Designing Web Maps with Mapbox

Online/Virtual Event

This workshop is intended for anyone with a basic understanding of web mapping who wishes to expand their skillset and design more customizable maps. There are 3 main sections: an introduction to Mapbox and its products, a guided developer environment set-up, and a hands-on portion where we will modify given code to design an interactive […]

Free
Event Series Climate Emergency Week

Climate Doomism: An Introductory Workshop

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

Do you think that UN COP events are meaningless at best? Do you want to take climate action but feel paralyzed because it seems hopeless? Do you want to talk about this kind of thing but have difficulty doing so? UBC “doomster” and overall positive (really!) person Gavin Esdale will give an introduction to the […]

Free

Computer Science Distinguished Lecture: Proof-oriented Programming for Critical Compute Infrastructure

Fred Kaiser Building 2332 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Everyone is welcome! Speaker:  Nikhil Swamy, Microsoft Research Location:   Fred Kaiser Building (2332 Main Mall), Room 2020/2030 Title:  Proof-oriented Programming for Critical Compute Infrastructure Abstract: From the early days of computer science, the potential of mathematical proofs of programs to eradicate large classes of software errors has been widely recognized; however, historically, few practical applications […]

Free

Q&A Call for Projects with the Climate Solutions Research Collective

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Notice of Intent Question & Answer Session for Solutions Scholars Project Ideas The Climate Solutions Research Collective is soliciting project ideas from the UBC research community for the 2024/2025 Solutions Scholars Program.  Learn about our new approach to next year's program by reviewing the Solutions Scholars Program section of our website. Faculty, Research Associates, or […]

Event Series Climate Emergency Week

Climate Catharsis Art Workshop

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

A hands-on and art-based facilitated workshop centring themes of climate wellbeing, art as resistance, storytelling, and public commentary in the era of climate emergency and injustice. Organized by UBC Climate Hub and Hatch Art Gallery. Part of Climate Emergency Week.

Free
Event Series Climate Emergency Week

Embodying Climate Resilience and Resistance: Decolonizing Bodies and Lands Through Art

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

A hands-on art-based workshop centring themes of climate wellbeing; art as personal and community resilience & resistance; and creative modes of storytelling and documentation in the era of climate emergency and injustice. Join us for the continuation of the art workshop exploring the relation of environmental issues and race. This session will also offer a […]

Free