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...

xChange 2024: Engineering A Greener Tomorrow

Built Environment & Mobility
Climate Change & Energy

Covering Climate on the Frontlines

Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems

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

Thu, October 24, 2013 12:00 AM - 1:30 AM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. Interested in ways to (re)design courses that weave sustainability attributes throughout the course and connect course material to local and global contexts? Join us in the exploration of a framework...
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Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 00:00
Wed, October 23, 2013 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM See description. Free - Please Register. Faculty of Education READS Date & Time: Wednesday, October 23, 6:30pm Location: Britiannia Secondary School, 1001 Cotton Dr, Vancouver, BC V5L 3T4 Description: Fostering Success for Aboriginal Youth Speaker: Dr...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 18:30
Wed, October 23, 2013 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM UBC FARM. Free - Please Register. FIREtalk: Indigenizing the Academy Date & Time: Wednesday, October 23, 4:00pm - 6:00pm Location: First Nations House of Learning Hall, 1985 West Mall Description: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission events in...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 16:00
Wed, October 23, 2013 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. Open UBC Week: MOOCs and On-Campus Learning Date & Time: Wednesday, October 23, 3:00pm - 3:50pm Location: Room 302, Dodson Room, 3rd floor, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Description: What will...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 15:00
Wed, October 23, 2013 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. Open UBC Week: How Students Are Leading Open Access Date & Time: Wednesday, October 23, 2:00pm – 2:50pm Location: Room 302, Dodson Room, 3rd floor, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Description:...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 14:00
Wed, October 23, 2013 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. Open UBC Week: Reclaiming the Open Learning Environment Date & Time: Wednesday, October 23, 1:00pm - 1:50pm Location: Room 302, Dodson Room, 3rd floor, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Description...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 13:00
Wed, October 23, 2013 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. Earlier this year, UBC launched the Flexible Learning Initiative with a goal to transform undergraduate education at the university. An inaugural call for proposals process was put in place in early...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 13:00
Wed, October 23, 2013 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM FOREST SCIENCES CENTRE. Free. Best Practices for Experiential Teaching - From Field Schools to Service Learning Date & Time: Wednesday, October 23, 12:00pm - 12:30pm Location: Room 1222, Forest Sciences Centre, 2424 Main Mall Description: Experiential...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 12:00
Wed, October 23, 2013 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. Open UBC Week: The Whys and Hows of Open -- Transforming Learning Through Open Pedagogies and Practices Date & Time: Wednesday, October 23, 11:00am - 11:50am Location: Room 302, Dodson Room, 3rd...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 11:00
Wed, October 23, 2013 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. Open UBC Week: Open Freedoms/Open Practices Date & Time: Wednesday, October 23, 10:00am - 10:50am Location: Room 302, Dodson Room, 3rd floor, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Description:...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 10:00

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