Fri, November 8, 2013 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM UBC FARM. FREE. Walk 60 acre site of fields, forests and hedgerows! Visit Beehives, hoophouses, and greenhouses. See where the Farm Markets happen, walk through our educational Children's Garden, and learn about Aboriginal Hub. Dress for the weather,...
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...
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
Thu, November 7, 2013 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM HENRY ANGUS BUILDING. Dr. Janette Bulkan, University of British Columbia Forest Resources Management, with commentators Professor Margot Young, Faculty of Law and Dr. Leila Harris, Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability This talk will...
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Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 12:30
Thu, November 7, 2013 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM BEATY BIODIVERSITY CENTRE. Free. Pop in to the Beaty Biodiversity Museum to to get a first hand view of an eyeball dissection through the lens of biodiversity. The eyeballs are from an educational supply company and are by-products of food production. Beaty...
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Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 12:30
Thu, November 7, 2013 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EARTH AND OCEAN SCIENCES - MAIN - PACIFIC MUSEUM OF THE EARTH. Free. Discover the Pacific Museum of the Earth's OmniGlobe—a interactive spherical display screen that is the first of its kind in Canada. Want to see it in action? Attend an interactive lecture...
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Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 12:00
Thu, November 7, 2013 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Earth Sciences Building. UBC’s Athletics stars and Thunderbird are here to help you connect with like-minded staff, faculty and students. Who do you want to meet? On Main Mall in front of Earth Science Building, 2207 Main Mall [sustain.ubc.ca]
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Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 11:00
Thu, November 7, 2013 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. Please join us for Getting Started With Connect – Part II, a hands-on workshop that focuses on effective ways to: · Develop, deliver and grade student assignments and tests; · Provide feedback using...
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Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 09:00
Thu, November 7, 2013 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM THEA KOERNER HOUSE (FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES/GRAD STUDENT CENTRE). $10 for attendees. The Land and Food Systems Graduate Student Conference is a one-day, student-organized conference designed to showcase the graduate research taking place in our diverse...
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Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 08:30
Wed, November 6, 2013 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Common Energy is teaming up with Our Horizon, a team of volunteers touring around Canada in hopes of encouraging citizens to contact their local municipalities to pass a law in which all gas stations would be required to put a warning...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 18:00
Wed, November 6, 2013 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM STUDENT UNION BUILDING (SUB). The Carl Sagan Association for the Communication of Science presents Carl Sagan's COSMOS, Episode 4: "Heaven and Hell" Wednesdy, Nov. 6th, 4:00PM - 6:00PM | The Norm Theatre (UBC Student Union Building) "We do not know beforehand...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 16:00
Wed, November 6, 2013 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM SIMON K.Y. LEE HKU-UBC HOUSE (GLOBAL LOUNGE) - BUILDING #1. This is a Jump Start event, targeted specifically to first year international and Aboriginal students to celebrate positive mental health by encouraging students to take a break. They will get to...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 15:00