Wed, November 18, 2015 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. Keeping current with new research in your field can be a challenge. In this workshop, you’ll learn strategies and tools to help you stay up-to-date with the published literature. We’ll cover: -How to create saved search...
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...
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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Wed, November 18, 2015 12:00 AM - Tue, January 5, 2016, 12:00 AM UBC Point Grey Campus. Take a walk in my shoes and see the world that I see. Drop by the Liu Lobby Gallery (6476 North West Marine Drive) to view a photo exhibition hosted by Tillikum Lens, a program dedicated to empower indigenous...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 00:00
Tue, November 17, 2015 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. $20 for Students. A culinary exploration of global food domination and the conquest for our appetites, written and Performed by Jovanni Sy. TICKETS: $25 General / $20 Students or Seniors. Seating is limited. Purchase tickets: http://...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 - 19:00
Tue, November 17, 2015 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. Better writing starts with more writing, but it can be difficult to make the time – or get the accountability and feedback/support to start and keep a writing habit. This facilitated writing group was designed to address this...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 - 16:00
Tue, November 17, 2015 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. NVivo's classification capabilities will help you to add demographic data to your nodes and bibliographic data to your sources. Datasets allow you to import and work with tabular material from spreadsheets, database tables,...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 - 11:00
Tue, November 17, 2015 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM WOODWARD LIBRARY. Free. This session is appropriate for students conducting literature reviews in any discipline. Topics include ... what is a literature review? ... finding the right databases ... search strategies for databases ... finding scholarly...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 - 10:00
Mon, November 16, 2015 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Rashid Sumaila with the UBC Fisheries Economics Research Unit, Global Fisheries Cluster, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, and Liu Institute for Global Issues will present two of his ongoing research projects with a view to...
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Monday, November 16, 2015 - 14:30
Mon, November 16, 2015 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. Better writing starts with more writing, but it can be difficult to make the time – or get the accountability and feedback/support to start and keep a writing habit. This facilitated writing group was designed to address this...
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Monday, November 16, 2015 - 13:00
Thu, November 12, 2015 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. Are you worried about getting your thesis/dissertation into the format required by the Faculty of Graduate Studies? Would you like to know more about how to use the formatting features in Microsoft Word? Research Commons...
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Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 14:00
Thu, November 12, 2015 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Speaker: Kiyoshi Kurokawa, MD, MACP Adjunct professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies Chairman of Health and Global Policy Institute Chair of Board, Global Health Innovative Technology Fund Professor...
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Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 12:00