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

Fri, November 22, 2019 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). IOF Seminar Series Speaker: Marta Coll Institute of Marine Research (ICM-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain Ecopath International Initiative Research Association (EII), Barcelona, Spain Location: AERL Theatre Driven by...
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Friday, November 22, 2019 - 11:00
Wed, November 20, 2019 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM UBC Vancouver Campus. Free. Indigenous/Science: Partnerships in the Exploration of History and Environments Working Together to Enhance Ecosystem Sustainability: A Syilx-Settler Science Collaboration Jeannette Armstrong and Lael Parrott, Irving K. Barber...
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Wednesday, November 20, 2019 - 17:00
Wed, November 20, 2019 4:30 PM - 5:30 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 the Applied Animal Biology Practicum, UBC Animal Welfare Program! Learn more...
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Wednesday, November 20, 2019 - 16:30
Wed, November 20, 2019 2:30 PM - 3:30 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 the Applied Animal Biology Practicum, UBC Animal Welfare Program! Learn more...
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Wednesday, November 20, 2019 - 14:30
Mon, November 18, 2019 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM UBC Vancouver Campus. The Amazon Forest is Screaming – Seminar Nov 18, 2019 4 – 6:30 pm PCOH BALLROOM (Ponderosa Commons North Oak House)6445 University Boulevard When did we lose our capacity to sense and respond to these and other pressing threats to the...
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Monday, November 18, 2019 - 16:00
Mon, November 18, 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 the Heritage of Chinese Migration Global Seminar! Visit the program page to...
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Monday, November 18, 2019 - 12:00
Fri, November 15, 2019 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM See description. Are you passionate about sustainability? Have you always wanted to experience hands-on learning in the tropical Costa Rican rainforest? Then come and meet with a representative from EARTH University. Learn what it's like to live and study...
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Friday, November 15, 2019 - 11:00
Fri, November 15, 2019 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). IOF Seminar Series Speaker: Jeroen Steenbeek Software engineer, Ecopath International Initiative Location: AERL Theatre
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Friday, November 15, 2019 - 11:00
Fri, November 8, 2019 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). IOF Seminar Series Speaker: Patrick T. Martone Professor, UBC Botany & Biodiversity Research Centre Location: AERL Theatre Calcified “coralline” algae play important roles in the ecology of marine...
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Friday, November 8, 2019 - 11:00
Wed, November 6, 2019 3:00 PM - 4:00 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 the Theatre, Performance, Context Global Seminar! Learn more in the program...
When:
Wednesday, November 6, 2019 - 15:00

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