Tue, August 26, 2014 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Engineering, Management and Education Building. WHERE: room EME 1153 Open to the Public Quesnel Lake is a fjord-type lake that supports the second largest Sockeye salmon run in Canada. On August 4, 2014 the Mount Polley tailings storage facility released...
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
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.
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Past Events
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014 - 10:00
Sat, August 9, 2014 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. $18. UBC Botanical Garden is excited to partner with Rain City Chronicles to bring you this special storytelling event in our Roseline Sturdy Amphitheatre. Join Rain City Chronicles, August 9th from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., for an open-air...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 - 18:00
Wed, August 6, 2014 11:00 AM - 1:00 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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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 - 11:00
Sun, August 3, 2014 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Uncover the diversity, interactions and fascinating adaptations of butterflies.
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Sunday, August 3, 2014 - 13:00
Wed, July 23, 2014 9:00 AM - Fri, July 25, 2014, 1:00 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Free admission . The Annual UBC Blueberry Fest Everything made with the goodness of BC Blueberries... July 23-25, Wednesday to Friday, 9am to 1pm at the New UBC Bookstore Plaza Presented by UBC Food Services in...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - 09:00
Wed, July 23, 2014 12:00 AM - Thu, August 28, 2014, 12:00 AM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. free. The Sea of Cortez is located between the Baja Peninsula and mainland Mexico and is one of the youngest and most fertile seas on earth. The peninsula was formed approximately five million years ago...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - 00:00
Mon, July 21, 2014 9:00 AM - Fri, August 1, 2014, 4:00 PM See description. See website for non-credit fees. On the west coast of Vancouver Island, Nuu-chah-nulth peoples, including Huu-ay-aht First Nation, have occupied their homelands along the mountains and seas for thousands of years. The...
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Monday, July 21, 2014 - 09:00
Mon, July 14, 2014 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM WOODWARD LIBRARY. Free. This session is appropriate for students conducting literature reviews in any discipline. Topics include ... what is a literature review? ... finding the right databases ... search strategies for databases ... finding scholarly articles...
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Monday, July 14, 2014 - 10:00
Wed, July 9, 2014 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM UBC Okanagan campus. Wednesday, July 9th 12-1 PM, EME 0050 Dr. Geoffrey Soloway, Health and Wellness Specialist Geoffrey completed a PhD at OISE/UT where his research and teaching focused on Mindful Wellness. Currently he is working as Health & Wellness...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2014 - 12:00
Tue, July 8, 2014 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM 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, July 8, 2014 - 09:00