Tue, September 22, 2015 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Free. This talk is presented alongside GC Leading Scholar Navin Ramankutty’s own talk, " Feeding the World without Destroying the Planet ,” as a back-to-back conversation across disciplines. Green College Leading Scholars' Series...
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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Tue, September 22, 2015 10:00 AM - Wed, September 23, 2015, 11:00 AM UBC Point Grey Campus. People of the Land: Dialogue series with the Mapuche Territorial Alliance will bring together two Indigenous leaders from the Mapuche Nation –Alberto Curamil and Miguel Melin– with Indigenous activists and...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 10:00
Tue, September 22, 2015 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Library Building. Free . NSERC Industrial Chair Candidate Research Talk with Dr. Nathan Pelletier, Principal Consultant, Global Ecologic Environmental Consulting and Management Services on "Food System Sustainability: Life Cycle Measurement and Management...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 10:00
Mon, September 21, 2015 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Earth Sciences Building. Free. Abstract: Mato Grosso, Brazil has emerged over the past decade as one of the most important food production areas in the world, producing more than 10 per cent of the world’s soybeans. However, Mato Grosso also has vast areas...
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Monday, September 21, 2015 - 16:30
Fri, September 18, 2015 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Allard Hall (Faculty of Law). This event is free, but pre-registration is required.. A panel of experts representing "field to fork" will discuss trends ranging from increasing consumer awareness and demand for organic and sustainable farming, food safety...
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Friday, September 18, 2015 - 14:30
Thu, August 27, 2015 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. Survival analysis is for everyone in the field of Medicine, Engineering, Economics, and even Sociology. Survival analysis deals with the analysis of time duration to until one or more events happen, such as the death of...
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Thursday, August 27, 2015 - 12:00
Thu, August 27, 2015 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. Have you been to our linear regression workshop? If you have, it is time to learn about logistic regression. Logistic regression measures the relationship between a categorical dependent variable and one or more independent...
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Thursday, August 27, 2015 - 09:30
Exhibition - Melancholy Bay: Images of English Bay, Burrard Inlet and Howe Sound from the Collection
Sun, August 23, 2015 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM MORRIS AND HELEN BELKIN ART GALLERY. Melancholy Bay: Images of English Bay, Burrard Inlet and Howe Sound from the Collection June 19-August 23, 2015 All are welcome, admission is free. CURATOR'S TOUR WITH SCOTT WATSON: Saturday, June 20, 1-2pm HOURS: Tuesday-...
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Sunday, August 23, 2015 - 12:00
Exhibition - Melancholy Bay: Images of English Bay, Burrard Inlet and Howe Sound from the Collection
Sat, August 22, 2015 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM MORRIS AND HELEN BELKIN ART GALLERY. Melancholy Bay: Images of English Bay, Burrard Inlet and Howe Sound from the Collection June 19-August 23, 2015 All are welcome, admission is free. CURATOR'S TOUR WITH SCOTT WATSON: Saturday, June 20, 1-2pm HOURS: Tuesday-...
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Saturday, August 22, 2015 - 12:00
Exhibition - Melancholy Bay: Images of English Bay, Burrard Inlet and Howe Sound from the Collection
Fri, August 21, 2015 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM MORRIS AND HELEN BELKIN ART GALLERY. Melancholy Bay: Images of English Bay, Burrard Inlet and Howe Sound from the Collection June 19-August 23, 2015 All are welcome, admission is free. CURATOR'S TOUR WITH SCOTT WATSON: Saturday, June 20, 1-2pm HOURS: Tuesday-...
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Friday, August 21, 2015 - 10:00