Mon, November 5, 2018 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM See description. WHERE: The Innovation Centre, 460 Doyle Ave., Kelowna, BC This critically acclaimed film follows Oscar nominee Josh Fox as he travels the world to explore climate change, one of the greatest threats facing the world today. He seeks to uncover...
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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Past Events
Sun, November 4, 2018 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM BEATY BIODIVERSITY CENTRE. Free with museum membership (required). Do you know where to look to find the dozens of mushrooms species that call our campus home? Beaty Museum Members are invited to join our Fungi Curator Mary Berbee to learn more about how to...
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Sunday, November 4, 2018 - 10:30
Fri, November 2, 2018 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Science Building. Free. 2018 Biology Seminar Series Guest speaker: Lisa Osborne, Micro & Immun, UBC Vancouver Title: The impact of host-multibiome interactions on immunity and inflammation Date: November 2, 2018 Time: 12:30 p.m. Location: SCI 333
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Friday, November 2, 2018 - 12:30
Fri, November 2, 2018 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Neil Davis Director of Resource Management, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and Dr Robyn Forrest Section Head of the Quantitative Assessment Methods Section, Pacific Biological station Location: AERL Theatre (120...
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Friday, November 2, 2018 - 11:00
Tue, October 30, 2018 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM See description. FREE. Register for and find location and more information about this workshop at: https://events.library.ubc.ca/dashboard/view/7627 For more information or questions, please email: research.commons@ubc.ca
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Tuesday, October 30, 2018 - 10:00
Mon, October 29, 2018 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Speaker: Kathy Mills, PhD Research Scientist Gulf of Maine Research Institute Location: AERL 107/8
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Monday, October 29, 2018 - 14:00
Sat, October 27, 2018 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM See description. Free. Join us for a free, public forum that will highlight the contributions and unique lived experiences of people who came to Metro Vancouver as refugees. In particular, you will hear from people living with disabilities and those from the...
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Saturday, October 27, 2018 - 10:00
Fri, October 26, 2018 6:00 PM - Sat, October 27, 2018, 6:00 PM Allard Hall (Faculty of Law). Canadian mining companies have been accused of violating Indigenous rights, causing environmental destruction, and funding political repression. Please join us for "Protecting the Land", a conference on...
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Friday, October 26, 2018 - 18:00
Fri, October 26, 2018 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Science Building. Free . 2018 Biology Seminar Series Guest speaker: Sydney Morgan, UBC Okanagan Title: Putting minimal intervention winemaking under the microscope Date: October 26, 2018 Time: 12:30 p.m. Location: SCI 333
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Friday, October 26, 2018 - 12:30
Fri, October 26, 2018 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Speaker: Dirk Zeller Professor of Marine Conservation Sea Around Us – Indian Ocean University of Western Australia Location: AERL Theatre (120), 2202 Main Mall, UBC
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Friday, October 26, 2018 - 11:00