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

Wed, October 17, 2018 12:00 AM - Thu, October 18, 2018, 12:00 AM See description. The Okanagan Basin Water Board and the Canadian Water Resources Association, BC Branch are excited to host siwłkʷ (WATER) FOR ALL – OUR RESPONSIBILITY Environmental Flow Needs Conference 2018: Science, Policy &...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2018 - 00:00
Tue, October 16, 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/7626
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Tuesday, October 16, 2018 - 10:00
Fri, October 12, 2018 4:00 PM - Sun, October 14, 2018, 4:00 PM See description. Local, national and international collaborators, supporters and partners of Border Free Bees will gather in Kelowna to share experiences and knowledge, to identify challenges and to plan for the future. Join us for...
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Friday, October 12, 2018 - 16:00
Fri, October 12, 2018 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Science Building. Free. 2018 Biology Seminar Series Guest speaker: Wes Zandberg, Chemistry, UBC Okanagan Title: Novel analytical tools to investigate the microbial metabolism of glycoconjugates in grapes, wine, milk and in the animal gut Date: October 12,...
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Friday, October 12, 2018 - 12:30
Fri, October 12, 2018 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Speaker: UBC Well-being Location: AERL Theatre (120), 2202 Main Mall, UBC Throughout the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) most recent strategic planning process, wellbeing was identified as a university-...
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Friday, October 12, 2018 - 11:00
Wed, October 10, 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/7629 For more information or questions, please email: research.commons@ubc.ca
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018 - 10:00
Fri, October 5, 2018 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Science Building. Free . 2018 Biology Seminar Series Guest speaker: Bruno Carturan, Biology, UBC Okanagan Title: Assessing the relationship between functional diversity and resilience of coral reef communities with an agent-based model Date: October 5, 2018...
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Friday, October 5, 2018 - 12:30
Fri, October 5, 2018 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Speaker: Dr. Philippe Tortell Professor, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, The University of British Columbia In this presentation, Dr. Tortell will discuss ongoing work of a joint university-...
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Friday, October 5, 2018 - 11:00
Tue, October 2, 2018 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM C. K. CHOI BUILDING FOR THE INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH. Join us for a triple book launch to explore the topics of civil society, public policies and the right to food with Andy Fisher (Big Hunger), Annette Aurélie Desmarais (Public Policies for Food...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2018 - 14:00
Tue, October 2, 2018 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM C. K. CHOI BUILDING FOR THE INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH. Join us for a triple book launch to explore the topics of civil society, public policies and the right to food with Andy Fisher (Big Hunger), Annette Aurélie Desmarais (Public Policies for Food...
When:
Tuesday, October 2, 2018 - 14:00

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