This year, the Sustainability Hub is offering TEN $250 microgrants to student organizers to reduce barriers to participation, and increase equity and access for students that want to organize a Climate Emergency Week event or activity. All UBC students are eligible to apply! This online information...
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...
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
When:
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 12:00 to 13:00
Location:
Zoom
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 excellent opportunity to expand your network and connect...
When:
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 - 13:00 to 15:00
Location:
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability
Past Events
THIS EVENT IS IN PERSON ONLY. Featuring marine activist Ted Danson and award-winning marine scientists Daniel Pauly and Rashid Sumaila, Change Makers gets to the heart of the issue of sustainability to reveal a genuine pathway to success. The film examines the WTO fishing agreement as our best and...
When:
Friday, October 25, 2024 - 00:00 to 23:59
Location:
Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL)
In this Indigenous Speakers Series session , we will have a conversation with Angela Sterritt, an award-winning investigative journalist, TV, radio, and podcast host, and national bestselling author for her book Unbroken . Angela is from the Wilp Wiik’aax (we-GAK) of the Gitanmaax (GIT-in-max)...
When:
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 - 12:00 to 13:30
Location:
Online/Virtual Event
This talk by Godwin Dzah focuses on his pioneering book which analyzes and reimagines the concept of sustainable development in international law from a non-Western legal perspective. Built upon the intersection of law, politics, and history in the context of Africa, its peoples and their...
When:
Friday, October 18, 2024 - 12:30 to 13:30
Location:
Allard Hall
Speaker: Jennifer Rasal is a Senior Data Science Officer, Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) With growing concerns about global overfishing, market-based eco-certification programs like the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) can incentivise adoption of sustainable practices. The MSC is an international...
When:
Friday, October 18, 2024 - 11:00 to 12:00
Location:
Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL)
Discover UBC Engineering through presentations, panel discussions and virtual booths. You’ll learn about: our 14 engineering programs from the UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan campuses, our innovative first year curriculum, degree options, including minors and dual degrees, admissions and so much...
When:
Thursday, October 17, 2024 - 00:00 to Friday, October 18, 2024 - 23:59
Location:
Online/Virtual Event
Speaker: Khadija Stewart Founder, EcoVybz and EcoSeas Caribbean ONLINE ONLY: Tickets: https://oceans.ubc.ca/news-and-events/iof-seminars/weekly-seminars/ In this presentation, Khadija Stewart will highlight the work of EcoVybz Environmental Creatives and EcoSeas Caribbean , two dynamic initiatives...
When:
Friday, October 4, 2024 - 11:00 to 12:00
Location:
Online/Virtual Event
Marine Fish On the Move: Challenges and Prospects for Fisheries Adaptation Ocean life is on the front lines of climate change, with many species living closer to their limits and shifting to new locations faster than species on land. Marine communities are also rapidly turning over to new species...
When:
Thursday, October 3, 2024 - 18:00 to 20:30
Location:
Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL)
Presented by the UBC Sustainability Scholars Program: A conference on urban sustainability research What happens when you give bright and engaged students real-world sustainability problems to solve? UBC Sustainability Scholars are helping to generate real change in the world. Join us to learn more...
When:
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 - 13:00 to 17:00
Location:
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS Building), 2260 West Mall
This event will launch the Collective’s 2024-2025 year! Join us for an opportunity to shape the themes and topics the Collective will focus on in upcoming events, centered on innovative interdisciplinary climate solutions research. Attendees will be able to connect with fellow members of the...
When:
Friday, September 27, 2024 - 13:00 to 15:00
Location:
Liu Institute for Global Issues
Join us for the first showcase of Indigenous short films, food and conversation. Folil Trafün (‘Joining roots’ in Mapuzugun) is part of several showcases of Indigenous and Afro-diaspora films made in Latin America and Canada, followed by dialogues to deepen understanding of the films and their...
When:
Friday, September 27, 2024 - 12:00 to 14:00
Location:
Forest Sciences Centre