Thu, October 29, 2015 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries (IOF) Presents The Larkin Lecture - What the past tells us about the future of fisheries and oceans research in British Columbia Dr. Richard Beamish, Pacific Biological...
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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Thursday, October 29, 2015 - 17:00
Thu, October 29, 2015 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM Science Building. Free . EESc Physical GEOG Seminar Series Presents: From the Icebox to the Greenhouse: What New Zealand glaciers tell us about climate change. Speaker: Professor Jamie Schulmeister University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Dr. Shulmeister...
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Thursday, October 29, 2015 - 16:30
Thu, October 29, 2015 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. Are you worried about getting your thesis/dissertation into the format required by the Faculty of Graduate Studies? Would you like to know more about how to use the formatting features in Microsoft Word? Research Commons staff...
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Thursday, October 29, 2015 - 14:00
Wed, October 28, 2015 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. If you need to manage large numbers of references and citations as part of your research, teaching or administrative work, citation management tools are for you. These tools provide a simple way to store, organize and retrieve...
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 15:00
Mon, October 26, 2015 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. How do you manage your research data? Join us for a research data management planning workshop designed to help you incorporate best practices for data management into your own work. We will address such questions as: What...
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Monday, October 26, 2015 - 10:00
Fri, October 23, 2015 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM UBC FARM. $45 ($38 for registered students -- valid student ID is required) + GST. Learn about B.C.’s Craft Beer Revolution while enjoying a range of beer samples. Host Joe Wiebe, the Thirsty Writer, will talk about the history of craft beer in B.C. from 1858...
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Friday, October 23, 2015 - 17:30
Fri, October 23, 2015 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly decided to develop a new legally binding instrument on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). A preparatory committee will begin...
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Friday, October 23, 2015 - 13:00
Thu, October 22, 2015 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM See description. WHERE: Vernon Science Centre, 2704 Highway 6, Vernon Open to the Public Areas of Australasia and the Okanagan are showing similar climate change impacts, particularly as they relate to changing precipitation patterns and recurring drought...
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Thursday, October 22, 2015 - 19:00
Thu, October 22, 2015 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM See description. Free. Celebrate and learn more about Open Access Week with this collaborative panel event, "Open for Collaboration: Is it Time for Canada to Implement A Unified Open Strategy for Higher Education?" Spurred by the need to make higher education...
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Thursday, October 22, 2015 - 17:30
Thu, October 22, 2015 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. If you need to manage large numbers of references and citations as part of your research, teaching or administrative work, citation management tools are for you. These tools provide a simple way to store, organize and retrieve...
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Thursday, October 22, 2015 - 14:00