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.

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Past Events

Wed, March 10, 2021 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM UBC Vancouver Campus. Join us for the premiere of "Fibre and Beyond", a documentary co-produced by BioProducts Institute and FinnCERES Flagship, partners in Boreal Alliance. The featured speakers will join the Q&A session after the show to answer your...
When:
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 - 08:30
WEBINAR: Earthquake-induced soil liquefaction: geotechnical hazards, impacts on infrastructure, and mitigation methods The Lower Mainland of British Columbia is located in a seismically active geographic region. As such, it is of relevance to recognize the possibility of an earthquake in our...
When:
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 - 12:30 to 13:30
Location:
Online event
Fri, March 5, 2021 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM See description. Speaker: Rebecca Asch, Assistant Professor of Fisheries Biology, East Carolina University (ECU). Ecological niche models (ENMs) are among the most common tools to project how fishes and fisheries respond to climate change. However, as...
When:
Friday, March 5, 2021 - 11:00
Part of the Climate Justice Webinar Series Who does climate change impact most? Countries and peoples that are least responsible for causing climate change are the ones suffering most from its effects. Join UBC faculty, students, staff, and community leaders for an exploration of what climate...
When:
Friday, March 5, 2021 - 11:00 to 12:30
Location:
Online event
WEBINAR: Resilience is the New Sustainability Over the past two decades, sustainability has been a growing trend in construction. For most consumers, this has primarily meant “green design.” Witnessing the effects of intensifying weather and natural disasters, owners, developers, insurers, lenders...
When:
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 - 12:30 to 13:30
Location:
Online event
Mon, February 22, 2021 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM See description. [the_title] CERC Seminar The Path and Opportunities Toward Hydrogen Energy Development February 22, 2021 @ 3:00 PM Biography Hong Chen is Professor in Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF) at Shanghai Jiaotong University, where he...
When:
Monday, February 22, 2021 - 15:00
Mon, February 22, 2021 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM See description. Speaker: Dr. Hong Chen, Professor of Shanghai Jiaotong University Abstract: The hydrogen development faces four major challenges, or requires “Four Miracles”, as suggested by Dr. Steven Chu (the former Secretary of US DOE): (1) the hydrogen...
When:
Monday, February 22, 2021 - 15:00
Fri, February 19, 2021 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM UBC Vancouver Campus. 0. Time & Location Friday, February 19th 2021 12:00 PM-1:00 PM PST on Zoom About the Event Have you developed a new technology/innovation? Ever thought it would be interesting to support or be part of an early stage startup/company...
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Friday, February 19, 2021 - 12:00
Thu, February 18, 2021 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM See description. The traditional approach to conservation science is to observe and model the impacts of threats (logging, mining, fishing, climate change for example) on species and their habitats, publish a paper of the findings in a peer-reviewed journal...
When:
Thursday, February 18, 2021 - 12:00
Fri, February 12, 2021 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM See description. Calling all UBC staff and faculty: Are you interested in sustainability? Looking to make new connections and swap ideas with other like-minded employees who are advancing sustainability projects, large and small, in their campus workplaces...
When:
Friday, February 12, 2021 - 11:00

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