Fri, October 9, 2020 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM See description. This is part of the IOF seminar series Speaker: Dr. Thomas Froelicher, University of Bern Extreme events, i.e., periods of normally rare situations when a system is far outside its norms, are well known to severely impact organisms and...
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
When:
Friday, October 9, 2020 - 11:00
WEBINAR: COVID-19 Building Operations and Future Codes Join Lawrence Schoen as he presents on how modes of disease transmission might be affected by engineering interventions, typically related to dilution ventilation, mechanical filtration and de-activation by ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (...
When:
Tuesday, October 6, 2020 - 12:30 to 13:30
Location:
Online event
Increasingly, fisheries researchers and managers seek or are compelled to “bridge” Indigenous knowledge systems with Western scientific approaches to understanding and governing fisheries. Here, we will move beyond the all-too-common narrative about integrating or incorporating (too often used as...
When:
Friday, October 2, 2020 - 11:00 to 12:00
Location:
Online event
Fri, September 25, 2020 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM See description. This event takes place online. Please click link below for RSVP information Speaker: Dr. Jessica Sparks Associate Director, University of Nottingham Rights Lab Investigative journalism and emerging scholarly research have posited links...
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Friday, September 25, 2020 - 11:00
Wed, September 23, 2020 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM See description. Join UBC's Virtual Volunteer Fair to interact with passionate students, and community organizations across BC. This year's virtual event will feature 20+ community organizations looking for students to virtually volunteer right from their...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2020 - 13:00
WEBINAR: On Buildings, Energy, and Health in a Changing Climate Join us as Dr. Holly Samuelson presents research using building performance simulation among other methods to improve energy and environmental performance and human health in buildings and cities. This includes improving modeling...
When:
Tuesday, September 22, 2020 - 12:30 to 13:30
Location:
Online event
Fri, September 18, 2020 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). This event takes place online. Please click link below for RSVP information Speaker: Dr. Robert Blasiak, Stockholm Resilience Centre How could you not be interested in marine genetic resources? In recent...
When:
Friday, September 18, 2020 - 11:00
WEBINAR: Canada’s Building Regulatory System: Transformative Drivers and Future Directions This lecture serves as a primer on public policy for five levels of government (local, regional, Indigenous, provincial/territorial, federal), along with key drivers that contribute to government strategy,...
When:
Tuesday, September 8, 2020 - 12:30 to 13:30
Location:
Online event
Sun, July 26, 2020 12:00 AM - Sat, August 8, 2020, 12:00 AM UBC Vancouver Campus. This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders Pre-University Program for high school students ages 15-18, and is offered at UBC Vancouver. This program offers the option to stay in a UBC student residence...
When:
Sunday, July 26, 2020 - 00:00
Sun, July 26, 2020 12:00 AM - Sat, August 8, 2020, 12:00 AM UBC Vancouver Campus. This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders Pre-University Program for high school students ages 15-18, and is offered at UBC Vancouver. This program offers the option to stay in a UBC student residence...
When:
Sunday, July 26, 2020 - 00:00