Fri, March 27, 2015 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM GEOGRAPHY BUILDING. Please join us this Friday, March 27 from 3 to 6 pm for an event entitled "Climate Change: Science, Policies and Politics" in Geography 100 that will bring together scientists and candidates in the next federal election. It will be followed...
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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Fri, March 27, 2015 11:00 AM - 12:00 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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Friday, March 27, 2015 - 11:00
Thu, March 26, 2015 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PETER WALL INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES. Free. Abstract: We are well and truly in the Anthropocene. The interactions and feedbacks between human actions and water cycle dynamics on the planet, combined with the evolution of human norms/values in relation to...
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Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 12:30
Wed, March 25, 2015 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM PETER WALL INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES. $25. Peter Wall Associate Dinner Forum with Dr. Philippe Tortell, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, and Botany, UBC, and Peter Wall Scholar Taking the pulse of Antarctic ecosystems in the face of rapid climate...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 18:00
Tue, March 24, 2015 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Join us for an intimate Policy Chat with Lucija Muehlenbachs, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Calgary; Visiting Fellow, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC. Venue: Liu Institute for Global Issues –...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 14:00
Tue, March 24, 2015 12:00 PM - 2:00 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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Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 12:00
Tue, March 24, 2015 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM University Centre. Need a break? Come check out three really cool TED talks today - just drop in! Three TED talks will be shown every Tuesday from 11 am to 12 noon in the UNC Theatre.
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 11:00
Mon, March 23, 2015 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. Do you know how to edit and organize your data using an effective data management software? Do you want to work with user-friendly software without going through a hassle of writing code? SPSS can help you accomplish this for...
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Monday, March 23, 2015 - 14:30
Mon, March 23, 2015 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. Do you wonder what SPSS is and how it can be useful to help you manage and analyze your data? Would you like to learn how to work with SPSS just by clicking a few keys? Enroll in our workshop and let us help you learn the...
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Monday, March 23, 2015 - 12:00
Fri, March 20, 2015 11:00 AM - 1:00 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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Friday, March 20, 2015 - 11:00