Thu, November 18, 2021 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM UBC Vancouver Campus. Join the Centre for Community Engaged Learning's Social Impact Lab on Activating Solidarity Economies for an interactive opportunity to learn from community organizations that prioritize environment and social objectives before profit...
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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Presented in partnership with the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery Join us for a reading by Dallas Hunt from CREELAND , a collection of poetry concerned with connections to home and language, even from great distances, and the power of these connections as part of a process of creating, living,...
When:
Thursday, November 18, 2021 - 16:00 to 17:30
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Live Webinar and Limited In-Person
Wed, November 10, 2021 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM PONDEROSA COMMONS NORTH (OAK AND CEDAR HOUSES). https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/nov-10-2021/ The Amazon holds a unique place within the living fabric of the Earth. Its significance to the climate emergency and the wider extinction crisis is attested by science,...
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Wednesday, November 10, 2021 - 14:00
Hear the latest updates with live reports from UBC delegates in Glasgow. Find out who’s there, what’s happening on the ground, and where climate action is headed next. Webinar recording Moderated conversation and live audience Q&A. Featuring: EMAN ALSULAITI Undergraduate Student, CENES – Modern...
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Wednesday, November 10, 2021 - 12:00 to 13:30
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Zoom
Thu, November 4, 2021 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM UBC Vancouver Campus. Join the Centre for Community Engaged Learning's Social Impact Lab on Activating Solidarity Economies for an interactive opportunity to learn from community organizations that prioritize environment and social objectives before profit...
When:
Thursday, November 4, 2021 - 17:00
Fri, October 29, 2021 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM See description. Speaker : Dr. Michelle Tseng, Assistant Professor, UBC Botany Our lab primarily explores the effects of temperature warming on plankton and insect communities. In this presentation I will share some recent work showing that warming alters...
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Friday, October 29, 2021 - 11:00
COP26 has been described as “the world's best last chance” to tackle the climate crisis. The UBC Sustainability Initiative , Sierra Club BC , and West Coast Environmental Law are proud to present ‘What’s at Stake?’ A deep dive into the world of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (...
When:
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 - 18:00 to 19:30
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Online
Fri, October 22, 2021 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM See description. Strategies for increasing the representation and success of Black Women in Oceanography – lessons learned from the Ocean Womxn programme in South Africa Speaker : Dr. Katye Altieri is the Lead PI of Ocean Womxn, and a Senior Lecturer in the...
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Friday, October 22, 2021 - 11:00
Fri, October 15, 2021 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). This session will be held in-person (AERL 120) and over Zoom. Please RSVP to attend either. Speaker: Dr. Amanda Vincent, Professor, IOF The world’s quirky and iconic seahorses have quite a tale to tell, about...
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Friday, October 15, 2021 - 11:00
SCHEDULE | KEYNOTE SPEAKERS | REGISTRATION UBC CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM: OCTOBER 13 & 14, 2021 The UBC Climate Change Research Symposium will bring together, virtually, climate researchers from multiple faculties on our Vancouver and Okanagan campuses. While UBC is a recognized leader...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2021 - 09:00 to Thursday, October 14, 2021 - 16:00