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.

Human Well-being & Social Systems
Natural Resources
Join us at the xʷc̓ic̓əsəm Garden for an open conversation circle about climate justice and the essential role of Indigenous rights and relations with the land in addressing climate change.

Climate Justice is a business responsibility

Climate Change & Energy
Production, Consumption & Waste

Climate+Water Research Symposium

Climate Change & Energy
Natural Resources

Solutions Summit: Working Towards Climate Solutions

Climate Change & Energy
Policy, Economics & Governance

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 Month Canada

SDG Month 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.

Events by Date

Past Events

Tue, October 7, 2014 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. free. If you need to manage large numbers of references and citations as part of your research, teaching or administrative work, citation management tools are for you. These tools provide a simple way to store, organize and retrieve...
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Tuesday, October 7, 2014 - 13:30
Tue, October 7, 2014 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. The peer review of teaching process introduced in this 4 hour introductory workshop is intended primarily as a form of formative (and developmental) feedback. By the end of this workshop participants will be able to: ·...
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Tuesday, October 7, 2014 - 12:30
Mon, October 6, 2014 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Join Writing Centre tutor Allison O'Neil for a writing workshop meant for first-year university students. This workshop will discuss the basic conventions of university writing in the context of student expectations coming...
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Monday, October 6, 2014 - 12:00
Sat, October 4, 2014 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. $75. Explore the history and economic and political elements affecting both the protection and deforestation of the Amazon forest in Brazil, where about two-thirds of the world’s forest is located. For more information, call 604.822.1444...
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Saturday, October 4, 2014 - 09:30
Wed, October 1, 2014 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. A WORLD OF METHODOLOGIES WHAT: Tell us about the methods used in your discipline. What theoretical frameworks do you use to interpret knowledge? What research tools help you solve problems in your field of study? Come to the...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 16:00
Mon, September 29, 2014 4:00 PM - 4:00 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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Monday, September 29, 2014 - 16:00
Mon, September 29, 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, September 29, 2014 - 12:00
Fri, September 26, 2014 2:00 PM - 2:00 PM FOOD, NUTRITION AND HEALTH BUILDING. Test your taste buds at this Ripple Lab on one of the most sustainable proteins we have: bugs. Packed with protein, not to mention vitamins and minerals, insects are a reliable, sustainable food source. Sample tasty...
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Friday, September 26, 2014 - 14:00
Fri, September 26, 2014 12:30 PM - 12:30 PM BEATY BIODIVERSITY CENTRE. Learn about biodiversity in your backyard in this hands-on Ripple Lab hosted by the Beaty Biodiversity Museum that looks at and identifies key features of local animals. #RippleEffectUBC
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Friday, September 26, 2014 - 12:30
Fri, September 26, 2014 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM FOREST SCIENCES CENTRE. free. OrienTREEing Race Friday, Sept 25, 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Brought to you by the Forestry Graduate Student Association and UBC Faculty of Forestry The third annual OrienTREEing Race is happening on Sept. 25 at noon and is open to...
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Friday, September 26, 2014 - 12:00

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