Thu, March 30, 2017 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM See description. FREE. What are some stories of success between Indigenous peoples and health care professionals? Join UBC Learning Circle, in collaboration with Vancouver Coastal Health’s Aboriginal Health Department, in welcoming Elder Roberta Price and Dr...
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.
Human Well-being & Social Systems
Natural Resources
Join us at the xʷc̓ic̓əsəm Garden for an open conversation circle about climate justice and the essential role of Indigenous rights and relations with the land in addressing climate change.
Climate Justice is a business responsibility
Climate Change & Energy
Production, Consumption & Waste
Solutions Summit: Working Towards Climate Solutions
Climate Change & Energy
Policy, Economics & Governance
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 Month Canada
SDG Month 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.
Events by Date
Past Events
Wed, March 29, 2017 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM LIU INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ISSUES. Free and open to public; See link for updated location. Organic farming is one of the fastest growing sectors of world agriculture. Although it represents only 1% of world agricultural area, organic is one of the most...
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Wednesday, March 29, 2017 - 12:00
Tue, March 28, 2017 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM See description. Free - https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/save-our-seas-why-is-translating-good-scienc... . Science World at TELUS World of Science 1455 Quebec Street Scientific evidence has been telling us for years that our oceans are in peril. So why have we not...
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Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 18:30
Tue, March 28, 2017 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM See description. Free but MUST have ticket.
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Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 18:30
Sat, March 25, 2017 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Free. Marianne Nicolson Artist Talk and Exhibition Catalogue Launch Saturday, March 25, 2017, 1 pm Join artist Marianne Nicolson who will talk about two works that are part of the Belkin’s current exhibition To refuse/To wait/To sleep...
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Saturday, March 25, 2017 - 13:00
Sat, March 25, 2017 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM BEATY BIODIVERSITY CENTRE. Included with museum admission or membership. Drop in between 10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. the last Saturday of the month to enjoy a special ecosystem activity for families plus all of our regular museum programming, including puppet shows...
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Saturday, March 25, 2017 - 10:30
Fri, March 24, 2017 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Speaker: Dr. Lucas Brotz Postdoctoral Fellow, Sea Around Us Jellyfish blooms appear to be increasing in many locations around the globe, but these increases are not uniform across time and space. How can our...
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Friday, March 24, 2017 - 11:00
Thu, March 23, 2017 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY (MOA). Buen vivir is the indigenous concept of living well, in harmony with nature, and it is a central theme of the UBC Museum of Anthropology’s new exhibition: “Amazonia: The Rights of Nature.” In this workshop, participants will...
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Thursday, March 23, 2017 - 14:00
Thu, March 23, 2017 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Free and open to the public. Wastewater reuse has become an accepted practice in cities and peri-urban areas. However, in developing country settings, wastewater reuse presents multiple challenges. First, water...
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Thursday, March 23, 2017 - 12:00
Thu, March 23, 2017 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. The Pixelating Mixer is an opportunity for DH scholars across campus to meet colleagues, talk tools, brainstorm ideas and network with others who use digital tools to explore and visualize their research. Curious about text mining...
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Thursday, March 23, 2017 - 12:00