Wed, September 27, 2017 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM LIU INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ISSUES. Free. Join us for a Policy@UBC and CIRDI seminar series event with John Steen, Associate Professor in Strategy at the University of Queensland Business School in Brisbane. No RSVP required. Light refreshments offered...
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
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Wednesday, September 27, 2017 - 12:30
Dr. Amy Hanser: Good Food in the City: How Cultural Ideas About Food Shape Street Vending Regulation
Wed, September 27, 2017 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM H. R. MACMILLAN BUILDING. Free. You are invited to the UBC Future of Food Dialogue Series: a campus-wide initiative bringing together food security and sustainability experts from across UBC and North America to engage audiences with the Global Food System...
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Wednesday, September 27, 2017 - 12:30
Wed, September 27, 2017 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM BOOKSTORE. The UBC Farm Wednesday Campus Market features an assortment of fresh UBC Farm produce and flowers. This mid-week market in front of the UBC Bookstore offers students, staff and faculty members a convenient opportunity to purchase UBC Farm...
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Wednesday, September 27, 2017 - 11:30
Wed, September 27, 2017 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM BROCK HALL - WEST WING. The Bike Kitchen is open for volunteering on Wednesdays from 11am - 5pm with a midday mechanical workshop from 1pm - 2pm only for volunteers! Volunteers can drop-in at any point during the day without prior sign-up and are assigned...
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Wednesday, September 27, 2017 - 10:00
Tue, September 26, 2017 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CENTRE FOR INTERACTIVE RESEARCH ON SUSTAINABILITY (CIRS). Free. Join us over free lunch and learn about the benefits of participating in the UBC Sustainability Student Network (SSN), a community of students who want to get involved in sustainability. The...
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Tuesday, September 26, 2017 - 11:30
Tue, September 26, 2017 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM See description. FREE. The FNHA will join BC PharmaCare, becoming part of the provincial drug benefits insurance program. The transition to PharmaCare is part of an overall plan to bring decision-making about health benefits closer to home and into the of...
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Tuesday, September 26, 2017 - 10:00
Mon, September 25, 2017 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM LIFE SCIENCES CENTRE. Please refer to UBC BMB Website: http://biochem.ubc.ca/
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Monday, September 25, 2017 - 15:00
Sat, September 23, 2017 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM UBC FARM. Come out for a lively farmers market right here at the UBC Farm every Saturday! In addition to farm-fresh veggies, fruits, herbs, flowers and free-range eggs from the UBC Farm, the Saturday Farm Market also features a variety of other local...
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Saturday, September 23, 2017 - 09:00
Fri, September 22, 2017 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Speaker: Dr. Sarah Foster National Coordinator, SeaChoice Honorary Research Associate, Project Seahorse Seahorses have generated many exciting conservation changes for seahorses and other ocean life - the...
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Friday, September 22, 2017 - 11:00
Thu, September 21, 2017 5:00 PM - 8:30 PM BEATY BIODIVERSITY CENTRE. By donation. Come by for a night at the museum and celebrate the opening of our newest exhibition, Life In Colour. This art exhibition has wall-sized murals for you to colour in with art by Angela Gooliaff. Admission is by...
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Thursday, September 21, 2017 - 17:00