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Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems
Congratulations to the recipients of this year’s Sustainability Education Fellows Grants! These grants support faculty members who are looking to create new courses or enhance existing ones with sustainability content.

Meet the 2024 Sustainability Education Fellows Grant recipients

Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems

Addressing the Impacts of Canadian Mining on Communities in Africa

Human Well-being & Social Systems
Natural Resources
Policy, Economics & Governance

Should the Fraser River Estuary have legal rights?

Ecological Systems
Natural Resources
Policy, Economics & Governance

Telling Stories: The Humanities in an Age of Planetary Agenda-Setting

Climate Change & Energy
Ecological Systems
Human Well-being & Social Systems

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A podcast series on sustainability and climate action brought to you by the Sustainability Hub. In each episode, we’ll introduce you to what a UBC faculty member is doing to advance sustainability and climate action through research and teaching, and they’ll tell you what they want you to DO with all this new knowledge.

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New Sustainability Scholars report produced in partnership with Union Gospel Mission shows that unhoused people in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES) experience significantly more detrimental health impacts when facing extreme heat and extreme cold.
Photo courtesy of Tural Taqiyev via Unsplash The 29 th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP29) summit is taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 22, 2024. The Conference brings together countries, civil society, companies and people on the frontline of climate...
UBC shines as a leader in reducing embodied carbon in British Colombia. Recognized in the Carbon Leadership Forum BC Embodied Carbon Award, UBC's commitment to province-wide emission reduction is highlighted.
Supported by UBC's Campus as a Living Lab , the CTMAIN project aims to investigate how the selection of urban trees based on their robustness to city living has affected local insect and microbial communities. Student researchers led by Dr. Michelle Tseng and Dr. Tara Moreau select trees across the...
In January 2024 the UBC community was invited to engage with sustainability themes through photography. Learn more about the project and enjoy some of the resulting works.
UBC Okanagan professor Professor Annamma Joy speaks about the issues facing consumer industries in the face of climate change and social consciousness. In the vibrant worlds of art, fashion and wine, sustainability is no longer a mere trend but a fundamental necessity for cultivating a globally...
A new study by researchers at UBC and the University of Victoria has shown common levels of traffic pollution can impair human brain function in only a matter of hours. “For many decades, scientists thought the brain may be protected from the harmful effects of air pollution,” says Dr. Chris...
Join the Sustainability Hub through UBC's Work Learn program . From addressing the climate emergency to supporting research and knowledge mobilization, we have plenty of opportunities for you to integrate sustainability into your work. Climate, Equity, Action and Resilience (CLEAR) PRoject WL S24...
For Dr. Nathan Pelletier , Associate Professor of Biology, Faculty of Management at UBC Okanagan, this growing challenge is the focus of a renewed Canada Industrial Research Chair in Sustainability, supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Egg Farmers of...

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