Get Ready to ShakeOut and learn about earthquake preparedness
Earthquake Engineering Research Facility (EERF) 2235 East Mall, Vancouver
Racialization and settler complicity: The complicated interface of migration, colonization, and Indigeneity in Canada
Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (PWIAS) 6331 Crescent Road, Vancouver
Week of Events
Get Ready to ShakeOut and learn about earthquake preparedness
Get Ready to ShakeOut and learn about earthquake preparedness
On October 20, 2022, practice how to DROP, COVER and HOLD ON at 10:20 a.m. during the annual Great BC ShakeOut. Tour UBC’s Earthquake Engineering Research Facility and attend the SAN ANDREAS movie screening complete with live, scientific commentary from Natural Resources Canada Seismologist, Alison Bird. All events are free and open to the public. […]
Diagnosing Truth, Healing and Conciliation Inside BC Health Care Systems
Join us virtually on Monday, October 17, 2022 from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (PST), for “Diagnosing Truth, Healing and Conciliation Inside BC Health Care Systems” with Dr. Danièle Behn Smith, Deputy Provincial Health Officer, Indigenous Health. In this second session of the Indigenous Speaker Series, we will hear Dr. Behn Smith’s unique perspective on […]
Drop-in financial advising with the Indigenous Student Support Team (ES Advisors)
Drop into the UBC First Nations Longhouse to speak with an Enrolment Services Advisor and member of the Indigenous Student Support Team to chat about any questions around the various financial pathways at UBC.
UBC Farm Farmers’ Market
The UBC Farm Farmers' Market starts in June Join us on Saturday, June 4 for the beginning of the UBC Farm Farmers' Market season. Don't miss Vancouver's only multi-vendor farmers' market located on a working farm! In addition to certified organic and farm-fresh produce, fruits, herbs, and seeds from the UBC Farm, the Saturday multi-vendor […]
BC Votes: What Happens Next?
Join a panel of UBC Political Science faculty and alumni as we break down the results of the province’s municipal elections and their consequences for future policy and the future of local government.
UBC Farm Campus Market
The UBC Farm Wednesday Campus Market features an assortment of fresh UBC Farm vegetables, fruit, herbs 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 produce.
#DecrimSexWork: Enhancing Justice for Sex Workers in Aotearoa (New Zealand)
It is a year out from the 20th anniversary of the decriminalization of sex work in Aotearoa-New Zealand and so much has changed during this time for sex workers in this country. The sex industry has changed from one where it was illegal to solicit, own or manage a brothel, live off earnings of a […]
Drop-in financial advising with the Indigenous Student Support Team (ES Advisors)
Drop into the UBC First Nations Longhouse to speak with an Enrolment Services Advisor and member of the Indigenous Student Support Team to chat about any questions around the various financial pathways at UBC.
Unboxing Quantum: Spooky Action
Once considered a boogieman in physicists’ closets, quantum entanglement is one of the weirdest, most unintuitive phenomena in the natural world. In this Halloween-inspired seminar, UBC alumna Ella Meyer talks about Spooky Action in a fun and engaging way. More info at https://qmi.ubc.ca/programs/unboxing-quantum/ RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/unboxing-quantum-spooky-action-tickets-416733841137
Nocturnal – Beaty Biodiversity Museum
Join artist Bettina Harvey for a meet-and greet about her new exhibition, Drift: from the forest to the sea. Harvey's illustrations of driftwood explore themes of time, love, and ecology. Nocturnal by-donation general admission from 5:00-8:30pm. Admission is always free for UBC students, staff, and faculty with valid UBC ID.
Racialization and settler complicity: The complicated interface of migration, colonization, and Indigeneity in Canada
This fall, we are excited to partner with the David Lam Chair and the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous People’s Well-being to hold a series of three connected workshops focused on articulating the tensions, paradoxes, and multiple and moving layers of complexity that exist at the interface of Indigeneity and migration in what is known […]
50 Years of Animal Welfare
Professor David Fraser’s (C.M.) career in animal welfare science spans 50 years. As one of the founding members of the University of British Columbia’s Animal Welfare Program in 1997, he has spent the past 25 years dedicated to improving the lives of animals through research, education, outreach and mentorship of animal welfare practitioners. Dr. Fraser’s […]
UBC Farm Farmers’ Market
The UBC Farm Farmers' Market starts in June Join us on Saturday, June 4 for the beginning of the UBC Farm Farmers' Market season. Don't miss Vancouver's only multi-vendor farmers' market located on a working farm! In addition to certified organic and farm-fresh produce, fruits, herbs, and seeds from the UBC Farm, the Saturday multi-vendor […]
UBC Symphony Orchestra
UBC Symphony Orchestra Jaelem Bhate, conductor UBC Music alumnus Jaelem Bhate (BMus’17, MMus’19) returns to UBC to conduct our renowned student orchestra. PROGRAMME Verdi: Overture to La Forza del destino Cheng Xin Ip Graduate Conductor Ravel: Suite from Ma mère l’oye Armand Birk Graduate Conductor Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 Jaelem […]