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.

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Past Events

Thu, May 12, 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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Thursday, May 12, 2016 - 00:00
Wed, May 11, 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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Wednesday, May 11, 2016 - 00:00
Tue, May 10, 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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Tuesday, May 10, 2016 - 00:00
Sun, May 8, 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, May 8, 2016 - 00:00
Fri, May 6, 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, May 6, 2016 - 00:00
Wed, May 4, 2016 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM LIU INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ISSUES. Join us at the Vancity Theatre in downtown Vancouver for a free screening of the film, Nagasaki: Memories of My Son, starring renowned Japanese actors Sayuri Yoshinaga and Kazunari Ninomiya, as mother and son in postwar Nagasaki,...
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Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 19:30
Tue, May 3, 2016 12:00 PM - 4:30 PM LIU INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ISSUES. "Nuclear Dangers from Hiroshima to Fukushima" Panel Discussion Tuesday, May 3, 2016 12:00 noon – 2:00pm (Lunch served at 12:00 noon; panel will begin promptly at 12:30pm) Multipurpose Room, Liu Institute for Global Issues, 6476 NW...
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Tuesday, May 3, 2016 - 12:00
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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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

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