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In January 2024 the UBC community was invited to engage with sustainability themes through photography. Learn more about the project and enjoy some of the resulting works.

2023 Climate and Wellbeing Education Grants Unveiled!

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Addressing the Impacts of Canadian Mining on Communities in Africa

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Should the Fraser River Estuary have legal rights?

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Telling Stories: The Humanities in an Age of Planetary Agenda-Setting

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