Activate UBC: Student Recreation Centre North
The Student Recreation Centre North facility will be built on the large plaza space situated immediately north of the UBC Life Building (formerly the Student Union Building) and at the western end of Student Union Boulevard. Located at the heart of UBC’s Vancouver campus, the building will include an outdoor walkway corridor at ground level […]
2022 Faculty of Medicine award recipients: Celebrating an extraordinary community of people
Please visit https://www.med.ubc.ca/news/faculty-of-medicine-awards-2022/ to read the story.
UBC delegation going to 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27)
Please visit https://sustain.ubc.ca/stories/ubc-delegation-ten-going-cop27 to read the full story.
UBC Library launches EDI Scholars-in-Residence Program at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
UBC Library and the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IKBLC) have launched the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Scholars-in-Residence Program. This year’s EDI Scholars-in-Residence are Bri Watson, C.E. Gatchalian, and Nneka Allen. The EDI Scholars-in-Residence program is open to scholars who hold degrees in any discipline. Residency will take place over two academic terms, and […]
Accepting applications for 2022/23 Campus as a Living Lab (CLL) competition
The Sustainability Hub is proud to announce the return of the Campus as a Living Lab (CLL) competition for 2022/23. This year, the CLL Fund competition will provide seed funding of up to $50,000 for four to six innovative projects in one of four priority areas: Climate Action: Demonstration of innovation that seeks to combat […]
Faculty and staff housing targeting Passive House certification opens at UBC
This month, the first residents are moving into Evolve, the new 110-unit faculty and staff rental building in UBC’s Wesbrook Place neighbourhood. The building is targeting Passive House certification, a designation that indicates a building consumes up to 90 per cent less heating and cooling energy than conventional buildings. The first of its kind on […]
Protecting biodiversity, culture, and ecosystem services in the Fraser River Estuary
The introduction of Canada Geese in B.C. has led to the overgrazing of wetlands, negatively affecting biodiversity and flood protection in our estuaries. Sustainability Scholar Dominic Janus recently led a tour of the Pacific Spirit Park foreshore on unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm territory (Musqueam), to show the Sustainability Hub team firsthand the how these geese pose a […]
UBC student initiative set to recycle nearly 50,000 gloves
A UBC student’s project to combat plastic waste has collected roughly 48,700 gloves, diverting 146.1 kilograms of waste from landfills this year. Melody Salehzadeh, a doctoral student in the Department of Zoology, first noticed just how much plastic waste her work created during the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to restrictions, custodial staff weren’t able to enter […]
Inclusion Action Plan implementation underway university-wide
Please visit https://equity.ubc.ca/news-and-stories/inclusion-action-plan-implementation-underway-across-ubc-annual-report/ to read the article.
UBC student team aims to build a net-zero student space on campus
UBC’s award-winning Third Quadrant Design – a team of more than 60 students in engineering, architecture, business, and arts – is about to start construction of a new student space on campus that redefines sustainable design. The 247-square-metre building, officially known as the Third Space Commons, will serve as a collaborative working space and living […]