Tue, November 10, 2015 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. Thinking about publishing your research? There are more ways to communicate your scholarly ideas than ever before. Learn about skills and tools for discussing, interacting, presenting, writing, commenting, and finally...
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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Past Events
Tue, November 10, 2015 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM FREDERIC WOOD THEATRE. The Lind Initiative in U.S. Studies presents a discussion with Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands and Leader of the Green Party of Canada on "Climate Inequality." Venue Change: We have moved the event to Frederic Wood Theatre,...
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015 - 12:30
Sat, November 7, 2015 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. FREE. Receive an overview of global change processes and rates of change. Explore opportunities for intervention and more thoughtful engagement. HADI DOWLATABADI is a professor and Canada Research Chair in Applied Mathematics and Global...
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Saturday, November 7, 2015 - 13:00
Wed, November 4, 2015 3:00 PM - 5:00 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 staff...
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Wednesday, November 4, 2015 - 15:00
Tue, November 3, 2015 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. NVivo is computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software. In this introductory workshop, you'll learn about the benefits of working with NVivo, how to set it up, the types of sources you can use and how to import them...
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Tuesday, November 3, 2015 - 11:00
Thu, October 29, 2015 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries (IOF) Presents The Larkin Lecture - What the past tells us about the future of fisheries and oceans research in British Columbia Dr. Richard Beamish, Pacific Biological...
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Thursday, October 29, 2015 - 17:00
Thu, October 29, 2015 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM Science Building. Free . EESc Physical GEOG Seminar Series Presents: From the Icebox to the Greenhouse: What New Zealand glaciers tell us about climate change. Speaker: Professor Jamie Schulmeister University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Dr. Shulmeister...
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Thursday, October 29, 2015 - 16:30
Thu, October 29, 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 staff...
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Thursday, October 29, 2015 - 14:00
Wed, October 28, 2015 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. If you need to manage large numbers of references and citations as part of your research, teaching or administrative work, citation management tools are for you. These tools provide a simple way to store, organize and retrieve...
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 15:00
Mon, October 26, 2015 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. How do you manage your research data? Join us for a research data management planning workshop designed to help you incorporate best practices for data management into your own work. We will address such questions as: What...
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Monday, October 26, 2015 - 10:00