Counter-Institutionalizing First Nation-Crown relations in British Columbia In Canada, the advance of industrial resource extraction has been moderated by a series of key legal decisions which have found that development activities within the traditional territories of Indigenous groups may...
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:
Thursday, March 19, 2020 - 12:30 to 13:30
Location:
AERL Theatre (room 120), 2202 Main Mall
Wed, March 18, 2020 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM See description. Free. The Centre for Law & the Environment Speaker Series is proud to present a keynote address by Mari Margil, a leading force in the global Rights of Nature movement. The Rights of Nature represent a major shift in how humankind governs...
When:
Wednesday, March 18, 2020 - 17:30
Wed, March 18, 2020 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM See description. Free. Is now the time for Rights of Nature legislation in BC? This public workshop features presentations of the latest research on Rights of Nature by Allard/UBC law students, followed by questions and discussion with a panel of distinguished...
When:
Wednesday, March 18, 2020 - 12:30
**This event has been postponed until further notice. sustainability hacks 2020 is an ideation challenge bringing together community organizations, industry professionals, researchers, and ambitious students/alumni together for a weekend of synergy and innovation. Participants will work...
When:
Saturday, March 14, 2020 - 09:00 to Sunday, March 15, 2020 - 18:00
Location:
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability
Fri, March 13, 2020 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). IOF Seminar Series Speaker: Jessica Garzke Postdoctoral Fellow, IOF Location: AERL Theatre Climate change may lead to several new challenges for earth’s biota. The most discussed changes during the past years are...
When:
Friday, March 13, 2020 - 11:00
Digital Earth: Preliminary thoughts on an evolving digital conservation research and policy agenda Environmental governance is on the cusp of a new era: dynamic and digital. Dr. Karen Bakker (Professor, UBC Department of Geography and Canada Research Chair in Political Eocology) will present...
When:
Thursday, March 12, 2020 - 12:30 to 13:30
Location:
AERL Theatre (room 120), 2202 Main Mall
Infrastructure and the Anthropocene At the dawn of the twenty-first century, there are signs that several critical social, technological, and environmental variables are changing in ways that will have major effects on how we design and manage infrastructure. These variables include climate non-...
When:
Wednesday, March 11, 2020 - 11:30 to 12:30
Location:
BC Hydro Theatre, UBC Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS), 2260 West Mall, UBC
Fri, March 6, 2020 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Speaker: Jeffrey Whiting President & Founder Artists for Conservation Foundation As the world’s leading group of visual artists supporting the environment, Artists for Conservation’s mission is to support...
When:
Friday, March 6, 2020 - 11:00
Fri, March 6, 2020 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM UBC Vancouver Campus. Free. Finishing off the week of engagement with the Sustainable Development Goals, UBC Sustainability is partnering up with the UBC SDG Alliance to deliver a panel and roundtable discussion on the roles students, faculty and staff play in...
When:
Friday, March 6, 2020 - 10:00
Mon, March 2, 2020 10:00 AM - Sat, March 7, 2020, 11:00 AM UBC Vancouver Campus. Free. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a collection of 17 global goals set by the United Nations General Assembly and adopted by countries around the world. They are a universal call to action to end...
When:
Monday, March 2, 2020 - 10:00