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

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...
When:
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...
When:
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
When:
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...
When:
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...
When:
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...
When:
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...
When:
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 12:00
Fri, November 9, 2018 5:00 PM - Sun, November 11, 2018, 7:30 PM LIFE SCIENCES CENTRE. 10. Join us on November 9-11 for the Emerging Media Creative Challenge event, hosted by UBC President's Office! EM2C is not your average hackathon - it is the next generation of collaborative problem-solving...
When:
Friday, November 9, 2018 - 17:00
Fri, November 9, 2018 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Speaker: Murdoch McAllister Associate Professor; Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, UBC Location: AERL Theatre (120), 2202 Main Mall, UBC Some marine fish stocks are known for large interannual variation...
When:
Friday, November 9, 2018 - 11:00
Thu, November 8, 2018 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM C. K. CHOI BUILDING FOR THE INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH. Don’t miss this seminar with Mr. Serge Segura, Ambassador of France for the Oceans, put on by the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. Mr. Segura's talk will be followed by discussant comments...
When:
Thursday, November 8, 2018 - 12:30

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