Fri, November 16, 2018 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Speaker: Prof. Matthew G. Burgess Assistant Professor Environmental Studies Program University of Colorado Boulder Location: AERL Theatre (120), 2202 Main Mall, UBC Understanding tradeoffs and synergies...
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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Friday, November 16, 2018 - 11:00
Thu, November 15, 2018 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Arts Building. Free. Interested in summer undergraduate research? Which opportunity is right for you? Find out at the Undergraduate Research Award Information Session Thursday, November 15, 2018 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. ART 114 The Undergraduate Research Awards...
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Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 17:30
Thu, November 15, 2018 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...
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Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 17:00
Wed, November 14, 2018 12:00 PM - 5:30 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Storytelling Workshop Wednesday, November 14, 2018 12-5:30pm Hakai Node This afternoon workshop will instruct participants how to weave together compelling narratives to communicate science. Participants will...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 12:00
Fri, November 9, 2018 5:00 PM - Sun, November 11, 2018, 7:30 PM LIFE SCIENCES CENTRE. 10. Join us on November 9-11 for the Emerging Media Creative Challenge event, hosted by UBC President's Office! EM2C is not your average hackathon - it is the next generation of collaborative problem-solving...
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Friday, November 9, 2018 - 17:00
Fri, November 9, 2018 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Speaker: Murdoch McAllister Associate Professor; Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, UBC Location: AERL Theatre (120), 2202 Main Mall, UBC Some marine fish stocks are known for large interannual variation...
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Friday, November 9, 2018 - 11:00
Thu, November 8, 2018 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM C. K. CHOI BUILDING FOR THE INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH. Don’t miss this seminar with Mr. Serge Segura, Ambassador of France for the Oceans, put on by the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. Mr. Segura's talk will be followed by discussant comments...
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Thursday, November 8, 2018 - 12:30
Wed, November 7, 2018 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM See description. FREE. Register and find location info and more for this workshop at: https://events.library.ubc.ca/dashboard/view/7631 For more information or questions, please email: research.commons@ubc.ca
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Wednesday, November 7, 2018 - 10:00
Tue, November 6, 2018 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM BEATY BIODIVERSITY CENTRE. Free. Floras for the Future: Why Plant Description Still Matters Exploration of plant diversity has been going on since humans first walked the Earth – so surely we must be done by now. Why should we describe the plant life of a...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2018 - 20:00
Tue, November 6, 2018 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM SCHOOL OF POPULATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH. Food insecurity: examining a complex problem through a systems thinking lens with Stephanie Godrich Dr. Stephanie Godrich Tuesday, November 6, 2018 12pm-1:30pm Room B151, School of Population and Public Health (SPPH),...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2018 - 12:00