Wed, September 27, 2017 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...
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.
Events by Date
Past Events
Tue, September 26, 2017 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CENTRE FOR INTERACTIVE RESEARCH ON SUSTAINABILITY (CIRS). Free. Join us over free lunch and learn about the benefits of participating in the UBC Sustainability Student Network (SSN), a community of students who want to get involved in sustainability. The...
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Tuesday, September 26, 2017 - 11:30
Tue, September 26, 2017 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM See description. FREE. The FNHA will join BC PharmaCare, becoming part of the provincial drug benefits insurance program. The transition to PharmaCare is part of an overall plan to bring decision-making about health benefits closer to home and into the of...
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Tuesday, September 26, 2017 - 10:00
Mon, September 25, 2017 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM LIFE SCIENCES CENTRE. Please refer to UBC BMB Website: http://biochem.ubc.ca/
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Monday, September 25, 2017 - 15:00
Sat, September 23, 2017 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM UBC FARM. Come out for a lively farmers market right here at the UBC Farm every Saturday! In addition to farm-fresh veggies, fruits, herbs, flowers and free-range eggs from the UBC Farm, the Saturday Farm Market also features a variety of other local...
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Saturday, September 23, 2017 - 09:00
Fri, September 22, 2017 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Speaker: Dr. Sarah Foster National Coordinator, SeaChoice Honorary Research Associate, Project Seahorse Seahorses have generated many exciting conservation changes for seahorses and other ocean life - the...
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Friday, September 22, 2017 - 11:00
Thu, September 21, 2017 5:00 PM - 8:30 PM BEATY BIODIVERSITY CENTRE. By donation. Come by for a night at the museum and celebrate the opening of our newest exhibition, Life In Colour. This art exhibition has wall-sized murals for you to colour in with art by Angela Gooliaff. Admission is by...
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Thursday, September 21, 2017 - 17:00
Thu, September 21, 2017 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM See description. FREE. The transition to PharmaCare is part of an overall plan to bring decision-making about health benefits closer to home and into the of hands of First Nations people. Bringing the program home to BC is our first step in improving it...
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Thursday, September 21, 2017 - 10:00
Wed, September 20, 2017 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM GREEN COLLEGE - GRAHAM HOUSE, GREEN COMMONS, COACH HOUSE. South Africa does not simply face water scarcity, it is confronting a broader systemic crisis in the water sector. While this crisis is often considered to be one of water management, what is...
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Wednesday, September 20, 2017 - 17:00
Wed, September 20, 2017 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM BROCK HALL - WEST WING. by donation. Need a bigger bike? Come to the Kids Bike Library (KBL) at the Bike Kitchen to exchange old kids bikes for a better fitting ride. The KBL will run twice during the fall from 3pm – 7pm on September 20th and October 18th,...
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Wednesday, September 20, 2017 - 15:00