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Wharton Lecture: ‘Queen of Canopies’ Dr. Meg Lowman & Vancouver Trees Mobile App Launch

Wharton Lecture: ‘Queen of Canopies’ Dr. Meg Lowman & Vancouver Trees Mobile App Launch

UBC Botanical Garden and Greenheart Canopy Walkway are pleased to remember Peter Wharton through the Wharton Lecture Series by hosting Dr. Meg Lowman, Chief of Science & Sustainability at the California Academy of Sciences.


The Taste of Terroir Dinner

The Taste of Terroir Dinner

To celebrate the terroir of our region, Chefs Alvin Pillay and Sarah Stewart of Vancouver’s most iconic Canadian restaurant, Edible Canada, will be preparing a gourmet family-style feast featuring only the freshest locally-grown ingredients.


Peacocks are way cool because…

Peacocks are way cool because…

Come find out which famous scientist wrote that peacock feathers make him sick, why feather iridescence is so important, and what it takes to get a peahen’s attention.


Ask an Expert about Fish Bioacoustics

Ask an Expert about Fish Bioacoustics

Did you know that fish can hear?


Badgers are way cool because…

Badgers are way cool because…

Did you know that a badger once lived in the White House, or that some species can survive poisonous snake bites that would kill an adult lion?


UBC Opera: La Traviata

UBC Opera: La Traviata

An opera filled with lavish parties, true love, deceit, and heartbreak; La Traviata unveils an unforgiving world of morality and hypocrisy. Violetta passionately exclaims, “Even when God has forgiven you, mankind is relentless. You are condemned forever.”


UBC Opera: La Traviata

UBC Opera: La Traviata

An opera filled with lavish parties, true love, deceit, and heartbreak; La Traviata unveils an unforgiving world of morality and hypocrisy. Violetta passionately exclaims, “Even when God has forgiven you, mankind is relentless. You are condemned forever.”


UBC Opera: La Traviata

UBC Opera: La Traviata

An opera filled with lavish parties, true love, deceit, and heartbreak; La Traviata unveils an unforgiving world of morality and hypocrisy. Violetta passionately exclaims, “Even when God has forgiven you, mankind is relentless. You are condemned forever.”


UBC Opera: La Traviata

UBC Opera: La Traviata

An opera filled with lavish parties, true love, deceit, and heartbreak; La Traviata unveils an unforgiving world of morality and hypocrisy. Violetta passionately exclaims, “Even when God has forgiven you, mankind is relentless. You are condemned forever.”


Public Critique with Reid Shier: object approaching short blue waves: UBC MFA Graduate exhibition

Public Critique with Reid Shier: object approaching short blue waves: UBC MFA Graduate exhibition

An exhibition of work by the 2015 graduates of the University of British Columbia’s two-year Master of Fine Arts program: Eric Angus, Jamey Braden, Anyse Ducharme, Jessica Gnyp, and Michelle Weinstein.