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UBC Receives Public Sector Leadership Award at the Second Annual BC Embodied Carbon Awards 2024

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2023 Climate and Wellbeing Education Grants Unveiled!

Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems
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Addressing the Impacts of Canadian Mining on Communities in Africa

Human Well-being & Social Systems
Natural Resources
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Should the Fraser River Estuary have legal rights?

Ecological Systems
Natural Resources
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Telling Stories: The Humanities in an Age of Planetary Agenda-Setting

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UBC Investment Management Trust Inc. commits $110M towards a more sustainable global economy

UBC Investment Management Trust Inc. (UBC IMANT) is pleased to report it has committed $110 million to be managed by Impax Asset Management (Impax), a specialist asset manager which invests in opportunities arising from the transition to a more sustainable global economy. The mandate uses Impax’s...

Why Canada needs a law to combat environmental racism

This article by Sabaa Khan was originally published by Canada's National Observer on March 10, 2021. At a time when health and environmental crises dominate the public conversation, Black History Month in February was a stark reminder of the pervasive environmental struggles racialized communities...

Future of natural gas heating in Canadian buildings fuels debate

This article by Carl Meyer was originally published by the National Observer on March 1, 2021. As B.C. cities start to take a closer look at the energy consumption and carbon footprint of their buildings, the heated swimming pool is attracting some unusual attention. Building Benchmark BC , a pilot...

‘Like going back in time’: W̱SÁNEĆ people to regain rightful ownership of abundant remote island

This article by Cara McKenna was originally published by the Toronto Star on March 1, 2021. Abundant with meadows of colourful flowers and other pristine wildlife, a remote Salish Sea island is being returned to its rightful owners — the W̱SÁNEĆ people. The Land Conservancy of British Columbia (TLC...

Why 42% of UBCO students are food insecure, and how they’re working to change that

This article by Cloe Logan was originally published by Global News on March 1, 2021. After a pre-COVID poll found 42 per cent of UBC Okanagan students were food insecure, Casey Hamilton and her team went looking for solutions. The internal survey gathered data based on one question: “In the past 12...

Linda Nowlan: “Just Is” ≠ Justice, especially when it comes to climate

This article by Linda Nowlan was originally published by the Georgia Strait on March 1, 2021. "... We've learned that quiet isn't always peace, and the norms and notions of what just is isn't always just-ice...." Who didn’t have a shiver running down their spine listening to U.S. Youth Inauguration...

CLL Seed Funding for Indigenous, Carbon Capture, Biodiversity and Food Systems Projects

At UBC, we are committed to putting sustainability at the heart of teaching, learning and research. However, as we face multiple global challenges including the climate emergency, ecosystem destruction, and deep social justice issues, we recognize the need to accelerate our actions. In response,...

A year of ‘unprecedented’ climate action (don’t groan)

A year of unprecedented climate action – that’s a mission the world can get behind to shake off the dismal remnants of the past 12 months. And to kickstart things yesterday, President Biden took just a few hours and 55 words to return the United States of America to the Paris Climate Agreement...

What is Airtightness Testing?

BCBC 2022 FEATURE This article was originally posted as a part of the Energy Step Code Council 's December 2020 Stakeholder Update. Jurisdictions that have referenced the BC Energy Step Code in their building bylaws require whole-building airtightness testing for residential and non-residential new...

UBC researchers seek help to map the odours of Vancouver

8 December 2020 This article by Tiffany Crawford was originally published by the Vancouver Sun on December 8, 2020. Amanda Giang and Naomi Zimmerman are two UBC researchers working to map the "smell scape" of Metro Vancouver using a public app called SmellVan that asks Vancouverites to help report...

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