Fri, January 24, 2020 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). IOF Seminar Series Speaker: New York Times investigative reporter and Pulitzer Prize winner Ian Urbina There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest and least understood, are the...
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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
Fri, January 17, 2020 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). IOF Seminar Series We all have deep personal relationships with the earth and to the sea. Here in BC, Aboriginal spiritual connections spring first to mind. Nigel suggests that while Aboriginal relationships...
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Friday, January 17, 2020 - 11:00
Looking for professional work experience? Want to make a difference in the community? Join us at our upcoming information session and learn about the Summer 2020 Sustainability Scholars program. Date: January 13, 2020 Time: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Location: CIRS, BC Hydro Theatre, main floor 2260 West...
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Monday, January 13, 2020 - 17:00 to 19:00
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CIRS, BC Hydro Theatre, main floor 2260 West Mall
Fri, January 10, 2020 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). 25% of fish caught in the ocean don’t land directly on our plates. They're churned into something called fishmeal. That fishmeal is mainly used to feed farmed fish, which account for more than half of the...
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Friday, January 10, 2020 - 11:00
Fri, January 10, 2020 10:00 AM - Sun, April 5, 2020, 5:00 PM MORRIS AND HELEN BELKIN ART GALLERY.
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Friday, January 10, 2020 - 10:00
Thu, December 26, 2019 10:00 AM - Wed, January 8, 2020, 4:30 PM UBC Botanical Garden. Recycle your Christmas tree! Proceeds support Thunderbird Elementary, a school with a high percentage of vulnerable students. Garden lessons, provided by SPEC (Society Promoting Environmental Conservation), give...
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Thursday, December 26, 2019 - 10:00
Thu, December 12, 2019 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM UBC Vancouver Campus. FREE. Global heating, biodiversity loss, food and water inequality, and upheavals in economic and social systems demand that we re-think how we teach at universities and how we can better prepare students for a rapidly unfolding future...
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Thursday, December 12, 2019 - 14:45
Wed, December 11, 2019 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM UBC Vancouver Campus. FREE. In the past year, there has been increasing and widespread momentum at UBC around the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), to foster change and engage the community on common global issues. Understanding,...
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Wednesday, December 11, 2019 - 09:30
Fri, November 29, 2019 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). IOF Seminar Series Speaker: Seth Wynes PhD Student, UBC Department of Geography Location: AERL Theatre
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Friday, November 29, 2019 - 11:00
Thu, November 28, 2019 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM See description. Interested in taking part in an exciting program abroad next summer and getting UBC credits at the same time? Come check out our info session and learn more about two Global Seminars taking place in China next year! Pizza will be provided!...
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Thursday, November 28, 2019 - 12:00