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.

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...

Sustainability Education Fellows Information Session

Sustainability Photo Pop-Up Exhibition

Climate Change & Energy
Ecological Systems

Plug Yourself into UBC Research: a Series for Undergraduate Students

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

Join Director of YYoga’s Teachers College, Rachel Scott and counteract the perils of life at the desk! This hour long workshop will target and open the key muscles that are chronically shortened by hours of computer and study time. Not only will you stretch key muscles, you'll also strengthen your...
When:
Wednesday, November 9, 2016 - 16:52
Wed, November 9, 2016 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Science Building. Free . EESc Physical GEOG Seminar Series presents John Greenough, UBC Okanagan Title: Towards a Grand Unifying Hypothesis for Chemical Variation in the Earth's Mantle Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2016 Time: 3:30-4:30 p.m. Room: SCI 333...
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Wednesday, November 9, 2016 - 15:30
Wed, November 9, 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...
When:
Wednesday, November 9, 2016 - 10:00
Wed, November 9, 2016 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM See description. FREE. - DUDES Club & Peer Mentoring Following up on the Dudes Club presentation in March, 2016, the DUDES Club research and evaluation team will screen a short version of their documentary about the club and discuss the toolkit...
When:
Wednesday, November 9, 2016 - 10:00
Tue, November 8, 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...
When:
Tuesday, November 8, 2016 - 10:00
Sun, November 6, 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...
When:
Sunday, November 6, 2016 - 12:00
Sat, November 5, 2016 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM LIU INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ISSUES. Free. Join us at UBC for a multi-day symposium, Breaking the Cycle: Canada’s Refugee Record on the Global Stage, alongside an opera and an art exhibit titled The Consul in order to stimulate discussion on the various aspects...
When:
Saturday, November 5, 2016 - 17:00
Sat, November 5, 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...
When:
Saturday, November 5, 2016 - 12:00
Sat, November 5, 2016 1:00 AM - 4:00 AM UBC FARM. $39 ($32 for registered students -- valid student ID is required) + GST. Participants will learn how manage soil to improve the overall health, fertility, and resiliency of their garden or farm. This workshop will begin by giving participants a...
When:
Saturday, November 5, 2016 - 01:00
Fri, November 4, 2016 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM LIU INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ISSUES. Free. Join us at UBC for a multi-day symposium, Breaking the Cycle: Canada’s Refugee Record on the Global Stage, alongside an opera and an art exhibit titled The Consul in order to stimulate discussion on the various aspects...
When:
Friday, November 4, 2016 - 17:00

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