Thu, February 1, 2018 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). FREE. Join us for Steve Conrad's talk on "Why people matter: including water user preferences in water policymaking." Thursday, February 1 12:30pm - 1:30pm AERL Theatre (room 120), 2202 Main Mall Water...
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.
What might sea level rise look like at UBC? A new mural in the AMS sustainability corridor offers a glimpse into future possibilities. Join local artists Josianne Assignon and Ana Julia Leon to celebrate the completion of the mural and to learn how...
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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Thursday, February 1, 2018 - 12:30
Wed, January 31, 2018 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM LIU INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ISSUES. Free. Speaker: Gastón Gordillo, UBC Anthropology Topic: The Imperial Metropolis: the Infrastructure of the Soy Supply Chain in South America Location: Liu Multipurpose Room About Gastón Gordillo: In his current ethnographic...
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Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 12:30
Wed, January 31, 2018 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM LIU INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ISSUES. Free. Speaker: Gastón Gordillo, UBC Anthropology Topic: The Imperial Metropolis: the Infrastructure of the Soy Supply Chain in South America Location: Liu Multipurpose Room About Gastón Gordillo: In his current ethnographic...
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Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 12:30
Wed, January 31, 2018 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM BROCK HALL - WEST WING. The Bike Kitchen is open for volunteering on Wednesdays from 11am - 5pm with a midday mechanical workshop from 1pm - 2pm only for volunteers! Volunteers can drop-in at any point during the day without prior sign-up and are assigned...
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Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 10:00
Wed, January 31, 2018 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM See description. FREE. In this session, we will discuss the various ways that community members and health professionals can access Xwi7xwa Library's collections, and other incredible collections for researching a variety of areas. Several resources will be...
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Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 10:00
Tue, January 30, 2018 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY BUILDING. (ANSO 2107) Dr. Olli Pyyhtinen is Associate Professor at the New Social Research programme at the University of Tampere, Finland. His talk explores the connections between value, ethics, and waste by attending to the...
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Tuesday, January 30, 2018 - 11:00
Mon, January 29, 2018 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ASIAN CENTRE. Free. Join us at Professor Mark Jaccard’s talk about climate policy options for the reduction of greenhouse gasses. Venue: UBC Asian Centre – Auditorium, 1871 West Mall, Vancouver, B.C V6T 1Z2. (Note: This is a new venue to accommodate more...
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Monday, January 29, 2018 - 12:00
Sat, January 27, 2018 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM REGENT COLLEGE. $5 (Online through More Information link.). Missions Fest 2018 is hosting a screening of Making Peace With Creation. About the film: Poet and theologian Loren Wilkinson has spent his life thinking, teaching, and campaigning about the...
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Saturday, January 27, 2018 - 13:00
Thu, January 25, 2018 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM See description. free. Building Networks for Food Solutions and Healthy, Sustainable and Prosperous Futures: Stories from Communities in Northeastern USA with Curtis Ogden Where: Innovation Centre Theatre, 1st floor, 460 Doyle Ave., Kelowna, BC (corner of...
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Thursday, January 25, 2018 - 19:00
Thu, January 25, 2018 12:30 PM - 12:30 PM Arts Building. Free. Building Collaborative Networks for Social Change: Focusing on Power & Equity, Grounding in Love A talk by Curtis Ogden Where: Arts 368 Contact: ICER.OK@UBC.CA Please join Curtis Ogden in the Institute for Community Engaged Research...
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Thursday, January 25, 2018 - 12:30