Climate Just Futurities
As we reflect on cascading climate disasters and imagine alternative climate futures, how might we shift our efforts towards necessary changes and effective transformation? Join for an interactive workshop and […]
Imagining Climate Futures Through Verbatim Theatre
Drawing from interviews with UBC students, staff and faculty, join for a play reading of this verbatim theatre project to advance conversation about the climate emergency. Led by theatre artist […]
Can TikTok Help Solve The Climate Crisis?
TikTok is the fastest growing social media platform with over 1 billion global monthly users. What does this mean for the climate emergency? This “Ask-Me Anything” with Ian Gill, Global […]
How Local Governments Create Climate Policy and How You Can Help
How can students play a role in critical climate policy development in the Vancouver area? In this moderated conversation we will explore the policy being developed by local governments to […]
Black Canadian history and Applied Science: Understanding and reconciling the history of our professions
Date: February 1, 2023 Time: 3:00 – 4:30 PM PST Location: Presentation will take place in Fred Kaiser 2020 and 2030 and via Zoom The Faculty of Applied Science welcomes all UBC students, […]
Black History Month: A panel conversation on the Black experience in the Faculty of Applied Science
Date: February 28, 2023 Time: 3:00 – 4:30 PM PST Location: Fred Kaiser 2020 and 2030 and online via Zoom REGISTER NOW This panel event is intended to be an informal conversation […]
Night of Ideas 2023 – More? Slow is Beautiful
Join us for the Night of Ideas 2023 – an evening of creative thinking taking place in 200 cities and 100 countries around the world in early February 2023. In […]
How Ancestral Voyaging Mobilizes Knowledge of Biodiversity & Climate Change
Reception to follow xʷθəθiqətəm or The Place of Many Trees Liu Institute for Global Issues 6476 NW Marine Dr, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2 The future of the ocean is […]
Sue Big Oil: A Made-in-BC Climate Campaign
Thu. Feb. 9, 5-6.30pm PST Free in-person and virtual tickets https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sue-big-oil-a-made-in-bc-climate-campaign-tickets-506858987877 In July 2022, Vancouver city councillors voted 6-5 in support of a motion to set aside about $700,000 — […]
Exploring the Hidden Earth – Groundwaters and Deep Subsurface Life
The Vancouver Institute presents: Dr. Barbara Sherwood Lollar, C.C. Dr. Norman Keevil Chair in Ore Deposits, Geology Professor in Earth Sciences, University of Toronto Dr. Sherwood Lollar has revolutionized the […]
Protecting Humankind’s Common Cultural Heritage: The Problem of Cultural Appropriation
The Vancouver Institute presents: Dr. Cécile Fabre Senior Research Fellow in Politics, All Souls College, Professor of Political Philosophy, Oxford University Dr. Fabre is a political philosopher whose research interests […]
The Defense of Cultural Space
The Vancouver Institute presents: Mr. Brendan de Caires, Executive Director, PEN Canada As head of PEN Canada for over a decade, Mr. de Caires defends freedom of expression, and helps […]
How UBC Enabled the COVID-19 MRNA Vaccines
Dr. Pieter Cullis, O.C. Director, Life Sciences Institute, Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of BC Dr. Cullis is globally known for his contributions to the field of lipid nanoparticles. […]
How will Canada Prosper in the Next Age of Uncertainty?
Dr. Stephen Poloz, Former Governor of the Bank of Canada, Special Advisor, Osler Business Law Dr. Poloz is a distinguished economist with four decades of experience in financial markets, forecasting, […]
The Critical University: Place as Past, Present and Future
Dr. Clare Haru Crowston, Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of British Columbia Prior to joining UBC, Dr. Crowston served as the Associate Dean for the Humanities and Interdisciplinary Programs in […]
Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
Elizabeth Kolbert — Award-winning author and journalist Dal Grauer Memorial Lecture Ms. Kolbert is an observer and commentator on the crisis faced by humans in the Anthropocene for The New Yorker […]
Who Owns Outer Space? Sustainable Development on the Final Frontier
Dr. Michael Byers, Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law, UBC & Dr. Aaron Boley, Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy, UBC Dr. Byers’s work focuses on Outer […]
Moving and Grooving: Musical Rhythm’s Effects on the Brain
Dr. Jessica Grahn, Director, Human Cognitive and Sensorimotor Core of the Brain and Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario Dr. Grahn was the first researcher to establish the neural link […]
Black Male Initiative Welcome Back Event
Register to attend and receive event updates: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9Ys0u0fVlpPeQgC About the Event The Term Two Welcome Back is a game night event, a space to meet, have fun, reconnect with each […]
Completing the Circle: A Path Towards Nutrient Circularity in Food Systems
Can we achieve balance in the nutrient cycle? In an ideal world the nutrients in soil, such as phosphorus and nitrogen, flow through the entire food system, growing into plants, […]
The Phil Lind Initiative: Masha Gessen
The 2023 Phil Lind Initiative kicks off with Masha Gessen, award-winning author of eleven books and staff writer for The New Yorker bearing insightful and searing commentary on Russia, LGBTQ2+ […]
Decolonial Dialogues Series: Cultivating Solidarity Among Indigenous, Black and People of Colour (IBPOC) Students – Celebrating Community Wellbeing
Connect with educators and advocates Navi Gill, Morgan Switzer-Rodney, and Courtenay Gibson on creating individual and community wellbeing during times of uncertainty, grief and joy as IBPOC students in a […]
Roadmap for Change: Implementing anti-racism commitments at UBC
In April 2022, the Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence Task Force (ARIE TF) released 54 recommendations aimed at addressing the many forms of systemic racism at UBC. Now, as we […]
Finding Forgiveness
Join us on January 6, 2023, at the Museum of Vancouver (MOV) for an illuminating discussion panel on World War II Japanese Canadian Internment, produced in collaboration with UBC Library, the Arts Club […]
COP27 and the politics of power, people, and place
Join our post-COP27 event for an opportunity to hear from and speak with faculty and student delegates who’ve just returned from climate negotiations in Sharm El Sheikh.