How can you use law to fight for nature’s rights and transform humanity’s relationships with other beings and the planet? Find out by participating in this 2-day, innovative, interactive, intensive, online learning experience as courageous “Warrior Lawyers,” Indigenous legal knowledge holders and...
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.
Human Well-being & Social Systems
Natural Resources
Join us at the xʷc̓ic̓əsəm Garden for an open conversation circle about climate justice and the essential role of Indigenous rights and relations with the land in addressing climate change.
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:
Sunday, November 17, 2024 - 08:00 to 15:00
Location:
Online/Virtual Event
xChange 2024: Engineering A Greener Tomorrow , hosted by Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Canada and the UBC Chapter of EWB, will focus on building a sustainable future for communities in BC through inclusive climate solutions. The event will be held at the Centre for Interactive Research on...
When:
Saturday, November 16, 2024 - 08:30
How can you use law to fight for nature’s rights and transform humanity’s relationships with other beings and the planet? Find out by participating in this 2-day, innovative, interactive, intensive, online learning experience as courageous “Warrior Lawyers,” Indigenous legal knowledge holders and...
When:
Saturday, November 16, 2024 - 08:00 to 15:00
Location:
Online/Virtual Event
Speaker: Dr. Rocío Joo, Senior data scientist on the research and innovation team, Global Fishing Watch Forced labor and other human rights abuses in the fishing industry are a widespread and entrenched issue, affecting crews across regions, fleets, and Flag States. These abuses include deceptive...
When:
Friday, November 15, 2024 - 11:00 to 12:00
Location:
Online/Virtual Event
Speaker: Dr. Carol Meirelles Research Associate, Marine Mammal Research Unit (MMRU) Dr. Meirelles will share insights from her 25-year commitment to manatee conservation biology, highlighting both grassroots initiatives and large-scale collaborative networks across South America. Her presentation...
When:
Friday, November 8, 2024 - 11:00 to 12:00
Location:
Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL)
This year, the Sustainability Hub is offering TEN $250 microgrants to student organizers to reduce barriers to participation, and increase equity and access for students that want to organize a Climate Emergency Week event or activity. All UBC students are eligible to apply! This online information...
When:
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 12:00 to 13:00
Location:
Zoom
THIS EVENT IS IN PERSON ONLY. Featuring marine activist Ted Danson and award-winning marine scientists Daniel Pauly and Rashid Sumaila, Change Makers gets to the heart of the issue of sustainability to reveal a genuine pathway to success. The film examines the WTO fishing agreement as our best and...
When:
Friday, October 25, 2024 - 00:00 to 23:59
Location:
Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL)
In this Indigenous Speakers Series session , we will have a conversation with Angela Sterritt, an award-winning investigative journalist, TV, radio, and podcast host, and national bestselling author for her book Unbroken . Angela is from the Wilp Wiik’aax (we-GAK) of the Gitanmaax (GIT-in-max)...
When:
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 - 12:00 to 13:30
Location:
Online/Virtual Event
This talk by Godwin Dzah focuses on his pioneering book which analyzes and reimagines the concept of sustainable development in international law from a non-Western legal perspective. Built upon the intersection of law, politics, and history in the context of Africa, its peoples and their...
When:
Friday, October 18, 2024 - 12:30 to 13:30
Location:
Allard Hall
Speaker: Jennifer Rasal is a Senior Data Science Officer, Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) With growing concerns about global overfishing, market-based eco-certification programs like the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) can incentivise adoption of sustainable practices. The MSC is an international...
When:
Friday, October 18, 2024 - 11:00 to 12:00
Location:
Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL)