concisely in words. Figures that are clear, concise and attractive are effective–they form a strong connection with...
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Monday, March 7, 2016 - 12:30
Fri, March 4, 2016 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM SCHOOL OF POPULATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH. Speaker: Martha Lee MSc OEH Student SPPH Land use regression models for NO2, NO, PM2.5, and black carbon were created to map poor air quality exposure in Hong Kong. This research is part of a large project and the models...
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Friday, March 4, 2016 - 12:30
Fri, March 4, 2016 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM C. K. CHOI BUILDING FOR THE INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH. Join a discussion with French Ambassador Nicolas Chapuis on the COP21 Paris agreement - how was consensus reached between the main carbon emitters and what does it entail now? The talk will also touch...
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Friday, March 4, 2016 - 12:30