Thu, December 10, 2015 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Fipke Centre. Free . Nobel Night at UBC Okanagan Hosted by UBC University Relations On Thursday, December 10, Nobel Prizes will be presented to some of the world’s most outstanding contributors in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, economics and peace...
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, December 10, 2015 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. Are you worried about getting your thesis/dissertation into the format required by the Faculty of Graduate Studies? Would you like to know more about how to use the formatting features in Microsoft Word? Research Commons...
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Thursday, December 10, 2015 - 14:00
Thu, December 10, 2015 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. How do you manage your research data? Join us for a research data management planning workshop designed to help you incorporate best practices for data management into your own work. We will address such questions as: What...
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Thursday, December 10, 2015 - 10:00
Tue, December 8, 2015 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Free. ARCTIC-WISE: Bridging Northern Knowledges of Change The Arctic Carbon Cycle – Does Sea Ice Matter? Tim Papakyriakou, Environment and Geography, University of Manitoba 5-6:30 pm, reception to follow Coach House, Green College, 6201...
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 17:00
Tue, December 8, 2015 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. NVivo's classification capabilities will help you to add demographic data to your nodes and bibliographic data to your sources. Datasets allow you to import and work with tabular material from spreadsheets, database tables,...
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 11:00
Sat, December 5, 2015 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM UBC FARM. $42 ($34 for registered students -- valid student ID is required) + GST. In this hands-on class, you will learn a simplified method to make your own chocolate bar without refined sugar or milk, but full of antioxidants and minerals. A few demos will...
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Saturday, December 5, 2015 - 13:00
Fri, December 4, 2015 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM H. R. MACMILLAN BUILDING. The UBC Soil, Water & Sustainability Group, in partnership with the Pacific Regional Society of Soil Science (PRSSS), welcome you to a special event featuring two lectures with Dr. Joann Whalen at UBC's Vancouver campus on...
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Friday, December 4, 2015 - 15:00
Thu, December 3, 2015 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY (MOA). Free, please register at http://artisanalmining.eventbrite.ca . Abstract: Gold is the most valued of metals. Throughout history it has played a key role in global civilizations as a symbol of wealth with unique cultural,...
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Thursday, December 3, 2015 - 19:00
Wed, December 2, 2015 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. Are you worried about getting your thesis/dissertation into the format required by the Faculty of Graduate Studies? Would you like to know more about how to use the formatting features in Microsoft Word? Research Commons staff...
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Wednesday, December 2, 2015 - 15:00
Tue, December 1, 2015 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. Better writing starts with more writing, but it can be difficult to make the time – or get the accountability and feedback/support to start and keep a writing habit. This facilitated writing group was designed to address this...
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Tuesday, December 1, 2015 - 16:00