Join us for the first showcase of Indigenous short films, food and conversation. Folil Trafün (‘Joining roots’ in Mapuzugun) is part of several showcases of Indigenous and Afro-diaspora films made in Latin America and Canada, followed by dialogues to deepen understanding of the films and their...
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.
Built Environment & Mobility
Climate Change & Energy
Ecological Systems
Human Well-being & Social Systems
Are you a UBC faculty or staff member interested in sustainability-related teaching and research? Whether you're new to UBC or looking to build deeper connections, the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) Open House is an...
xChange 2024: Engineering A Greener Tomorrow
Built Environment & Mobility
Climate Change & Energy
Covering Climate on the Frontlines
Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems
Insights from Organizing an Indigenous-Led Event: UBC’s Intergenerational March to Commemorate Orange Shirt Day
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
Past Events
When:
Friday, September 27, 2024 - 12:00 to 14:00
Location:
Forest Sciences Centre
TEEB, the G8+5 project on the economics of ecosystems & biodiversity (2008-2010) moved the invisible economics of nature from relative obscurity into the front row as a topic to be engaged by policy makers, businesses, investors and communities. Its institutional legacy includes the Capitals...
When:
Friday, September 27, 2024 - 11:00 to 12:00
Location:
Online/Virtual Event
SALA hosts a discussion with the *RePlan committee of the False Creek South Neighbourhood Association. Richard Evans, Graham McGarva, and Tatiana Vovchenko will discuss the future of the False Creek South neighbourhood, which has stood as an example of community-centred, diverse, equitable,...
When:
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 - 18:00 to 19:30
Location:
Frederic Lasserre Building
Food Sustainability. Learn about where your food come from, climate friendly food and Zero Waste UBC. Meet the people behind the food we serve on campus. Chef Demo at noon. Enjoy free samples from UBC Food Services suppliers. Bonus Waffles, UBC Farm, Hero Coffee and Market, Skipper Otto and more...
When:
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 - 11:00 to 13:00
Location:
UBC Bookstore
Can we write our way out of the climate crisis? Not exactly—but imagining, discussing, recording and reimagining a livable present and future can expand our interest and flexibility, building us a vision to work toward and reasons to work toward it—even in the context of the climate realities we...
When:
Monday, September 23, 2024 - 14:00 to 15:00
Location:
Online/Virtual Event
Speaker: Dr. Andrew Trites Professor, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries PI, Marine Mammal Research Unit Archeologists examining ancient bones recovered from the middens of Indigenous tribes concluded that a local, non-migratory population of fur seals once bred along the outer coastline of...
When:
Friday, September 20, 2024 - 11:00 to 12:00
Location:
Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL)
Celebrating the release of Sea Change Anthropogenic issues – climate change, resource overexploitation, and pollution – have left visible marks on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic oceans which border Canada. These changes will affect the ecosystems, economies, and people who live along these...
When:
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 - 11:00 to 12:30
Location:
Online/Virtual Event
Professor Stepan Wood of the Centre for Law & the Environment, and Professor David Boyd of the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, are excited to invite you to an informal gathering with the inimitable Philippine environmental lawyer and storyteller, Antonio Oposa Jr. Tony...
When:
Friday, June 21, 2024 - 13:00 to 15:00
Location:
UBC Farm
Thank you for your interest in becoming a Solutions Scholar! The Solutions Scholars program sponsors existing UBC Masters and PhD students to apply their scholarly research skills to climate change mitigation, adaptation, and/or education. In 2024/25, successful Solutions Scholars will work on one...
When:
Tuesday, June 4, 2024 - 17:00 to 18:00
Location:
Online/Virtual Event
This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute , taking place from June 3–6, 2024. The climate crisis, the pandemic, and related social inequities indicate the need for education that teaches compassion and care towards the planet. Climate change and the related social impacts have necessitated a...
When:
Tuesday, June 4, 2024 - 09:00 to 12:30
Location:
Online/Virtual Event