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

Tue, October 22, 2013 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. Open UBC Week: Muzzles, Media Offices and Message Control Date & Time: Tuesday, October 22, 2:00pm – 2:50pm Location: Room 302, Dodson Room, 3rd floor, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Description...
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 14:00
Tue, October 22, 2013 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EARTH AND OCEAN SCIENCES - MAIN - PACIFIC MUSEUM OF THE EARTH. Free - Please Register. Interactive Engagement in the Classroom: Our Experiences with Teaching Upper-Level Statistics Date & Time: Tuesday, October 22, 11:00am Location: Room 4192, Earth...
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 11:00
Tue, October 22, 2013 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. Open UBC Week: The Future? Open Online Courses and the Library Date & Time: Tuesday, October 22, 11:00am - 11:50am Location: Room 302, Dodson Room, 3rd floor, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre...
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 11:00
Tue, October 22, 2013 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Free - Please Register. Sustainability Education Resource Centre Open House Date & Time: Monday, October 21 - Wednesday, October 23, 11:00am - 1:00pm Location: Room 1131, CIRS building, 2260 West Mall Description: The Center for...
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 11:00
Tue, October 22, 2013 9:30 AM - 10:50 AM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. Open UBC Week: Open Access Megajournals – Have They Changed Everything? Date & Time: Tuesday, October 22, 9:30am – 10:50am Location: Room 302, Dodson Room, 3rd floor, Irving K. Barber Learning...
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 09:30
Tue, October 22, 2013 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM BROCK HALL ANNEX. Free. What Next? Creating Your Own Community-Based Experience Date & Time: Tuesday, October 22, 9:00am - 11:00am Location: Brock Hall Concourse, 1874 East Mall Description: UBC Chapman & Innovation grant winners share how they took...
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 09:00
Mon, October 21, 2013 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM UBC Robson Square. $25. Join us for a public lecture by dialogue veteran Adam Kahane on his powerful new method for making progress on seemingly intractable societal challenges: transformative scenario planning. Adam has worked for over two decades on some of...
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Monday, October 21, 2013 - 18:30
Mon, October 21, 2013 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CHAN CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. Free. Roundtable on First Round UBC MOOC Offerings Date & Time: Monday, October 21, 3:30pm - 5:00pm Location: TBA Description: Moderator: Angela Redish Vice Provost, Associate Vice President, Enrolment and Academic...
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Monday, October 21, 2013 - 15:30
Mon, October 21, 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, October 21, 2013 - 12:00
Mon, October 21, 2013 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM UBC Robson Square. Free - Please Register. TLEF Showcase Date & Time: Monday, October 21, 12:00pm – 1:30pm Location: Golden Jubilee Room, 4th floor, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Description: Each year, a portion of UBC-V student tuition is set aside...
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Monday, October 21, 2013 - 12:00

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