Join us for the opening event of SDG Month at UBC — a conversation with Sundance Chief, author and member of the səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation) Rueben George about his bestselling book, It Stops Here: Standing Up For Our Lands, Our Waters and Our People, moderated by Dr. Shannon Leddy.
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.
Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems
Join us for a public talk with John Vaillant, Lori Daniels, and Suzanne Simard on the new wildfire reality facing urban BC.
Climate Justice is a business responsibility
Climate Change & Energy
Production, Consumption & Waste
Solutions Summit: Working Towards Climate Solutions
Climate Change & Energy
Policy, Economics & Governance
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 Month Canada
SDG Month 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
When:
Monday, March 3, 2025 - 17:00 to 18:30
Location:
BC Hydro Theatre, Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability
Speaker: Maria Pena, The University of The West Indies, Bridgetown, Barbados Fisherfolk in Barbados are experiencing increasing marginalisation. They are concerned about their apparent invisibility and lack of voice in blue economy, climate change and national social protection initiatives and...
When:
Friday, February 28, 2025 - 11:00 to 12:00
Location:
Online/Virtual Event
Speaker: Kevin Chang Abstract KUA’s Executive Director Kevin Chang will discuss some of the roots behind community movements in environmental governance and self-determination to aloha ʻāina (to care for that which feeds) and recent community successes in building a culture around community-...
When:
Friday, February 14, 2025 - 11:00 to 12:00
Location:
Online/Virtual Event
Writer in Residence at Green College Daphne Marlatt , poet; annie ross , poet; Fred Wah , poet; and Rita Wong , poet; hosted by Jaspreet Singh , Writer in Residence at Green College Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed Tuesday, February 11, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow “What is...
When:
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 - 17:00 to 18:30
Location:
Green College
Join the UBC Sustainability Hub for a hands-on workshop for current and aspiring climate organizers to help chart their path from desire for change to shaping an effective advocacy strategy through understanding the foundations of power. This workshop will be facilitated by Andrea Reimer , former...
When:
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 - 13:30 to 15:30
Location:
Policy Labs, Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability
Join the UBC Sustainability Hub for a public talk on the “how-to” foundations of effective climate advocacy. Hear from Andrea Reimer , former Vancouver city councillor and current UBC Adjunct Professor, drawing on her experiences from identifying decision-makers, crafting the ask, and...
When:
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 - 12:30 to 13:30
Location:
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS)
Join the UBC Sustainability Hub for a public talk on the "how-to" foundations of effective climate advocacy. Hear from Andrea Reimer , former Vancouver city councillor and current UBC SPPGA Adjunct Professor, drawing on her experiences from identifying decision-makers, crafting the ask, and...
When:
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 - 12:30 to 13:30
Location:
BC Hydro Theatre, Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability
Join us for the third event in our Speaker Series on Migration, Racialization, and Inequality, featuring Jennifer A. Jones. She will present her talk, “Organizing for Inclusion? Race-Making and the Quest for Immigrant Rights in the U.S. South.” This event will be held in a hybrid format. Lunch will...
When:
Monday, February 10, 2025 - 11:45 to 13:45
Location:
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Speaker: Dr. Caroline Ferguson Irlanda, Stanford University Linda Tuhiwai Smith famously wrote that “research” is a dirty word in Indigenous communities. Yet these communities have stewarded marine ecosystems since time immemorial and have a wealth of knowledge to contribute to the global crisis of...
When:
Friday, February 7, 2025 - 11:00 to 12:00
Location:
Online/Virtual Event
What role can a science-informed, carefully regulated approach to the development of Earth’s orbit have in protecting and nourishing the planet? With more nations developing space programs and more billionaires rushing to join Elon Musk in the industrialization of Earth’s orbit, we suddenly face...
When:
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 - 17:00 to 18:30
Location:
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS)