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

Climate+Water Research Symposium

Climate Change & Energy
Natural Resources

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

Mon, September 23, 2013 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM UBC Learning Exchange. Free. GENERATIONS A multimedia history exhibition Long before settlers began building residential schools, indigenous communities passed knowledge down from generation to generation. The UBC Learning Exchange invites you to...
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Monday, September 23, 2013 - 09:00
Sun, September 22, 2013 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM See description. Join the Bike Co-op at the Kitsilano Farmers Market for a Cycling Resource Centre! We will be offering free bike tune-ups, bike mechanics tutorials, cycling route planning, resources from local advocacy and cycling organizations,...
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Sunday, September 22, 2013 - 10:00
Sat, September 21, 2013 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM UBC FARM. Free!. The UBC Farm is excited to announce the return of our Saturday Markets for the 2013 season! This summer, discover a farm market like none other in Vancouver. Join us every Saturday from 9am-1pm for a delicious assortment of produce, herbs,...
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Saturday, September 21, 2013 - 09:00
Fri, September 20, 2013 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM SCHOOL OF POPULATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH. Speaker: Elise Hermans, MSc Student, University of Utrecht Location: B151, SPPH Building, 2206 East Mall
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Friday, September 20, 2013 - 12:30
Fri, September 20, 2013 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM UBC Learning Exchange. Free. GENERATIONS A multimedia history exhibition Long before settlers began building residential schools, indigenous communities passed knowledge down from generation to generation. The UBC Learning Exchange invites you to...
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Friday, September 20, 2013 - 09:00
Thu, September 19, 2013 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM UBC Learning Exchange. Free. GENERATIONS A multimedia history exhibition Long before settlers began building residential schools, indigenous communities passed knowledge down from generation to generation. The UBC Learning Exchange invites you to...
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Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 09:00
Wed, September 18, 2013 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM See description. Free. The EJS1 Master of Education in Curriculum Studies will be offered in Vancouver, starting January 2014. The program theme is Ecojustice & Sustainability Education. Please join us for an information session to meet the program...
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 16:00
Wed, September 18, 2013 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM UBC Learning Exchange. Free. GENERATIONS A multimedia history exhibition Long before settlers began building residential schools, indigenous communities passed knowledge down from generation to generation. The UBC Learning Exchange invites you to...
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 09:00
Wed, September 18, 2013 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM See description. FREE. Class suspension: Truth and Reconciliation Commission National Event On Wednesday, September 18, UBC Vancouver is suspending all undergraduate classes to allow students to participate in the national Truth and Reconciliation...
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 00:00
Tue, September 17, 2013 7:30 PM - 8:32 PM SIMON K.Y. LEE HKU-UBC HOUSE (GLOBAL LOUNGE) - BUILDING #1. As the largest and most active student sustainability group at UBC, Common Energy is inviting everyone interested to learn more about what we do and become a part of an ever-expanding network of...
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 19:30

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