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Event Series Climate Emergency Week

Human Climate Interactions: Insights from History

Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL) 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Dialogue with four UBC researchers investigating the relationship between human action and climate at various scales. Featuring a brief opening by each of the four panelists, followed by individual tables, for smaller group discussion of the topics raised. Panelists include: Cuiyi Fei (Host); Tracey Heatherington (Anthropology); Kendra Chritz (Earth and Ocean Science) Andrew Jorgenson (Sociology); Rachel White, (Earth and Ocean Science). Organized by Climate […]

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Event Series Climate Emergency Week

গল্প – golpo: “Story; Conversation” –
An IBPOC Community and Justice Care Circle

AMS Nest 6133 University Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

An intergenerational and interdisciplinary dialogue circle for IBPOC students, faculty, and community members engaged in climate just work to collectively discuss the complexities, challenges, barriers, and lessons of navigating work as IBPOC across Global North and South solidarities. Activities including catharsis, praxis, somatic processing and reflections on artistic/scholarly practices; with dialogue and food. Organized by […]

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Event Series UBC Surgery Grand Rounds

UBC Surgery Grand Rounds

Cordula and Gunter Paetzold Health Education Centre 899 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The UBC Department of Surgery Grand Rounds is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. These rounds are typically scheduled on the second Wednesday every month during the academic year (September to June), from 7 am to 8 am, and are […]

History buffs: Learn how to find Statistics Canada information pre-1981

Online/Virtual Event

The Statistics Canada Library is happy to invite you to a virtual presentation that will highlight how you can access historic Statistics Canada data. In this presentation, you’ll learn: How to use the Statistics Canada Library’s catalogue How to search the historical catalogue to find the information you need How to navigate the Historical Resources […]

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Event Series Climate Emergency Week

Photographing the Climate Emergency: Iconic images of our changing planet

Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) 2260 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Photographers and photojournalists have kept us on the edge of our seats for decades as the climate emergency has evolved from “warming” to “crisis” to “boiling point”. In this visual guest lecture, award-winning photographer and documentary filmmaker Marina Dodis will talk us through some of the iconic imagery of the climate emergency so far, with a candid look […]

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AMS Waste Audit

AMS Nest 6133 University Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Join a team volunteers organized by AMS Sustainability to learn about what recycling, food waste, and landfill items fall into the sorting stations inside of the Nest. This waste audit provides a hands-on opportunity for students to help UBC progress towards a zero-waste community. Data collected from this audit will allow the AMS to identify […]

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In Their Own Words: Plaintiffs & Their Lawyers Speak About Youth Climate Cases, Part 4 – Juliana v US

Allard Hall 1822 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada +1 more

The Centre for Law and the Environment’s four-part series, In Their Own Words: Plaintiffs and Their Lawyers Speak About Leading Youth Climate Cases, covers four leading cases from Canada and the US in which youth are demanding climate accountability and action from their government. Each session in the series will delve into a particular case […]

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Event Series Climate Emergency Week

Dialogue: Climate Wellbeing in the Classroom

Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) 2260 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

A dialogue session for students, staff and faculty interested in wellbeing and climate change topics in classroom settings. Join us for lunch and share your experiences and ideas on how climate change content and wellbeing practices can enhance teaching and learning experiences at UBC. This session supports the goals of expanding climate change education and […]

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Introduction to the Unix Shell

Online/Virtual Event

This workshop will introduce the Unix shell, a powerful way to communicate with your computer more directly through a command line interface. There are many ways to interact with a computer. Most of the time we click on things and select options with a cursor through a graphical user interface (GUI). A command line is […]

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Pandas DataFrames in Jupyter Notebooks

Online/Virtual Event

Pandas is an open-source Python library for data structuring and analysis. Its capabilities are flexible and can be integrated with other Python Libraries. It is also efficient for automating repetitive processes. Jupyter Notebook is a web-based environment for interactive computing that helps researchers and scientists easily view programming output. In contrast to traditional programming environments, […]

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Event Series Climate Emergency Week

Million Dollar Milestone: Celebrating the Furniture Reuse Program

Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) 2260 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

UBC has saved an amazing $1,000,000 in furniture purchasing costs through its Furniture Reuse Program. A small-but-mighty idea to re-home furniture destined for disposal kick-started a sustainability success story right here on campus. By reusing what is already made (instead of buying new) we can lower purchasing costs while significantly reducing our environmental impact through […]

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Event Series Climate Emergency Week

COP28: An Interactive Game

Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) 2260 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Take part in an interactive game inspired by the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in late 2023. Created by COP28 UBC delegate, Muhammad Huzaifa, Master of Applied Science in Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty of Applied Sciences. Organized by the Sustainability Ambassadors.​ Part of Climate […]

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