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

Wed, December 12, 2018 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Fipke Centre. WHERE: Lecture Theatre FIP 204 Each December, Nobel Prize medals are presented to some of the world’s most outstanding contributors in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, peace and economics. In celebration, UBC Okanagan hosts Nobel Night...
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Wednesday, December 12, 2018 - 19:00
Wed, December 12, 2018 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM See description. FREE. Register and find location info and more for this workshop at: https://events.library.ubc.ca/dashboard/view/7633 For more information or questions, please email: research.commons@ubc.ca
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Wednesday, December 12, 2018 - 10:00
Tue, December 11, 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/7634
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Tuesday, December 11, 2018 - 10:00
Tue, December 4, 2018 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM BEATY BIODIVERSITY CENTRE. World marine and brackish waters aquaculture (or mariculture) production has grown tremendously over the last few decades, contributing significantly to the total seafood supply, economies and employment. However, the sustainability...
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Tuesday, December 4, 2018 - 16:00
Tue, December 4, 2018 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM See description. FREE. Register for and find location and description information at: https://events.library.ubc.ca/dashboard/view/7507
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Tuesday, December 4, 2018 - 10:00
Fri, November 30, 2018 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Speaker: Shaun Strobel Co-Founder of Skipper Otto’s Community Supported Fishery Location: AERL Theatre Fisherman Shaun Strobel will discuss the commercial salmon fleet in BC, including the history of the...
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Friday, November 30, 2018 - 11:00
Fri, November 23, 2018 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES BUILDING. Master's Thesis Defence by: Nathan Bendriem Friday, November 23, 2018 at 2:00 pm 6270 University Blvd, Biological Sciences Building, Room 4223 Latecomers will not be admitted All are welcome to attend either for the 25 minute...
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Friday, November 23, 2018 - 14:00
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
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Friday, November 23, 2018 - 12:30
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

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