Tue, September 12, 2017 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM See description. Charting a Sustainable Course: Exploring Canada’s Fisheries series Location: Vancouver Aquarium Overfishing is the number one threat to our oceans today. Join OceanCanada, the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre, and the Pacific...
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
When:
Tuesday, September 12, 2017 - 18:30
Tue, September 12, 2017 1:00 PM - 2:00 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...
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Tuesday, September 12, 2017 - 13:00
Mon, September 11, 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 11, 2017 - 15:00
Mon, September 11, 2017 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM See description. Improved cookstoves allegedly deliver “triple wins” by improving health and environmental quality, and mitigating climate change. Yet recent research casts doubt on their potential for widespread diffusion. Supply-and-promotion...
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Monday, September 11, 2017 - 12:00
Sat, September 9, 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 growers...
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Saturday, September 9, 2017 - 09:00
Fri, September 8, 2017 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Why Communicate Science? - SCIence Communication Action Team - SciCAT! Communicating our science and our scholarship is an incredibly important part of what we as researchers do. In this short and interactive...
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Friday, September 8, 2017 - 11:00
Wed, September 6, 2017 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM H. R. MACMILLAN BUILDING. Free. You are invited to the UBC Future of Food Dialogue Series: a campus-wide initiative bringing together food security and sustainability experts from across UBC and North America to engage audiences with the Global Food System...
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Wednesday, September 6, 2017 - 12:00
Wed, September 6, 2017 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM BOOKSTORE. The UBC Farm Wednesday Campus Market features an assortment of fresh UBC Farm produce and flowers. This mid-week market in front of the UBC Bookstore offers students, staff and faculty members a convenient opportunity to purchase UBC Farm produce...
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Wednesday, September 6, 2017 - 11:30
Mon, September 4, 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 4, 2017 - 15:00
Sat, September 2, 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 growers...
When:
Saturday, September 2, 2017 - 09:00