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,...
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
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.
Events by Date
Past Events
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
Wed, March 15, 2017 6:30 AM - 8:30 AM UBC Robson Square. How can doctoral-level research help create a more sustainable future? In the second event of the 2017 PhDs Go Public Research Talk Series, nine PhD students from UBC's Public Scholars Initiative have seven minutes each to talk about their...
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017 - 06:30
Tue, March 14, 2017 1:00 PM - 5:30 PM THEA KOERNER HOUSE (FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES/GRAD STUDENT CENTRE). Join us for the semi-final rounds of 2017 UBC Three Minute Thesis! Graduate students have three minutes each to explain their research. Come cheer them on, and vote for your favourite for the...
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Tuesday, March 14, 2017 - 13:00
Tue, March 14, 2017 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM LIU INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ISSUES. Free. Join us for this talk by Nadja Kunz, Assistant Professor at the Liu Institute for Global Issues and Norman B Keevil Mining Engineering at UBC, as part of the ongoing Policy@UBC series. Nadja works at the interface of...
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Tuesday, March 14, 2017 - 12:00