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.

UBC Vancouver faculty members are invited to join an information session to learn more about the Sustainability Education Fellows program with grants of up to $20,000 for interdisciplinary faculty teams developing sustainability-related curricula...

Sustainability Photo Pop-Up Exhibition

Plug Yourself into UBC Research: a Series for Undergraduate Students

Emotions and Saving the Planet

Human Well-being & Social Systems

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.

Events by Date

Past Events

Mon, October 20, 2014 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...
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Monday, October 20, 2014 - 12:00
Sat, October 18, 2014 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM See description. $4 entry - cash only (Children 12 years and under free). A family event for all ages, the UBC Apple Festival celebrates one of British Columbia's favourite fruits. From children learning about the diversity of apples to those who remember...
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Saturday, October 18, 2014 - 11:00
Fri, October 17, 2014 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM CHAN CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. https://tickets.ubc.ca/Online/seatSelect.asp . A passionate and public environmental activist since childhood, Severn Cullis-Suzuki is also an author, television host of the APTN series Samaqan – Water Stories, scientist...
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Friday, October 17, 2014 - 19:30
Thu, October 16, 2014 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM CHAN CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. https://tickets.ubc.ca/Online/seatSelect.asp . A passionate and public environmental activist since childhood, Severn Cullis-Suzuki is also an author, television host of the APTN series Samaqan – Water Stories, scientist...
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Thursday, October 16, 2014 - 19:30
Thu, October 16, 2014 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. The Drop-In Clinics are open for administrators of UBC weblogs or websites to get one-on-one support in WordPress for Teaching and Learning or Administrative purposes. Participants should come prepared with a list of...
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Thursday, October 16, 2014 - 13:00
Thu, October 16, 2014 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...
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Thursday, October 16, 2014 - 09:30
Wed, October 15, 2014 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. The Instructional Design (ID) Community of Practice aims to be a self-sustaining community where like-minded members connect with others, online and face to face, about integrating technology, discussing hot topics,...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - 13:30
Wed, October 15, 2014 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Are you struggling with a particular feature(s) of Connect, want a quick recap or just need to discuss the structure of your course materials? Do you have questions about copyright or need help creating your course reserves...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - 13:00
Tue, October 14, 2014 1:30 PM - 3:30 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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Tuesday, October 14, 2014 - 13:30
Tue, October 14, 2014 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. To what extent does the flipped classroom approaches enhance student learning? How can we start measuring the impact of using flexible and flipped approaches in our teaching and learning practice? This interactive...
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014 - 12:00

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