Thu, November 7, 2013 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Earth Sciences Building. UBC’s Athletics stars and Thunderbird are here to help you connect with like-minded staff, faculty and students. Who do you want to meet? On Main Mall in front of Earth Science Building, 2207 Main Mall [sustain.ubc.ca]
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.
Events by Date
Past Events
Thu, November 7, 2013 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. Please join us for Getting Started With Connect – Part II, a hands-on workshop that focuses on effective ways to: · Develop, deliver and grade student assignments and tests; · Provide feedback using...
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Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 09:00
Thu, November 7, 2013 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM THEA KOERNER HOUSE (FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES/GRAD STUDENT CENTRE). $10 for attendees. The Land and Food Systems Graduate Student Conference is a one-day, student-organized conference designed to showcase the graduate research taking place in our diverse...
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Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 08:30
Wed, November 6, 2013 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Common Energy is teaming up with Our Horizon, a team of volunteers touring around Canada in hopes of encouraging citizens to contact their local municipalities to pass a law in which all gas stations would be required to put a warning...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 18:00
Wed, November 6, 2013 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM STUDENT UNION BUILDING (SUB). The Carl Sagan Association for the Communication of Science presents Carl Sagan's COSMOS, Episode 4: "Heaven and Hell" Wednesdy, Nov. 6th, 4:00PM - 6:00PM | The Norm Theatre (UBC Student Union Building) "We do not know beforehand...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 16:00
Wed, November 6, 2013 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM SIMON K.Y. LEE HKU-UBC HOUSE (GLOBAL LOUNGE) - BUILDING #1. This is a Jump Start event, targeted specifically to first year international and Aboriginal students to celebrate positive mental health by encouraging students to take a break. They will get to...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 15:00
Wed, November 6, 2013 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM BEATY BIODIVERSITY CENTRE. Free. Pop in to the Beaty Biodiversity Museum to to get a first hand view of an eyeball dissection through the lens of biodiversity. The eyeballs are from an educational supply company and are by-products of food production. Beaty...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 12:30
Wed, November 6, 2013 12:30 PM - Fri, November 15, 2013, 1:00 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Free. Pop in to the Beaty Biodiversity Museum to to get a first hand view of an eyeball dissection through the lens of biodiversity. The eyeballs are from an educational supply company and are by-products of...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 12:30
Wed, November 6, 2013 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM MUSIC BUILDING. How to turn a Cunning Little Vixen into The Tales of Hoffmann. Learn how UBC Opera acts more sustainably by recycling their costumes, sets and props. Old Auditorium, Music Building, 6361 Memorial Road [sustain.ubc.ca]
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 12:00
Wed, November 6, 2013 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free. UBC Farm's Market is extended by one week for #RippleEffectUBC! Come and get some fresh produce and enjoy a free sample of pumpkin soup with heirloom carrots from the Farm made by Chef Steve Golob from UBC Food...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 11:30