Placing the biodiversity crisis in the global economy: From extraction and extinction to vibrant futures

25 April 2024 9:00 am

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Tags: Jess Dempsey

Join the Centre for Climate Justice, the Climate and Community Project, and Third World Network for a Zoom webinar on Tuesday 7 May 2024 to learn more about new, leading research on these issues and what you can do to seize the opportunities for change ahead.

Graduate Geography Climate Change Colloquium

02 May 2024 12:30 pm

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Tags: Climate Action Committee, limate Change Colloquium

The graduate reps/members of our Climate Action Committee, George Porto and Angel Bella, invite you to attend the second biennial Graduate Climate Colloquium next Thursday at 12:30-2:00pm in Geog Room 214.

Plenary: Critical Ecosystems vs Critical Minerals?

25 June 2024 6:30 pm

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Tags: Centre for Climate Justice, Naomi Klein

The CCJ is honored to host this plenary session in coordination with the North American Congress for Conservation Biology: Celebrating Diversity in Conservation from Summit to Sea.

Preserving Particulates: Settler Anxieties, Stabilizing Soil, and the Crisis of Erosion on the Alaska Highway – Desirée Valadares

12 September 2024 4:00 pm

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Tags: Desirée Valadares

Why did someone seal and sell dust from the Yukon in the 1970s? How did this end up over 3,000 miles away in San Diego, California, on an e-commerce platform? A seminar by Assistant Professor Desirée Valadares.

The Powerful Potential and Persistent Conundrums of Community-Engaged Scholarship: Theory, Practice and Current Trends

17 September 2024 12:30 pm

Venue: Geography building
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Tags: Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza

Join us on September 17th for a Colloquium Series talk by visiting Professor Dr. Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza from the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University.

Remembering Karen: Geography into Speculative Fiction

04 October 2024

Venue: Geography building
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This small symposium has been organised in honour of colleague Karen Bakker. After her untimely death last year, we learned that she had turned to writing science fiction as a way of bringing her extraordinary research in political ecology to a wider audience. Over the last summer a number of geographers have been working with two creative […]

UBC Himalaya Program presents: Witnessing The Himalayan (M)Anthropocene

10 October 2024 5:30 pm

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Is Ecological Masculinity a viable response to the (M)Anthropocene? If not, what are its conceptual and material limits and can (should) they be transgressed?

Clothing Swap – Geography Climate Action Committee

30 January 2025 3:00 pm

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Tags: Climate Action Committee, Clothing Swap

We are pleased to announce the Geography Clothing Swap is back for its second year! Sustainably refresh your wardrobe, donate to others or simply enjoy the snacks and music. Anybody is welcome to participate in the clothing swap. Donations are not required to attend but are encouraged.

Reframing the Climate Crisis: Teach-in, Art-making, and Community Building

11 February 2025 5:30 pm

Venue: Geography building
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Tags: Alec Blair, Climate Emergency Week, UBC Geography Climate Action Committee

This workshop supported by the UBC Geography Climate Action Committee aims to bring people into the discussion about the systemic dimensions of the climate crisis, beyond individual responsibility.

Urban Studies Major Info Sessions

13 February 2025 1:00 pm

Venue: Geography building
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Tags: SCARP, Urban Studies, Urban Studies Major

Learn more about the Major in Urban Studies at our upcoming info session on Feb. 13th 2025. Co-taught with the School of Community and Regional Planning (Faculty of Applied Science) and UBC Geography, the Major in Urban Studies combines foundational and applied knowledge with progressively advanced community-engaged learning.