Events

Conferences

Legality and Impunity in Times of Crisis

May 28, 2026 | 1:15 PM - May 30, 2026 | 1:30 PM
Film screenings

RECAP | Cosmographies by Juan Francisco Salazar

April 23, 2026 | 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Seminars, Talks

RECORDING | Bill McKibben: Here Comes the Sun

April 15, 2026 | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
roomRoyal Bank Cinema, Chan Centre
Talks, Workshops

Smoke Forecast

April 11, 2026 | 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Students, Talks

Evolving Climate Justice Agendas Through Student Research: Graduate Research Showcase

March 23, 2026 | 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
roomCoach Room - Green College
Talks

RECORDING | Empire of AI: Karen Hao In Conversation with Naomi Klein

March 12, 2026 | 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
roomThe Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
Lectures, Talks

The Rights of Future Generations - After UNDRIP

March 12, 2026 | 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Bangladesh and the (Im)Possibility of Climate Justice

February 5, 2026 | 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
roomAllard Hall 121
Talks

Smoke & Mirrors: The Imperial Arc of AI Magic

November 28, 2025 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
roomFasken Martineau Classroom, Room 122, Allard School of Law
Seminars, Virtual Panel

Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainability

November 27, 2025 | 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Conferences, Seminars, Talks

Lawyers’ Role in a Warming World

November 26, 2025 | 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Seminars, Talks, Workshops

Canada Climate Week Xchange

November 24, 2025 | 12:00 AM - November 30, 2025 | 11:59 PM
Talks, Virtual Panel

AI and the Politics of Extraction Panel

November 20, 2025 | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
roomRoyal Bank Cinema, Chan Centre
Talks, Virtual Panel

Breaking Barriers in Climate Solutions Research

November 12, 2025 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
roomPonderosa Ballroom
Seminars, Talks

Beyond Fires & Floods (BFF): Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes

October 24, 2025 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
roomMuseum of Anthropology

First Nations Mining Litigation in BC: Insights from the Gitxaała and Xatśūll Legal Challenges

October 15, 2025 | 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
roomUBC Robson Square
Lectures, Seminars, Talks

“Occupying Selves” or “How to be an Indian via Unciteable Pain”

October 14, 2025 | 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
roomFranklin Lew Forum, Allard Hall
Seminars, Talks

Naomi Klein: Facing the mirror world of digital doppelgangers

September 24, 2025 | 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
roomZoom Webinar
Students

Student Sustainability FEST

September 24, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
roomCentre for Interactive Research for Sustainability (CIRS)

Draw the Line Vancouver

September 20, 2025 | 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
roomVPL Central (Georgia side)

Arundhati Roy in Conversation with Naomi Klein

September 17, 2025 | 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
roomVancouver Playhouse
Seminars, Talks

Health Report From Gaza

September 8, 2025 | 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
roomFrederic Wood Theatre

Place and Power: BC Studies Conference 2025

May 2, 2025 | 12:00 AM - May 4, 2025 | 11:59 PM

Indigenous-Led Forest Stewardship and Climate Action in North America

April 28, 2025 | 12:00 AM - April 29, 2025 | 11:59 PM

The NEW Shock Doctrine: An Evening with Naomi Klein

April 26, 2025 | 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
roomChan Centre for the Performing Arts, Shun Concert Hall
Students, Talks, Workshops

The Long Arc Of Fascism: An Action-Oriented Teach-In

April 18, 2025 | 12:00 AM - April 19, 2025 | 11:59 PM
room312 Main

Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power and the Making of the World Market

April 3, 2025 | 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
roomx"Oaliqatam (Place of Many Trees), Liu Institute for Global Issues, UBC

CLIMATE JUSTICE IS A BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY

April 3, 2025 | 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Youth Climate Corps Town Hall

March 27, 2025 | 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
room312 Main

John P. Bell Global Indigenous Rights Lecture presents Dr. Dolly Kikon

March 13, 2025 | 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
roomFirst Nations Longhouse

Lessons from the Inflation Reduction Act for Canada & Beyond!

March 11, 2025 | 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
roomGeography Building, Room 229

CCJ Faculty Affiliate Gathering

March 4, 2025 | 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
roomTerrace Lounge

The Corporate Coup in Global Context: An Emergency Town Hall

February 17, 2025 | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
roomOnline, Youtube

Young and Fed Up

February 12, 2025 | 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
roomGeography Building, Room 229

Beyond the Shock Doctrine: Conversation on Tariffs, Climate and Solidarity

February 12, 2025 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Climate Conversations with Professor Stepan Wood: The Mathur Appeal

November 25, 2024 | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
roomGeography Building, Room 229

Feelings Don't Care About Your Facts: Hurricanes and Fires in the Age of Conspiracy

November 19, 2024 | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
roomZoom Webinar
Talks

Nuclear is Not the Solution: Book Launch with M.V. Ramana

November 4, 2024 | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
roomLiu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of Many Trees)

Canada’s Fair Share: A Summit on Global Climate Equity

October 28, 2024 | 6:30 PM - October 30, 2024 | 2:00 PM

Scholasticide in Palestine

October 24, 2024 | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Lawyers in a Warming World with Dr. Carol Liao

October 23, 2024 | 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Corporations and Climate Change: Where Does Canadian Law Stand? With Professor Hassan M. Ahmad

October 16, 2024 | 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

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

October 10, 2024 | 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

ANOHNI & Naomi Klein in Conversation

October 4, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
roomTelus Studio Theatre, Chan Centre

Reimagining solidarity and resilience in a disastrous world: the migrante struggle for belonging in post-Katrina New Orleans

October 3, 2024 | 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
roomCK Choi Building, Room 120

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

September 17, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
roomGeography Building
Conferences

Plenary: Critical Ecosystems vs Critical Minerals?

June 25, 2024 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
roomGreat Hall, AMS Nest (2nd Floor), UBC Vancouver Campus
Virtual Panel

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

May 7, 2024 | 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Palestine and Climate Justice: Military Emissions as Symptoms of a Genocidal Present and Future

April 4, 2024 | 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Shaping Climate Justice through Indigenous Knowledge

March 25, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
roomJack Poole Hall, UBC Alumni Centre

Climate Career Night: Land-Centred Livelihoods

March 14, 2024 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
roomRobson Square, Room C400
Talks

Colonized Waters and Worldviews: Perspectives on Palestine

March 14, 2024 | 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Jurisdiction and the Trans Mountain Pipeline: A study of the co-constitution of public and private power in Canada

March 13, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
roomFarris Hall, Room 106

Labour Organizing and Climate Justice: Intersections, Challenges, and Political Opportunities

March 12, 2024 | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
roomBC Hydro Theatre, Centre for Interactive Sustainability

Dr. Kyle Whyte: Indigenous Climate Action at the Speed of Consent

February 29, 2024 | 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
roomFirst Nations Longhouse
Talks

Doppelganger: Naomi Klein

October 21, 2023 | 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Talks

The Tenant Class: a talk and Q&A with author Ricardo Tranjan

September 26, 2023 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Climate Disaster Project: Trauma-Informed Interview Training

August 17, 2023 | 12:00 AM - September 1, 2023 | 11:59 PM
Talks

Where Do We Go From Here? Mapping Climate Justice Frontlines in Vancouver

May 17, 2023 | 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
roomHarbour Centre (Room 1900) - Simon Fraser University
Lectures

Abolish Border Imperialism: Climate Migration, Racial Capitalism, and Empire

April 6, 2023 | 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
roomPlace of Many Trees - Liu Institute
Talks

Fiscal Justice for Caribbean Climate Action By Patrick Bigger

March 16, 2023 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
roomRoom 215D - Geography Building
Talks, Virtual Panel

Racial Capital and Climate Migration with Andrew Baldwin and Neel Ahuja, in conversation with Jemima Baada

March 2, 2023 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Lectures, Talks

Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism

February 15, 2023 | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
roomCoach Room - Green College
Lectures, Talks

Land-based research and climate adaptation in Palestine

February 14, 2023 | 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Lectures

A Critical Balance: Land, Culture, and Cumulative Effects in Northeast British Columbia

January 30, 2023 | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
roomSty-Wet-Tan Hall, First Nations House of Learning
Concerts

The Weather Station feat. UBC Contemporary Players

January 21, 2023 | 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
roomChan Centre for the Performing Arts, Shun Concert Hall
Talks

Music in a Time of Crisis: The Weather Station's Tamara Lindeman in conversation with Naomi Klein

January 18, 2023 | 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
roomCentre for Interactive Research on Sustainability
Lectures

Guest lecture by Sebastien Jodoin: Disability-Inclusive Climate Action: Principles, Progress & Pathways

January 16, 2023 | 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
roomAllard Hall - Fasken Classroom, Room 122
Lectures, Talks

David Suzuki x Brandi Morin with Naomi Klein

October 30, 2022 | 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
roomChan Centre for the Performing Arts, Shun Concert Hall
Alumni, Colloquia

Climate Stories from UBC

October 27, 2022 | 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
roomVan Dusen Botanical Garden
Conferences, Workshops

Community-Engaged Research and the Climate Crisis

October 20, 2022 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
roomSFU Downtown
Film screenings

NECESSITY: Documentary Screening and Discussion

October 11, 2022 | 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
roomNormand Bouchard Memorial Theatre
Virtual Panel

Egypt's Carceral Climate Summit

October 6, 2022 | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
roomLivestreaming via The Intercept

Decolonizing Climate Coloniality

September 27, 2022 | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
roomLiu Institute for Global Issues
Workshops

Diversity Work as Organizational Learning (In-Person Workshop with the Centre for Migration Studies)

June 3, 2022 | 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM