Wed, March 16, 2016 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM STUDENT UNION BUILDING (SUB). Hosted by Common Energy, this lab will sort waste from the AMS building in real time.
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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...
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Built Environment & Mobility
Climate Change & Energy
Covering Climate on the Frontlines
Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems
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
Tue, March 15, 2016 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM STUDENT UNION BUILDING (SUB). Hosted by the AMS Bike Co-op, this lab will show people a different side of sustainability in relation to cycling. A lot of people don't consider what happens to bikes when they can no longer be used for transportation or they...
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Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 16:00
Tue, March 15, 2016 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM BOOKSTORE. Hosted by the Faculty of Land and Food Systems, this Ripple Lab will entice with unusual and delicious samples of chocolate cake made with a special, in season ingredient - beets! Grown at the UBC Farm. This lab is designed to increase interest in...
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Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 11:30
Mon, March 14, 2016 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM BOOKSTORE. Join us at the UBC Bookstore Plaza to get your free travel mug and learn how to recycle all components of a disposable coffee cup if you can’t use it.
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Monday, March 14, 2016 - 08:30
Fri, March 11, 2016 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM SCHOOL OF POPULATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH. Olga Pena, PhD Research Scientist and Manager Air Pollution/Carlsten Lab Chan-Yeung Centre for Occupational and Environmental Respiratory Disease (COERD) Location: SPPH B151 Upcoming OEH Seminars
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Friday, March 11, 2016 - 12:30
Thu, March 10, 2016 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM UBC Okanagan campus. Free. Network Like a Pro! EME 1153 Looking to develop your networking skills? Want to learn what recruiters are looking for when they meet new candidates? This interactive session will address all these questions and more. Pre-registration...
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Thursday, March 10, 2016 - 16:30
Thu, March 10, 2016 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM UBC Okanagan campus. Free. Careers in Banking Workshop EME 1153 Not sure where you fit in a career in banking? Wondered what types of career paths are available? Join our business representatives as they share their insights on how to break into an exciting...
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Thursday, March 10, 2016 - 14:30
Thu, March 10, 2016 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM MORRIS AND HELEN BELKIN ART GALLERY. Free admission for all. Tea with Beau Thursdays in January, February and March, 2016, 1-2 pm Join UBC Artist in Residence and Kwakwaka’wakw Hereditary Chief Beau Dick, community members, elders and activists on select...
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Thursday, March 10, 2016 - 13:00
Wed, March 9, 2016 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM See description. FREE!!. Join us at the UBC Learning Circle live for the airing of Community Conversation on HIV/AIDS in First Nations Communities, with Rodney Little Mustache, Emma Palmantier, and Harlan Pruden. Our rich and diverse Indigenous panel will...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2016 - 10:00
Tue, March 8, 2016 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Free admission for all. Please join us for a reading and discussion with Glen Coulthard, who will read from his critically acclaimed book, Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition (University of Minnesota Press...
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Tuesday, March 8, 2016 - 13:00