Fri, January 27, 2017 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Speaker: Philippe Le Billion Professor, UBC Geography A brief overview of major fishing conflicts, including those related to territorial jurisdiction and environmental activism. Philippe Le Billon is Professor...
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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
Thu, January 26, 2017 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Science Building. Free . Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences Seminar Series Presents: Dr. Michael Pidwirny, UBC Okanagan Title: Effects of Human Caused Climate Change on the Ski Resorts of Southern British Columbia Date: Thursday, January 26, 2017...
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Thursday, January 26, 2017 - 14:00
Thu, January 26, 2017 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM PONDEROSA CENTRE. $12 for general public, $6 for students. Register at http://symposium.ubcfarm.ubc.ca/registration/ . Food, the Future, and You is a food and sustainability research symposium presented by the UBC Centre for Sustainable Food Systems. Join us...
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Thursday, January 26, 2017 - 09:00
Thu, January 26, 2017 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM PONDEROSA CENTRE. Tickets are $12 for the general public, $6 for students.. Food, the Future, and You, presented by the UBC Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, is a food and sustainability symposium that brings together students, faculty, and staff for a...
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Thursday, January 26, 2017 - 09:00
Wed, January 25, 2017 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM Fipke Centre. Free . Biodiversity Seminar Series, web-streamed from UBC Vancouver Presenter: Dr. Peter Wainwright. University of California, Davis Title: Conquering Coral Reefs: Innovation and Macroevolution in Labrid Fishes Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2017...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2017 - 11:45
Tue, January 24, 2017 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Fipke Centre. Free . Funding for BC Conservation Projects Information Session Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2017 Time: 2:00-3:00 p.m. Room: FIP 140, FIPKE Centre Building The UBC Vertebrate Conservation Discussion Group has invited HCTF CEO Brian Springinotic...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2017 - 14:00
Mon, January 23, 2017 12:00 AM - Fri, February 3, 2017, 12:00 AM CENTRE FOR INTERACTIVE RESEARCH ON SUSTAINABILITY (CIRS). Free.. What if our environmental crisis is as much a failure of our imagination as it is a moment of reckoning with the material consequences of modernity? What would...
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Monday, January 23, 2017 - 00:00
Fri, January 20, 2017 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM See description. Free. *Please note that there has been a change in time to 4pm and venue to Room 104, UBC Graduate School of Journalism. Pietra Rivoli is a professor at Georgetown University who specializes in international business and social justice. She...
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Friday, January 20, 2017 - 16:00
Fri, January 20, 2017 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Speaker: Martha Mendoza Pulitzer Prize winning Journalist , The Associated Press Location: AERL 120 More than 2,000 slaves are free today because The Associated Press put a spotlight on their misery. These men...
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Friday, January 20, 2017 - 11:00
Thu, January 19, 2017 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM CENTRE FOR INTERACTIVE RESEARCH ON SUSTAINABILITY (CIRS). Free.. Looking for a professional development experience? Want to make a difference in the community? Join us at our upcoming information session and learn all about the UBC Sustainability Scholars...
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Thursday, January 19, 2017 - 17:30