Tue, May 3, 2016 9:00 AM - Wed, May 4, 2016, 9:00 PM See description. As part of UBC’s Centennial celebrations, the UBC Learning Exchange is organizing a unique conference that will bring together community members, faculty and students to experience, share, and reflect on diverse perspectives and...
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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.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2016 - 09:00
Sun, May 1, 2016 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM See description. Free. Please register by clicking on the link below:. Location: Bill Reid Gallery, 639 Hornby St, Vancouver, BC Mixed-Media Art Installation and Seafood Ethics Open Forum A mixed-media art installation introduces Pacific herring as “Soul Fish.” An...
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Sunday, May 1, 2016 - 19:00
Wed, April 27, 2016 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM LIU INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ISSUES. Who benefits from ocean resources? Who gets to decide about their use and protection? And how do we provide for intergenerational equity in the long term through a healthy and resilient ocean? These are some of the questions...
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Wednesday, April 27, 2016 - 13:00
Wed, April 27, 2016 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Engineering, Management and Education Building. Free . UBC’s undergraduate students to showcase research What: Undergraduate Research Conference Who: Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences undergraduate students When: Wednesday, April 27, 10 a.m. to 5 p...
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Wednesday, April 27, 2016 - 10:00
Tue, April 26, 2016 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Environmental and public health policies are often motivated by the ideal of promoting sustainability and precaution while nevertheless fostering economic and technological innovation. This raises a number of difficult questions. How...
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Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - 08:30
Mon, April 25, 2016 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM See description. Free. Please register by clicking on the link below:. Location: University Centre, Seminar Room (307), 6331 Crescent Road, Vancouver, BC. Showcasing examples of international, interdisciplinary research collaborations led by Peter Wall...
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Monday, April 25, 2016 - 11:00
Sat, April 23, 2016 6:00 PM - Sun, April 24, 2016, 6:00 PM STUDENT UNION BUILDING (SUB). $8.50. The POV26 Film Festival is an annual student showcase of narrative short films produced by the third and fourth year students of the UBC Film Production Program. A two night event at The Norman Bouchard...
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Saturday, April 23, 2016 - 18:00
Thu, April 21, 2016 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM See description. Free, but registration is required. For more information and to register, please click on the link below:. Location: Vancouver Aquarium, 845 Avison Way, Vancouver, BC. 6:00-7:00pm Reception; 7:00-8:30pm Public Talk. The world’s population of 7...
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Thursday, April 21, 2016 - 18:00
Thu, April 21, 2016 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM See description. Free. From Field to Fork to Research An event for anyone interested in learning more about, and improving, food security in the Okanagan and beyond. Date: Thursday, April 21, 2016 Time: 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. CMHA Kelowna (504 Sutherland Avenue...
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Thursday, April 21, 2016 - 16:00
Mon, April 18, 2016 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM BEATY BIODIVERSITY CENTRE. Wild fires are becoming more frequent and intense as the climate changes, and their smoke can affect local, regional, and global air quality. Use of prescribed fire can help to mitigate the risk of wild fire, but these burns also...
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Monday, April 18, 2016 - 09:00