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

Wed, November 26, 2014 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Are you struggling with a particular feature(s) of Connect, want a quick recap or just need to discuss the structure of your course materials? Do you have questions about copyright or need help creating your course reserves...
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014 - 13:00
Wed, November 26, 2014 12:00 PM - 3:30 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Join us at the 2014 EKM Nursing Education Forum to explore some contemporary issues in nursing education. We will be exploring some of the latest trends in SoTL (including changes in the UBC learning and teaching ecosystem...
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014 - 12:00
Mon, November 24, 2014 12:00 PM - 2:00 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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Monday, November 24, 2014 - 12:00
Thu, November 20, 2014 5:30 PM - 5:30 PM BOOKSTORE. This year, Common Energy is hoping to create a sense of community through a unique outdoor celebration that inspires creativity, fun, and awareness on how to be sustainable during the wintertime and that encourages the community to spend time...
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Thursday, November 20, 2014 - 17:30
Wed, November 19, 2014 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Are you struggling with a particular feature(s) of Connect, want a quick recap or just need to discuss the structure of your course materials? Do you have questions about copyright or need help creating your course reserves...
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 13:00
Wed, November 19, 2014 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free. You may have heard that shareable digital icons are being issued in classrooms to recognize student achievement on a granular level. The Open Badges UBC Lunch & Learn series will provide us an opportunity to...
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 12:00
Wed, November 19, 2014 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. Do you know how to edit your data using effective data management software? Do you want to work with user-friendly software without going through a hassle of writing code? SPSS can do this for you with a few clicks. Attend...
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 11:00
Wed, November 19, 2014 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Welcome to the second meeting of the Teaching and Learning for the Heart and Mind Community of Practice for the 2014/2015 academic year. We will gather to listen to a story of practice from a community member and to engage...
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 10:30
Wed, November 19, 2014 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM BOOKSTORE. This year, Common Energy is hoping to create a sense of community through a unique outdoor celebration that inspires creativity, fun, and awareness on how to be sustainable during the wintertime and that encourages the community to spend time...
When:
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 10:00
Wed, November 19, 2014 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. UBC’s rich history in relation to local Indigenous peoples is often hidden, and it is overlooked or simply unknown. Knowing and sharing aspects of this history as members of the UBC community learning and working on...
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 09:30

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