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.

Events by Date

Past Events

Mon, November 4, 2013 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Free. Meditation (Vipassana) ( These guided meditation sessions are suitable for anyone from the UBC community to improve their four foundations of mindfulness, namely, body, feelings,mind and mental content) Everyone is welcome (UBC...
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Monday, November 4, 2013 - 12:00
Mon, November 4, 2013 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM BUCHANAN BUILDING BLOCK A. Art changes the world. An exhibition over the two weeks of the campaign that will stimulate your thinking on sustainability. Plus a short lecture and discussion by Professor Kurt Grimm on November 4 and 12. Buchanan A202, 1866 Main...
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Monday, November 4, 2013 - 12:00
Mon, November 4, 2013 9:00 AM - Wed, November 6, 2013, 5:00 PM STUDENT UNION BUILDING (SUB). Waiting for the UBC-Broadway line? Stop by the SUB and step inside a life-sized 3D drawing envisioning what UBC station might look like. [sustain.ubc.ca]
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Monday, November 4, 2013 - 09:00
Fri, November 1, 2013 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM SCHOOL OF POPULATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH. Speaker: Ron Bowles, Associate Dean, Centre for Applied Research, Justice Institute of British Columbia Location: B151, SPPH Building, 2206 East Mall
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Friday, November 1, 2013 - 12:30
Wed, October 30, 2013 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM WOODWARD 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 your...
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 14:00
Wed, October 30, 2013 12:15 AM - 1:00 AM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. There is an increasing emphasis on students as generators of content in Higher Education. How can we support students generating and sharing digital projects and content within Connect? Participants...
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 00:15
Mon, October 28, 2013 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. As defined at http://flexible.learning.ubc.ca/what-is-flexible-learning/ as part of UBC's Flexible Learning Initiative: "Logistical flexibility – flexibility of location, time, pace of learning and...
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Monday, October 28, 2013 - 13:30
Mon, October 28, 2013 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Free. Meditation (Vipassana) ( These guided meditation sessions are suitable for anyone from the UBC community to improve their four foundations of mindfulness, namely, body, feelings,mind and mental content) Everyone is welcome (UBC...
When:
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 12:00
Fri, October 25, 2013 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM CHAN CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. Free. Am I My Brain? Date & Time: Friday, October 25, 7:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Royal Bank Cinema, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, 6265 Crescent Road Description: The Peter Wall Institute of advanced Studies is...
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Friday, October 25, 2013 - 19:00
Fri, October 25, 2013 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM BROCK HALL ANNEX. Free. Teaching Through Visual Cognition In An Immersive Online Environment Date & Time: Friday, October 25, 3:00pm - 4:30pm Location: Room 301, Lillooet Room, 3rd floor, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Description: This event is not...
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Friday, October 25, 2013 - 15:00

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