Thu, October 24, 2013 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM BUCHANAN BUILDING BLOCK B. Free. Celebrating Innovation In Teaching: Applying Scholarship To Improve Practice Date & Time: Thursday, October 24, 12:30pm – 2:00pm Location: Buchanan B208, 1866 Main Mall Description: Are you designing a new course? Ready...
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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Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 12:30
Thu, October 24, 2013 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. A Holistic Approach to Sustainability Course Design Date & Time: Thursday, October 24, 12:00pm - 1:30pm Location: Seminar Room 2.22, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Description: A Holistic...
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Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 12:00
Thu, October 24, 2013 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. Michele DiPietro, co-author of How Learning Works, believes that "we owe our students a learning environment that fosters metacognitive awareness and a lifelong learning disposition". Many UBC...
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Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 09:30
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 - 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 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