Fri, November 23, 2018 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Science Building. Free. 2018 Biology Seminar Series Guest speaker: Jörg Bohlmann, M. Smith Labs, UBC Vancouver Title: Nothing secondary about secondary metabolism: The master chemistry of plants Date: October 23, 2018 Time: 12:30 p.m. Location: SCI 333
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
Policy, Economics & Governance
Production, Consumption & Waste
Presented by the UBC Sustainability Scholars Program: A conference on urban sustainability research What happens when you give bright and engaged students real-world sustainability problems to solve? UBC Sustainability Scholars are helping to...
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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Fri, November 23, 2018 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Speakers: Drs. Tom Carruthers, Adrian Hordyk, Quang Huynh Location: AERL Theatre (120), 2202 Main Mall, UBC Data-rich stock assessments are used widely throughout the world to provide fisheries management...
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Friday, November 23, 2018 - 11:00
Thu, November 22, 2018 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Tales from the Sea Thursday, November 22, 2018 7:30pm ANZA Club Join us for our second annual storytelling and variety show! After our Story Collider show last year, we wanted to continue the trend with another...
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Thursday, November 22, 2018 - 19:30
Thu, November 22, 2018 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM See description. Triple bottom line sustainability for your food business: a myth or a reality? Answer that question alongside our entire Feeding Growth community. Celebrate local, progressive food entrepreneurs and champions with good food and a special...
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Thursday, November 22, 2018 - 19:00
Wed, November 21, 2018 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM Okanagan Centre for Innovation. Fire and Flood: Climate Change & Extreme Weather in the Okanagan Fire, smoke, flood, drought are becoming a new reality in the Central Okanagan and across the entire Northern Hemisphere. Our emergency response systems are...
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Wednesday, November 21, 2018 - 16:30
Tue, November 20, 2018 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM See description. FREE. Register for and find more information about this workshop at: https://events.library.ubc.ca/dashboard/view/7504
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Tuesday, November 20, 2018 - 10:00
Fri, November 16, 2018 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Speaker: Prof. Matthew G. Burgess Assistant Professor Environmental Studies Program University of Colorado Boulder Location: AERL Theatre (120), 2202 Main Mall, UBC Understanding tradeoffs and synergies...
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Friday, November 16, 2018 - 11:00
Thu, November 15, 2018 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Arts Building. Free. Interested in summer undergraduate research? Which opportunity is right for you? Find out at the Undergraduate Research Award Information Session Thursday, November 15, 2018 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. ART 114 The Undergraduate Research Awards...
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Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 17:30
Thu, November 15, 2018 5:00 PM - 8:30 PM BEATY BIODIVERSITY CENTRE. Come by for a night at the museum! Every month, the museum will stay open late with admission by donation between 5:00-8:30 pm, offering family-friendly activities, including Raising Big Blue showing at 5:30 pm Guided Museum Tour...
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Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 17:00
Wed, November 14, 2018 12:00 PM - 5:30 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Storytelling Workshop Wednesday, November 14, 2018 12-5:30pm Hakai Node This afternoon workshop will instruct participants how to weave together compelling narratives to communicate science. Participants will...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 12:00