Tue, April 5, 2016 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM See description. Tickets are free but space is limited. Reserve your ticket at http://voguetheatre.com/events/the-wall-exchange-naomi-oreskes/ or by calling Ticketfly: 1-888-732-1682.. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Tickets valid until 7:15 pm. Vogue Theatre, 918...
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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
Fri, April 1, 2016 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM SCHOOL OF POPULATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH. Speaker: Pablo RomeroBarrios In the European Union, calls have been made to reduce food waste at retail. Eggs in Europe can only be sold in the first three weeks post lay. As a result, the European Commission requested a...
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Friday, April 1, 2016 - 12:30
Thu, March 31, 2016 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM LIU INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ISSUES. Opening reception and public presentation: Liu Scholar Ashli Akins, and Quechua youth, Lisbeth Chavez Monge and Adrian Jimenez Suma will discuss current changes faced by Quechua highland communities due to unsustainable tourism...
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Thursday, March 31, 2016 - 17:00
Thu, March 31, 2016 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM MORRIS AND HELEN BELKIN ART GALLERY. Free admission for all. Tea with Beau Thursdays in January, February and March, 2016, 1-2 pm Join UBC Artist in Residence and Kwakwaka’wakw Hereditary Chief Beau Dick, community members, elders and activists on select...
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Thursday, March 31, 2016 - 13:00
Wed, March 30, 2016 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PETER WALL INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES. Free. Please register by clicking on the link below:. Talk from 4:00-5:00 pm. Reception to follow. University Centre, Seminar Room (307), 6331 Crescent Road Speaker: Philippe Tortell is a biological / chemical...
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Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 16:00
Tue, March 29, 2016 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Fipke Centre. WHERE: Fipke Centre Atrium Laboratory activities can have a huge impact on the environment. On March 29 learn how to reduce the impact of your research on the environment. Lab researchers, managers, investigators, technicians and users are...
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Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 11:30
Thu, March 24, 2016 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM FOREST SCIENCES CENTRE. TRANSNATIONAL LEGALITY VERIFICATION INITIATIVES HELP PROMOTE DOMESTIC “GOOD (FOREST) GOVERNANCE”? Lessons from the United States, Indonesia, and China In the last generation international agencies, non-governmental agencies and business...
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Thursday, March 24, 2016 - 13:00
Wed, March 23, 2016 7:30 PM - Sun, April 3, 2016, 7:30 PM FREDERIC WOOD THEATRE. Students:$11.50, Adults: $24.50. Passionate, playful, provocative storytelling, The Arabian Nights by Tony Award winning playwright/director Mary Zimmerman and directed by Vancouver favourite Evan Frayne, tells the...
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016 - 19:30
Tue, March 22, 2016 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM See description. $10 plus annual $2 Vancity Theatre membership applied at time of booking. To purchase tickets, click on the link below: . Film: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, reception to follow Location: Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour St, Vancouver The celebrated...
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Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 19:00
Mon, March 21, 2016 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM LIU INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ISSUES. Today we live in an urban world, with more city dwellers than rural inhabitants. By 2050, 70 per cent of the world population is expected to live in cities, with the majority of this urban growth taking place in the Global South...
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Monday, March 21, 2016 - 16:00