Thu, May 18, 2017 5:00 PM - 8:30 PM BEATY BIODIVERSITY CENTRE. Come by for a night at the museum! Every month, the museum will stay open late with admission by donation between 5:00-8:30 pm, offering family-friendly activities, including Raising Big Blue showing at 5:30 pm Guided Museum Tour at 7...
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.
Human Well-being & Social Systems
Natural Resources
Join us at the xʷc̓ic̓əsəm Garden for an open conversation circle about climate justice and the essential role of Indigenous rights and relations with the land in addressing climate change.
Climate Justice is a business responsibility
Climate Change & Energy
Production, Consumption & Waste
Solutions Summit: Working Towards Climate Solutions
Climate Change & Energy
Policy, Economics & Governance
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 Month Canada
SDG Month 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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Past Events
Tue, May 16, 2017 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. NVivo is a computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software. In this introductory workshop, you will learn about the benefits of working with NVivo, how to set it up, the types of sources you can use and how to import them into...
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Tuesday, May 16, 2017 - 10:30
Mon, May 15, 2017 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM LIFE SCIENCES CENTRE. Please refer to UBC BMB Website: http://biochem.ubc.ca/
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Monday, May 15, 2017 - 15:00
Sat, May 13, 2017 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM BEATY BIODIVERSITY CENTRE. Included with museum admission or membership. Get hands-on and learn about birds with our daily activity. Meet under the whale. Included with museum admission or membership. Join us Tuesday-Friday at 10:30 am for a bonus bird-themed...
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Saturday, May 13, 2017 - 15:30
Sat, May 13, 2017 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM UBC FARM. $48 ($40 student pricing) + GST. Description Join local Japanese food expert Kimiko Suzuki to learn how to make an authentic home cooked Japanese meals in this hands-on class. Learn about traditional “ichiju, sansai” meals, get introduced to all the...
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Saturday, May 13, 2017 - 09:00
Fri, May 12, 2017 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM BEATY BIODIVERSITY CENTRE. Included with museum admission or membership. Get hands-on and learn about birds with our daily activity. Meet under the whale. Included with museum admission or membership. Join us Tuesday-Friday at 10:30 am for a bonus bird-themed...
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Friday, May 12, 2017 - 15:30
Fri, May 12, 2017 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM See description. The IOF Spring Shoreline Cleanup is happening on Friday, May 12 from 2:00-4:00 at Wreck Beach. There will be a BBQ to follow, with food free for those who help with the Cleanup, so come on down! To join in, please contact Madeline Cashion at m...
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Friday, May 12, 2017 - 14:00
Fri, May 12, 2017 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MICHAEL SMITH LABORATORIES. Location: MSL Theatre Speaker: Dr. Mei Lin NEO Research Fellow, National University of Singapore Giant clams, large and charismatic, are almost eaten to extinction, as men exploited them for their meat and shells as a source of food...
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Friday, May 12, 2017 - 11:00
Thu, May 11, 2017 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM BEATY BIODIVERSITY CENTRE. Included with museum admission or membership. Get hands-on and learn about birds with our daily activity. Meet under the whale. Included with museum admission or membership. Join us Tuesday-Friday at 10:30 am for a bonus bird-themed...
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Thursday, May 11, 2017 - 15:30
Thu, May 11, 2017 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CENTRE FOR INTERACTIVE RESEARCH ON SUSTAINABILITY (CIRS). As of January 2015 and six years ahead of time, Brussels’ Nearly-Zero Energy Regulation, based on Passive House, was made mandatory for all new builds and retrofits. Completing their first Passive House...
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Thursday, May 11, 2017 - 12:00