Thu, January 18, 2018 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM See description. FREE. We welcome Corinne Stone back with us, joined by a new presenter to UBCL, Chief Phil Lane Jr. In this session, we embark on a spiritual journey with Chief Phil Lane Jr. and Corinne Stone. They describe this moment in human history as...
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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Thursday, January 18, 2018 - 10:00
Thu, January 18, 2018 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM See description. FREE. We welcome Corinne Stone back with us, joined by a new presenter to UBCL, Chief Phil Lane Jr. In this session, we embark on a spiritual journey with Chief Phil Lane Jr. and Corinne Stone. They describe this moment in human history as...
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Thursday, January 18, 2018 - 10:00
Wed, January 17, 2018 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Free. Hope in the Anthropocene: Sustainability Solutions and Inspirations Participatory Science, Public Discourse, and Hope for Solving Wicked Environmental Problems Thomas D. Sisk, Landscape Conservation Initiative, Northern Arizona...
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Wednesday, January 17, 2018 - 17:00
Wed, January 17, 2018 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM BROCK HALL - WEST WING. The Bike Kitchen is open for volunteering on Wednesdays from 11am - 5pm with a midday mechanical workshop from 1pm - 2pm only for volunteers! Volunteers can drop-in at any point during the day without prior sign-up and are assigned...
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Wednesday, January 17, 2018 - 10:00
Tue, January 16, 2018 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Free. Green College Leading Scholars: A Study of Movement - In Three Movements Go with the Flow: Virtual Water and Real Estate Sara Stevens, Architecture and Landscape Architecture; Steven Weijs, Civil Engineering 5-6:30 pm, with...
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Tuesday, January 16, 2018 - 17:00
Wed, January 10, 2018 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM BROCK HALL - WEST WING. FREE. Learn how to tune up your bike in a positive space for trans women, cis women, queer and genderqueer folks in a relaxed environment led by female and/or LGBTQ2I identified mechanics and volunteers. This is a great way to...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018 - 18:00
Wed, January 10, 2018 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM BROCK HALL - WEST WING. The Bike Kitchen is open for volunteering on Wednesdays from 11am - 5pm with a midday mechanical workshop from 1pm - 2pm only for volunteers! Volunteers can drop-in at any point during the day without prior sign-up and are assigned...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018 - 10:00
Tue, January 9, 2018 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY BUILDING. (ANSO 134) Dr. Michaela Desoucey is an Assistant Professor at NC State University. Who cares about foie gras? As it turns out, many do. In the last decade, this French delicacy—the fattened liver of ducks or geese that...
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Tuesday, January 9, 2018 - 11:00
Tue, January 9, 2018 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. Are you a graduate student and new to UBC? Would you like to know more about what the library has to offer? This basic workshop will provide you with an overview of some of the key services and resources available to you from...
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Tuesday, January 9, 2018 - 11:00
Sun, January 7, 2018 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM BEATY BIODIVERSITY CENTRE. Included with admission / Free for campus residents. Drop in between 10:30 am – 1:00 pm the first Sunday of the month to enjoy a special ecosystem activity for families plus all of our regular museum programming, Raising Big Blue...
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Sunday, January 7, 2018 - 10:30