Sat, November 19, 2016 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM MORRIS AND HELEN BELKIN ART GALLERY. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-5pm; Saturday-Sunday, noon-5pm; Closed Mondays and Holidays The Last Waves is a collaborative installation in which the viewer is immersed in a sequence of hallucinatory sets that...
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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
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Saturday, November 19, 2016 - 12:00
Fri, November 18, 2016 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Speaker: Mimi Lam, Research Associate; Policy & Ecosystem Restoration in Fisheries Fisheries science has focused on gathering more data to sustainably manage aquatic resources, but despite this, global...
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Friday, November 18, 2016 - 11:00
Fri, November 18, 2016 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM MORRIS AND HELEN BELKIN ART GALLERY. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-5pm; Saturday-Sunday, noon-5pm; Closed Mondays and Holidays The Last Waves is a collaborative installation in which the viewer is immersed in a sequence of hallucinatory sets that...
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Friday, November 18, 2016 - 10:00
Thu, November 17, 2016 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM See description. $10 (free for 2015 and 2016 grads) - includes light refreshments. Nature would not exist without chemicals. In recent years, however, consumers have become suspicious of all things artificial or chemical, leading to an explosion in claims...
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Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 18:30
Thu, November 17, 2016 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM GREEN COLLEGE - GRAHAM HOUSE, GREEN COMMONS, COACH HOUSE. Elsie M. Sunderland, Environmental Science and Engineering, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Coach House, Green College, UBC Thursday, November 17, 5-6:30 pm in the series Adapting to Global...
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Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 17:00
Thu, November 17, 2016 5:00 PM - 8:30 PM BEATY BIODIVERSITY CENTRE. By Donation. See the sun set on the whale, check out our feature exhibition Ecosystems in Play, and enjoy a night at the museum at Nocturnal! This month only, join special guests from the Beaty Biodiversity Museum and the UBC...
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Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 17:00
Thu, November 17, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CENTRE FOR INTERACTIVE RESEARCH ON SUSTAINABILITY (CIRS). free. From climate change and environmental degradation to widespread poverty and social inequity, there is no doubt that society faces significant pressures. Within this context, companies must also...
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Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 12:00
Thu, November 17, 2016 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM MORRIS AND HELEN BELKIN ART GALLERY. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-5pm; Saturday-Sunday, noon-5pm; Closed Mondays and Holidays The Last Waves is a collaborative installation in which the viewer is immersed in a sequence of hallucinatory sets that...
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Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 10:00
Wed, November 16, 2016 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM UBC FARM. $53 ($46 for registered students -- valid student ID is required) + GST. Join Eliana Macdonald to learn the basics of knitting! Topics covered will include: materials, casting on, the knit stitch, the purl stitch, casting off, how to read a pattern...
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Wednesday, November 16, 2016 - 18:00
Wed, November 16, 2016 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM MORRIS AND HELEN BELKIN ART GALLERY. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-5pm; Saturday-Sunday, noon-5pm; Closed Mondays and Holidays The Last Waves is a collaborative installation in which the viewer is immersed in a sequence of hallucinatory sets that...
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Wednesday, November 16, 2016 - 10:00