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

Tue, June 14, 2016 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM University Centre. Free . In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, Ailsa Beischer will defend the thesis entitled Community Gleaning, Food Injustice, & The Alternative Food Movement in Kelowna...
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Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - 09:00
Thu, June 9, 2016 1:00 AM - 2:00 AM FOREST SCIENCES CENTRE. Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark visiting Forestry The event will include short presentation on how the state of Washington is considering wildfire in the context of climate change and will be open for questions...
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Thursday, June 9, 2016 - 01:00
Wed, June 8, 2016 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CENTRE FOR INTERACTIVE RESEARCH ON SUSTAINABILITY (CIRS). free. Join Dr. Christine Sheppard, Ph.D., a researcher and Bird Collision Manager, as she discusses how to recognize hazards to birds in the built environment. Birds are potent cultural symbols and play...
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Wednesday, June 8, 2016 - 15:30
Tue, June 7, 2016 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM See description. Registration Fee. Cultures of ‘Denial’ workshop at UBC tackles climate skepticism What: International Perspectives on Climate Skepticism—panel discussion Who: Hosted by Greg Garrard, Sustainability Professor at UBC Okanagan’s campus, and scholars...
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Tuesday, June 7, 2016 - 18:00
Sun, June 5, 2016 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM BEATY BIODIVERSITY CENTRE. Free with museum admission or membership.. Did you know that you can find an entire food web, from voracious predators to crafty prey, in the water trapped by the leaves of bromeliad plants? Join UBC professor Diane Srivastava as she...
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Sunday, June 5, 2016 - 13:00
Sun, June 5, 2016 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM UBC Point Grey Campus. SLIP THE SNARE: UBC Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition 2016 Benjamin J. Allard, Jeneen Frei Njootli, Saroop Soofi, Leigh Tennant, Olivia Whetung May 6–June 5, 2016 Opening Reception:Thursday, May 5, 6:00-9:00 pm Public critique with...
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Sunday, June 5, 2016 - 00:00
Sat, June 4, 2016 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM UBC Point Grey Campus. SLIP THE SNARE: UBC Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition 2016 Benjamin J. Allard, Jeneen Frei Njootli, Saroop Soofi, Leigh Tennant, Olivia Whetung May 6–June 5, 2016 Opening Reception:Thursday, May 5, 6:00-9:00 pm Public critique with...
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Saturday, June 4, 2016 - 00:00
Fri, June 3, 2016 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM UBC Point Grey Campus. SLIP THE SNARE: UBC Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition 2016 Benjamin J. Allard, Jeneen Frei Njootli, Saroop Soofi, Leigh Tennant, Olivia Whetung May 6–June 5, 2016 Opening Reception:Thursday, May 5, 6:00-9:00 pm Public critique with...
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Friday, June 3, 2016 - 00:00
Thu, June 2, 2016 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM UBC Point Grey Campus. SLIP THE SNARE: UBC Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition 2016 Benjamin J. Allard, Jeneen Frei Njootli, Saroop Soofi, Leigh Tennant, Olivia Whetung May 6–June 5, 2016 Opening Reception:Thursday, May 5, 6:00-9:00 pm Public critique with...
When:
Thursday, June 2, 2016 - 00:00
Wed, June 1, 2016 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM UBC Point Grey Campus. SLIP THE SNARE: UBC Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition 2016 Benjamin J. Allard, Jeneen Frei Njootli, Saroop Soofi, Leigh Tennant, Olivia Whetung May 6–June 5, 2016 Opening Reception:Thursday, May 5, 6:00-9:00 pm Public critique with...
When:
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - 00:00

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