Tue, March 21, 2017 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM UBC FARM. Free farmer's market. The UBC Farm will be open for everyone to drop by and pick up some fabulous farm fresh organic eggs this coming Tuesday evening. There will be no limit on eggs per family ($7 per dozen). We may also have some other produce...
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.
Built Environment & Mobility
Climate Change & Energy
Policy, Economics & Governance
Production, Consumption & Waste
Presented by the UBC Sustainability Scholars Program: A conference on urban sustainability research What happens when you give bright and engaged students real-world sustainability problems to solve? UBC Sustainability Scholars are helping to...
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 Week Canada
SDG Week 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, March 21, 2017 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM CENTRE FOR INTERACTIVE RESEARCH ON SUSTAINABILITY (CIRS). Free. Objective truth is out — alternative facts are in. It's what pundits call our new “post-fact” world, where hyper-partisan politicians are renouncing data and evidence. How should journalists today...
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Tuesday, March 21, 2017 - 12:00
Tue, March 21, 2017 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM See description. FREE. Please join us for an exploration of cultural humility and what it means for how we teach and learn. We will hear from Dr. Evan Adams, Chief Medical Officer of the First Nations Health Authority and a trailblazer in promoting cultural...
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Tuesday, March 21, 2017 - 10:00
Sat, March 18, 2017 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Free. Call to Edit! Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Saturday, March 18, 2017, noon-5 pm In collaboration with UBC Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory Instructor Christine D’Onofrio, and concurrent with Art+Feminism events worldwide,...
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Saturday, March 18, 2017 - 12:00
A Dialogue with James Hansen on Climate Change: The Role of Young People in Canada in Changing Times
Fri, March 17, 2017 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CENTRE FOR INTERACTIVE RESEARCH ON SUSTAINABILITY (CIRS). Free. Are you a student interested in better understanding climate change and what you can do? Join us for a informal and exclusive conversation with leading climate scientist Dr. James Hansen, Adjunct...
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Friday, March 17, 2017 - 14:00
Fri, March 17, 2017 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM The Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS). Free and open to public. With over 13 million workers, the restaurant industry is one of the nation’s largest private-sector employers as well as one of the fastest growing segments of the economy...
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Friday, March 17, 2017 - 12:00
Fri, March 17, 2017 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Dr. Brian Riddell, CEO/President, Pacific Salmon Foundation; Canadian Commissioner, Pacific Salmon Treaty; Project Lead, Salish Sea Marine Survival Project Looking back to when I began a career in science, things...
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Friday, March 17, 2017 - 11:00
Thu, March 16, 2017 5:00 PM - 8:30 PM BEATY BIODIVERSITY CENTRE. Come by for a night at the museum! Every month, the museum will stay open late with admission by donation between 5:00-8:30 pm, offering family-friendly activities, including Raising Big Blue showing at 5:30 pm Guided Museum Tour at 7...
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Thursday, March 16, 2017 - 17:00
Thu, March 16, 2017 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM The Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre. Join us for the 2017 UBC Three Minute Thesis Finals! After several rounds of competition, eight top graduate students will explain their research in three minutes each. Come cheer them on and vote for your favourite for the...
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Thursday, March 16, 2017 - 12:30
Wed, March 15, 2017 10:30 AM - 3:30 PM CENTRE FOR INTERACTIVE RESEARCH ON SUSTAINABILITY (CIRS). Free.. The Sustainability Research Symposium provides a forum to showcase a spectrum of graduate research surrounding sustainability. Join us and help celebrate research developments that have the...
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017 - 10:30