Sustainability Education Fellowships are awarded to UBC Vancouver faculty members who are leading the design of sustainability courses and programs. The associated funding looks to advance and diversify sustainability and wellbeing education opportunities for students across campus in all disciplines. The program has been run by the Sustainability Hub since 2010. The next call for applications will open in January 2026, and an information session is planned for November 2025. Dates to be confirmed. If you would like to receive updates on the program, please email Oliver Lane at Oliver.Lane@ubc.ca.
Meet James Connolly
Dr. Connolly is working with Dr. Melissa McHale (Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry) on a project called The Sustainable Cities Certificate - A New Undergraduate Accreditation Program for Aspiring Pracademics and Urban Sustainability Professionals. It will focus on core sustainability principles, creating pracademics who apply scientific knowledge to urban solutions.
How It Works
Fellows receive a grant of up to $20,000 over two years, to support their curriculum development projects. As part of the program, they meet monthly to share and explore teaching and learning practices and ideas, share their progress on their curriculum projects, and collaborate to advance sustainability education on campus.
Apply
Requirements and eligibility to apply to the program, and what happens if your proposal is successful.
Current Sustainability Fellows
Our 2024-2025 cohort consists of 18 faculty members from 15 different schools or departments and 6 different faculties across UBC, who are working in interdisciplinary teams on 6 curriculum projects.
Alumni
Since 2010, UBC’s Sustainability Hub has supported over 70 Sustainability Fellows from 8 Faculties and over 30 departments and schools, many over multiple years.
Featured Projects
Learn more about how faculty are benefiting from the Sustainability Education Fellows program to develop innovative new sustainability learning opportunities at UBC.
Sustainability Fellowship Outcomes
Previous Sustainability Fellows have developed the UBC framework for sustainability education, authored white papers, and piloted an introductory sustainability course.
Recent Curriculum Projects
Learn more about some of the interdisciplinary teaching and curriculum innovation projects the Sustainability Hub has supported in recent years through the Sustainability Education Fellows program, Climate Education Grants and Climate and Wellbeing Education Grants.