Held in the spring, the full-day Norman Bethune Symposium highlights recent research in bleeding and thrombosis, with participation from a range of scientists and clinicians at all levels of training.
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.
Events by Date
When:
Thursday, April 18, 2024 - 00:00 to 23:59
Location:
UBC Robson Square
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. April 25, 12-1pm REGISTER TODAY A Zoom link will be...
When:
Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 12:00 to 13:00
Location:
Remote/Zoom
Past Events
Join us for our monthly Graduate Student Dialogues where we explore topics of relevance to students engaging in climate solutions focused research. These events are hosted on Zoom and open to all interested students in any discipline and at any campus. The challenge of addressing climate change and...
When:
Friday, April 12, 2024 - 12:00 to 13:00
Location:
Online/Virtual Event
Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Register today for an online information session about the UBC Master of Health Leadership and Policy (MHLP) degree and learn how it can empower you to move ahead professionally and make a difference in your health care sector. This online...
When:
Tuesday, April 2, 2024 - 20:00 to 21:30
Location:
See Description
*FREE + IN-PERSON* The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) resulted in historic developments in global environmental politics and climate finance, including the UAE Consensus, calling for a transition away from fossil fuels. While this is a...
When:
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 - 18:00 to 20:00
Location:
SFU Harbour Centre, Rooms 1400-1410 (Segal Centre), 515 West Hastings St, Vancouver
Co-presented by South Taiwan Film Festival and Asian Independent Cinema Showcase, this short films selection presents TOH Tze Wei’s “The Darkest Night”, WU Yu-Fen’s “There”, and KWOK Zune’s “Night is Young.” Speaking in Cantonese, Hokkien, Malay, Mandarin, Taiwanese, and Indonesian, the three award...
When:
Friday, March 22, 2024 - 18:00 to 20:30
Location:
Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL)
* IN PERSON – FREE – DROP IN * This winter the Sustainability Hub embarked on an exploratory photography project asking participants to consider biodiversity , resilient communities , circular economy , or climate by responding to a prompt related to one of these themes through photography. Witness...
When:
Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 14:00 to 15:30
Location:
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability
**Featuring True Reconciliation: How to be a Force for Change ** How can just relations challenge colonialism? And how do we centre reconciliation and justice in climate solutions? Hear from former Member of Parliament, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and bestselling...
When:
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 - 17:00 to 19:00
Join us for our monthly Graduate Student Dialogues where we explore topics of relevance to students engaging in climate solutions focused research. These events are hosted on Zoom and open to all interested students in any discipline and at any campus. Conducting climate change research requires...
When:
Friday, March 8, 2024 - 11:00 to 12:00
Location:
Online/Virtual Event
In December 2023, four women marine scientists set out from La Gomera, Canary Islands, on an 8.5m row boat. They were participating in the World’s Toughest Row, a grueling, unsupported, 5,000km race across the Atlantic Ocean from La Gomera to Antigua. Their team, Salty Science , encountered a swath...
When:
Friday, March 8, 2024 - 11:00 to 12:00
Location:
Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL)
Please join us for a discussion of Dr. Maya Wind’s new book, Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom (Verso Press), exploring how Israeli institutions of higher education are enlisted in Israel’s settler-colonial project. From campuses strategically built to...
When:
Wednesday, March 6, 2024 - 17:00 to 18:30
Location:
Geography Building
In this moment of present and imminent crisis, it is more crucial than ever that UBC as an educational institution—and as a community—strives to cultivate enduring multidisciplinary, intergenerational, intersectional solidarities around climate justice and decolonial pedagogies. To assist UBC in...
When:
Monday, March 4, 2024 - 09:00 to Friday, March 8, 2024 - 21:30