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

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COP27 – Meet the Delegates

UBC delegation of ten going to COP27

I am pleased to announce that following the second annual open competition, UBC’s largest ever delegation of students, faculty, and staff will attend the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, this November. By participating in the COP as...

CLL Fund Competition now open

This year, the CLL Fund Competition will provide seed funding of up to $50,000 for 4 to 6 innovative projects in one of four priority areas. 1. Climate Action: Demonstration of innovation that seeks to combat climate change, through measures such as the reduction of GHG emissions, non-renewable...

Protecting biodiversity, culture, and ecosystem services in the Fraser River Estuary

The introduction of Canada Geese in B.C. has led to the overgrazing of wetlands, negatively affecting biodiversity and flood protection in our estuaries. Dominic Janus led a tour of the Pacific Spirit Park foreshore on unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm territory (Musqueam), to show us firsthand the how these...

Abundance of Light – Reflecting on Power and Climate Change

Words by Gä̀gala-ƛ̓iƛ̓ətko (Nadia Joe), Co-Manager, Climate Emergency Response, Sustainability Hub As we confront the climate emergency, we must deeply question the dominant narrative that pursues unlimited growth rooted in unrestrained colonial and capitalist paradigms. But can we reimagine new...

Climate and Collective Liberation Project

“We use storytelling as a way of humanizing the impacts of the climate crisis and communicating the importance of cross-movement solidarity. I hope that this project sparks interest, awareness, and action around how climate justice can be integrated into people's work — no matter what issue they...

Green Groups and Grad Students Meet at the Blue Cabin

Words by Linda Nowlan, photograph by Julia Kidder On a cloudy day on the Fraser estuary in Steveston, a group of Fraser Estuary Research Collaborative (FERC) Sustainability Scholars and their NGO mentors met at the Blue Cabin floating artist residency to share progress on their paid applied...

How are universities participating in the race to zero?

Words by Niki Afsharpour, Katherine Eadon-Clarke, and Cait Murphy The UC3 Summit included “The Race to Zero: Universities Working to Catalyze Climate Action” panel which had opening remarks by President Ono and Catherine McKenna, and featured speakers John Robinson, Cynthia María Villarreal Muraira...

UBC’s mass timber innovation informing Irish sustainable construction

On June 29th, 2022, a government delegation from Ireland toured the building with UBC leadership including Linda Nowlan, Senior Director, Sustainability Hub, Angelique Pilon, Director of Urban Innovation Research, and David Kiloh, Director of Facilities and Building Services for UBC Student Housing...

Connecting Research to Action: Sustainability Scholar Maggy Spence

Written by Maggy Spence This summer, I am working on a unique project with the False Creek Friends Society , a relatively new, up-and-coming non-profit organization. The long-term goal of the Society is to establish a marine protected area within False Creek and English Bay co-managed by the...

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