Thu, January 19, 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. This month will feature a special musical performance from Redshift...
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.
Events by Date
Past Events
Thu, January 19, 2017 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM GREEN COLLEGE - GRAHAM HOUSE, GREEN COMMONS, COACH HOUSE. Indigenous fisheries, ocean policy and human security Thursday, January 19 seminar at Green College, UBC. Marjo Vierros, United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) Yoshitaka Ota...
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Thursday, January 19, 2017 - 16:30
Mon, January 16, 2017 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CENTRE FOR INTERACTIVE RESEARCH ON SUSTAINABILITY (CIRS). free. Explore the human and environmental benefits of a plant-based diet with our speaker, Candice Rideout, while sampling some delcious options from the Vegetarian Kitchen at Open Kitchen. January 16...
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Monday, January 16, 2017 - 12:00
Mon, January 16, 2017 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM AMS Student Nest. free. The Annual Sustainability Fair is a celebration of sustainability initiatives on campus and in the wider Vancouver community. By highlighting diverse and innovative solutions, the fair aims to inspire students, faculty and staff to...
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Monday, January 16, 2017 - 10:00
Sat, January 14, 2017 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM UBC FARM. We will be selling our produce on the occasional Saturday once a month through the winter season! In addition to farm-fresh veggies, fruits, herbs, flowers and free-range eggs from the UBC Farm. Since 2001, the on-site Saturday Farm Market has...
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Saturday, January 14, 2017 - 09:00
Fri, January 13, 2017 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM LIU INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ISSUES. Free. The Suitcase: Intergenerational Healing through Traces of the Past Join us for a short talk about our new Lobby Gallery exhibition by Liu Scholars Lyana Patrick & Ashli Akins, followed by a reception. Refreshments (...
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Friday, January 13, 2017 - 18:30
Fri, January 13, 2017 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Speaker: Dr. Gabriel Reygondeau Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NF-UBC Nereus Program World nations has officially recognized that the planet was under an ecological threat beard by human activities by signing...
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Friday, January 13, 2017 - 11:00
Thu, January 12, 2017 4:00 PM - 4:00 PM FOOD, NUTRITION AND HEALTH BUILDING. Free. The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at the UBC Farm is proud to present Lenore Newman’s new book ‘Speaking in Cod Tongues – A Canadian Culinary Journey’. We will be hosting a book launch at the University of...
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Thursday, January 12, 2017 - 16:00
Wed, January 11, 2017 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM LIU INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ISSUES. Free. Do you want to increase the impact of your research? Do you want to change public policy, increase community access to knowledge resources, change public perception, or move an invention to market? Join us for a free...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017 - 16:30
Mon, January 9, 2017 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Engineering, Management and Education Building. Free. Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure Information Session Date: Monday, January 9, 2017 Time: 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Room: EME 1101 - Classroom 80 The Ministry of Transportation &...
When:
Monday, January 9, 2017 - 17:00