Thu, March 23, 2017 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY (MOA). Buen vivir is the indigenous concept of living well, in harmony with nature, and it is a central theme of the UBC Museum of Anthropology’s new exhibition: “Amazonia: The Rights of Nature.” In this workshop, participants will...
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Built Environment & Mobility
Climate Change & Energy
Ecological Systems
Human Well-being & Social Systems
Are you a UBC faculty or staff member interested in sustainability-related teaching and research? Whether you're new to UBC or looking to build deeper connections, the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) Open House is an...
Ecological grief, Messy Hope & Healing
Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems
The right to food? Conservation, access, and food security
Ecological Systems
Production, Consumption & Waste
Insights from Organizing an Indigenous-Led Event: UBC’s Intergenerational March to Commemorate Orange Shirt Day
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.
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Past Events
Thu, March 23, 2017 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Free and open to the public. Wastewater reuse has become an accepted practice in cities and peri-urban areas. However, in developing country settings, wastewater reuse presents multiple challenges. First, water...
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Thursday, March 23, 2017 - 12:00
Thu, March 23, 2017 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. The Pixelating Mixer is an opportunity for DH scholars across campus to meet colleagues, talk tools, brainstorm ideas and network with others who use digital tools to explore and visualize their research. Curious about text mining...
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Thursday, March 23, 2017 - 12:00
Wed, March 22, 2017 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM CENTRE FOR INTERACTIVE RESEARCH ON SUSTAINABILITY (CIRS). Free. Live Well: Learn to destress with the Wellness Peers The New Year celebrations have passed, but what about those resolutions? Are you eating healthier, stressing less and saving more? If not, the...
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017 - 12:30
Wed, March 22, 2017 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CENTRE FOR INTERACTIVE RESEARCH ON SUSTAINABILITY (CIRS). Free. Eat Well: Grow your food literacy over an interactive demo and talk. The New Year celebrations have passed, but what about those resolutions? Are you eating healthier, stressing less and saving...
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017 - 11:00
Wed, March 22, 2017 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM CENTRE FOR INTERACTIVE RESEARCH ON SUSTAINABILITY (CIRS). Free. The New Year celebrations have passed, but what about those resolutions? Are you eating healthier, stressing less and saving more? If not, the UBC Sustainability Ambassadors have you covered with...
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017 - 11:00
Wed, March 22, 2017 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM WOODWARD LIBRARY. Free. How do you manage your research data? Join us for a research data management planning workshop designed to help you incorporate best practices for data management into your own work. We will address such questions as: - What file naming...
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017 - 09:30
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...
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Tuesday, March 21, 2017 - 16:30
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