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.

UBC Vancouver faculty members are invited to join an information session to learn more about the Sustainability Education Fellows program with grants of up to $20,000 for interdisciplinary faculty teams developing sustainability-related curricula...

Sustainability Photo Pop-Up Exhibition

Plug Yourself into UBC Research: a Series for Undergraduate Students

Emotions and Saving the Planet

Human Well-being & Social Systems

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

Fri, October 25, 2013 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM BROCK HALL ANNEX. Free. Teaching Through Visual Cognition In An Immersive Online Environment Date & Time: Friday, October 25, 3:00pm - 4:30pm Location: Room 301, Lillooet Room, 3rd floor, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Description: This event is not...
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Friday, October 25, 2013 - 15:00
Fri, October 25, 2013 1:00 PM - Mon, October 28, 2013, 1:00 PM UBC Robson Square. Free. Please join us for this symposium that presents Indigenous perspectives and facilitates dialogue. Friday October 25, 2013 1:00 – 4:30 PM UBC Robson Square Theatre Room C300, Downtown Vancouver Keynote Presenters...
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Friday, October 25, 2013 - 13:00
Fri, October 25, 2013 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM SCHOOL OF POPULATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH. Speaker: Ther Aung, PhD student, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, UBC Location: B151, SPPH Building, 2206 East Mall
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Friday, October 25, 2013 - 12:30
Fri, October 25, 2013 9:00 AM - 4:15 PM LIU INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ISSUES. $20. Chasing Sustainability 2013 Date & Time: Friday, October 25, 9:00am - 4:15pm Location: Liu Institute for Global Issues, 6476 North West Marine Drive Description: Chasing Sustainability is a full day business...
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Friday, October 25, 2013 - 09:00
Fri, October 25, 2013 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM LIU INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ISSUES. Early bird: $12. Regular commerce: $15. Regular non-commerce: $20. All prices includes lunch, coffee breaks, and a metal coffee tumbler.. Chasing Sustainability is CUS Sustainability’s annual flagship event – a full-day...
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Friday, October 25, 2013 - 09:00
Thu, October 24, 2013 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM BUCHANAN BUILDING BLOCK B. Free. Celebrating Innovation In Teaching: Applying Scholarship To Improve Practice Date & Time: Thursday, October 24, 12:30pm – 2:00pm Location: Buchanan B208, 1866 Main Mall Description: Are you designing a new course? Ready...
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Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 12:30
Thu, October 24, 2013 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. A Holistic Approach to Sustainability Course Design Date & Time: Thursday, October 24, 12:00pm - 1:30pm Location: Seminar Room 2.22, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Description: A Holistic...
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Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 12:00
Thu, October 24, 2013 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. Michele DiPietro, co-author of How Learning Works, believes that "we owe our students a learning environment that fosters metacognitive awareness and a lifelong learning disposition". Many UBC...
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Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 09:30
Thu, October 24, 2013 12:00 AM - 1:30 AM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. Interested in ways to (re)design courses that weave sustainability attributes throughout the course and connect course material to local and global contexts? Join us in the exploration of a framework...
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Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 00:00
Wed, October 23, 2013 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM See description. Free - Please Register. Faculty of Education READS Date & Time: Wednesday, October 23, 6:30pm Location: Britiannia Secondary School, 1001 Cotton Dr, Vancouver, BC V5L 3T4 Description: Fostering Success for Aboriginal Youth Speaker: Dr...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 18:30

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