Wed, March 11, 2015 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Join us for an engaging talk by Prof. Brian Murray, Research Professor of Environmental Economics at Duke University and visiting Fulbright Scholar at the Institute of the Environment, University of Ottawa. The Regional Greenhouse Gas...
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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Wednesday, March 11, 2015 - 12:00
Tue, March 10, 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 10, 2015 - 11:00
Mon, March 9, 2015 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Join us for an exciting panel to discuss the new book, How Climate Change Comes to Matter: The Communal Life of Facts, by Candis Callison, UBC’s Graduate School of Journalism. Climate change offers an opportunity to investigate how science...
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Monday, March 9, 2015 - 16:00
Mon, March 9, 2015 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. Do you have trouble summarizing your data? Do you want to analyze your data with t-test, ANOVA, Pearson-test, etc. using SPSS? Do you have trouble graphing and presenting your data with SPSS? Well, we can help you with all of...
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Monday, March 9, 2015 - 12:00
Mon, March 9, 2015 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM 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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Monday, March 9, 2015 - 09:30
Fri, March 6, 2015 1:00 PM - 2:00 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 6, 2015 - 13:00
Fri, March 6, 2015 11:00 AM - 12:30 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...
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Friday, March 6, 2015 - 11:00
The AMS Sustainability Fund and UBC SEEDS Sustainability Program invite you to our Sustainability Recognition Gala. Come hear a series of Pecha-Kucha inspired presentations about great student projects advancing sustainability at UBC. Presentations will be followed by a catered reception with beer...
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Friday, March 6, 2015 - 09:09
Thu, March 5, 2015 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PETER WALL INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES. Peter Wall International Visiting Research Scholar public talk Climate Change: Myths and Realities A few misconceptions cloud public perceptions of the issue of human induced climate change. David Archer, Peter Wall...
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Thursday, March 5, 2015 - 16:00
Thu, March 5, 2015 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM FOOD, NUTRITION AND HEALTH BUILDING. Liz Carlisle, a protégé of Michael Pollan, is coming to UBC to tell the remarkable story of an unheralded group of Montana farmers who have defied corporate agribusiness by launching a unique sustainable food movement. Dave...
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Thursday, March 5, 2015 - 16:00