Thu, December 15, 2016 5:00 PM - 8:30 PM BEATY BIODIVERSITY CENTRE. By Donation. Come by for a night at the museum! Every month, the museum will stay open late with admission by donation between 5:00-8:30 pm, offering family-friendly activities. Join us on December 15 and learn more about the...
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
Mon, December 12, 2016 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM LIU INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ISSUES. All are welcome. Free general admission; no reserved seating.. Fogo Island Dialogues: Islands, Sovereignty and Decolonial Futures With Candice Hopkins and Monika Szewczyk, moderated by Nicolaus Schafhausen and special guests...
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Monday, December 12, 2016 - 14:00
Sat, December 10, 2016 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM UBC FARM. We will be selling our produce on the occasional Saturday once a month through the winter season! In addition to farm-fresh veggies, fruits, herbs, flowers and free-range eggs from the UBC Farm. Since 2001, the on-site Saturday Farm Market has...
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Saturday, December 10, 2016 - 09:00
Thu, December 8, 2016 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM UBC Okanagan campus. Free. Nobel Night at UBC Okanagan What: Nobel Night panel discussion Who: UBC Okanagan researchers discuss this year’s Nobel Prize winners When: Thursday, December 8 beginning at 7 p.m., refreshments to follow Where: Fipke Centre for...
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Thursday, December 8, 2016 - 19:00
Thu, December 8, 2016 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM UBC Okanagan campus. Free. Nobel Night at UBC Okanagan What: Nobel Night panel discussion Who: UBC Okanagan researchers discuss this year’s Nobel Prize winners When: Thursday, December 8 beginning at 7 p.m., refreshments to follow Where: Fipke Centre for...
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Thursday, December 8, 2016 - 19:00
Thu, December 8, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CENTRE FOR INTERACTIVE RESEARCH ON SUSTAINABILITY (CIRS). Free.. Find your zen - join us for free lunch hour yoga at UBC's hub for sustainability and wellbeing, the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS). Starting September, UBC...
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Thursday, December 8, 2016 - 12:00
Mon, December 5, 2016 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM See description. $10-$20. Okanagan Research Forum - Building a Resilient Okanagan Community Date: Monday, December 5, 2016 Location: Kelowna Yacht Club Day Activity (9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.) Include panels and sessions delivered by experts from local and...
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Monday, December 5, 2016 - 09:00
Sun, December 4, 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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Sunday, December 4, 2016 - 12:00
Sat, December 3, 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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Saturday, December 3, 2016 - 12:00
Fri, December 2, 2016 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Science Building. Free . EESC and Physical GEOG Seminar Series presents: John Richardson , Professor and Head Department Of Forest and Conservation Sciences, Director of Stream and Riparian Research Laboratory, University of British Columbia and Mark Lorang...
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Friday, December 2, 2016 - 14:00