Thu, September 20, 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...
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, September 19, 2018 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM See description. Free . Biodiversity Seminar Series Presents: Studying Biodiversity Patterns Using Marco and Microevolutionary Approaches Presenter: Dr. Jonathan Roland, University of British Columbia Date: Wednesday, September 19 Time: 12:00 - 1:15 p.m...
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Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - 12:15
Tue, September 18, 2018 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Location: AERL Theatre, UBC Speaker: Dr. Nate Mantua NOAA NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center The “warm blob” of 2014-2016 is the latest, and perhaps most dramatic, case of climate extremes having severe...
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Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 17:00
Tue, September 18, 2018 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. Are you a graduate student and new to UBC? Would you like to know more about what the library has to offer? This basic workshop will provide you with an overview of some of the key services and resources available to you...
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Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 13:00
Mon, September 17, 2018 4:00 PM - Wed, September 19, 2018, 7:00 PM University Centre. Free. 13th Annual Undergraduate Research Awards Symposium Experience. Knowledge.
Dates: September 17 & 18, 2018 | 4:00 - 6:30 p.m. September 19, 2018 | 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Location: UNC 200
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Monday, September 17, 2018 - 16:00
Fri, September 14, 2018 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Science Building. Free . 2018 Biology Seminar Series Guest speaker: Sally Otto, Zoology, UBC Vancouver Title: Genomic scope of adaptive mutations in the face of environmental challenges Date: September 14, 2018 Time: 12:30 p.m. Location: SCI 333
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Friday, September 14, 2018 - 12:30
Fri, September 14, 2018 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Speaker: Dr. Jose Mª Bellido Millán Investigador/Asesor CT – Researcher/ ST Advisor Instituto Español de Oceanografia (IEO) Centro Oceanografico de Murcia Location: AERL Theatre (120), 2202 Main Mall, UBC
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Friday, September 14, 2018 - 11:00
Thu, September 13, 2018 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM University Centre. Free . The Annual Biology Graduate Symposium (BGS) brings together a diverse breadth of exciting research taking place in the Department of Biology. The BGS provides an opportunity for graduate and post-doctoral trainees from the natural...
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Thursday, September 13, 2018 - 13:00
Wed, September 12, 2018 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM BROCK HALL - WEST WING. FREE. Learn how to tune up your bike in a positive space for trans women, cis women, queer and genderqueer folks in a relaxed environment led by female and/or LGBTQ2I identified mechanics and volunteers. This is a great way to...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2018 - 18:00
Wed, September 12, 2018 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM See description. Free . Biodiversity Seminar Series Presents: River Genetics: From river networks to paleodrainages as drivers of divergence in Neotropical freshwater fishes Presenter: Dr. Andrea Thomaz, University of British Columbia Date: Wednesday,...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2018 - 12:00