CONFERENCE: RESEARCH TO ACTION: ADVANCING URBAN SUSTAINABILITY 2024
When: Wednesday, October 2, 2024 | 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Where: Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS), 2260 West Mall, UBC Vancouver
Registration: Free to all. Registration closes October 1.
What happens when you give bright and engaged students real-world sustainability problems to solve?
UBC’s Sustainability Scholars are helping to make real change in the world! Join us on October 2 to learn more about what our local governments and institutions are doing to future-proof our people, our cities, our urban spaces, and the Fraser Estuary.
Be part of an afternoon of engaged discussion on a diverse range of applied sustainability projects produced by UBC graduate students in collaboration with our partner organizations, including the City of Vancouver, Metro Vancouver, many other local governments, Vancouver Coastal Health, Translink, and NGOs from across BC.
Scholars will present their projects in concurrent themed panel sessions throughout the afternoon. Panels will be moderated by experts from UBC and Sustainability Scholars Program partners.
Keynote Speaker: Andrea Reimer, a strong public voice in the metro region with a focus on working with residents to build green, reconciled, engaged communities and making government easy for the public to access is our keynote speaker.
Panel Themes: Climate Resilience | Carbon | Equity, Justice, Inclusion & Engagement | Urban Ecology & Green Infrastructure | Social Sustainability & Just Transition | Building Resilience | Solar Energy & Energy Reporting | Supply Chain & End of Use Practices
Conference Website:
https://sustain.ubc.ca/events/research-action-advancing-urban-sustainability-2024
Register here:
https://events.humanitix.com/research-to-action-advancing-urban-sustainability-2024
About the Sustainability Scholars Program:
https://sustain.ubc.ca/teaching-applied-learning/ubc-sustainability-scholars-program
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Karen Taylor MA (she, her)
Senior Manager, Sustainability Scholars & Strategic Implementation | Sustainability Hub
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
2343 – 2260 West Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z4 Canada
Phone 604 822 9362 | karen.taylor@ubc.ca | https://sustain.ubc.ca/scholars