November 16-20, 2026
Organized by the UBC Sustainability Hub, Climate Week at UBC seeks to convene and energize communities of climate action.
UBC declared a Climate Emergency in 2019 and produced a Taskforce Report in 2021 that focuses on climate justice, which goes hand-in-hand with climate action to address the disproportionate impacts of climate change on those communities least responsible.
Climate Week is your chance to join transformative climate action for justice, people, and our planet. Browse through our list of 2026 events, workshops, and activities.
Gratitude to all UBC Climate Week student, faculty, staff and community partners. 🩷
Fall 2026 Events
MON NOV 16 | TUE NOV 17 | WED NOV 18 | THU NOV 19 | FRI NOV 20
Throughout November
Thrive Month at UBC | Climate Action Week | COP31 | Canada Climate Week Xchange
Monday, November 16
4:00 PM | IN PERSON | PACIFIC MUSEUM OF EARTH
Insights into Game-ifying Climate Action for Youth
Learn how the Pacific Museum of Earth is engaging with youth around Metro Vancouver to promote environmental literacy and climate action in classrooms! This interactive session will feature in-depth discussions on the ups and downs of this process, complete with a chance to play the PME’s ‘Climate Quest’ game.
Organized by the Pacific Museum of Earth
Tuesday, November 17
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM | IN PERSON | PONDEROSA ANNEX E
Visit the Zero Waste Market
Discover how UBC is advancing a circular economy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by making surplus furniture and office supplies available to UBC departments and the general public. Stop by, enter to win, and you could score a door prize discount on anything in the market!
Organized by the Furniture Reuse Program / Zero Waste Market
3:00 PM | IN PERSON | BEATY BIODIVERSITY MUSEUM
Daily Museum Tours
Join for daily, climate-themed tours of the Beaty Biodiversity Museum, with additional 11:30am tour on Sunday, November 22. Regular museum admission rates apply, bring your UBCCard for free admission!
Organized by Beaty Biodiversity Museum
7:00-8:30 PM | IN PERSON | BEATY BIODIVERSITY MUSEUM
Biodiversity Lecture Series with Doug and Pam Soltis
Join Doug and Pam Soltis, plant evolutionary biologists who use DNA methods to understand plant evolutionary relationships and elucidate evolutionary processes, including hybridization and genome doubling.
Organized by Beaty Biodiversity Museum
Wednesday, November 18
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM | IN PERSON | PONDEROSA ANNEX E
Visit the Zero Waste Market
Discover how UBC is advancing a circular economy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by making surplus furniture and office supplies available to UBC departments and the general public. Stop by, enter to win, and you could score a door prize discount on anything in the market!
Organized by the Furniture Reuse Program / Zero Waste Market
2:00 – 3:00 PM | ONLINE | ZOOM
The Growth of Plant-Forward Food Systems Across Canada
Join a national discussion on university leadership, health and environmental evidence, and plant-forward foodservice in healthcare. Featuring Lighting Up Canada, an interactive map showcasing institutional leadership in sustainable food systems. And speakers:
Dr. Kathleen Kevany | Dalhousie University
Sarah Jarvis, MSc, PhD Candidate | University of Toronto
Erica Sharma, LLB, LLM | PEACH Health Ontario
Organized by the Canadian University Initiative, a division of PBCM
3:00 PM | IN PERSON | BEATY BIODIVERSITY MUSEUM
Daily Museum Tours
Join for daily, climate-themed tours of the Beaty Biodiversity Museum, with additional 11:30am tour on Sunday, November 22. Regular museum admission rates apply, bring your UBCCard for free admission!
Organized by Beaty Biodiversity Museum
5:30 – 7:30 PM | IN PERSON | BC HYDRO THEATRE, CIRS BUILDING
Sustainability Panellist Event
Sustainability Panellist Event
Description: Common Energy is back with our annual panel event! This panel will bring together professors, students, and sustainability advocates to discuss key topics, such as innovations in the sustainability field, integrating sustainability into lifestyle and design, and collaboration between scientists and policymakers.
Organized by UBC Common Energy
Thursday, November 19
11:00 AM – 3:00 PM | IN PERSON | FLOOR 1 ATRIUM, CIRS BUILDING
The Bike Kitchen Booth
Meet folks from the Bike Kitchen, chat about cycling, and ask us anything you’d like to know about our community bike shop!
Organized by the Bike Kitchen
12:00 – 2:00 PM | IN PERSON | BC HYDRO THEATRE, CIRS BUILDING
What Does #Landback Mean?
Essential to understanding Landback, there are a multiplicity of Indigenous worldviews, relationality, and land-based knowledge systems to learn from and consider. “The #LandBack movement” is not recent; it also comes from time immemorial. Visibility in the media, academia, and community discussions can vary in perspective and voice.
Through individual reflection, discussion, and a presentation, by facilitators Kyle Shaughnessy and Janelle Kasperski, we will make connections between our everyday experiences, our personal values, the lands we live on and Indigenous knowledges that inform land-based practices and beliefs.
Please bring something to write with/on (pen and paper, tablet, etc.) and your lunch to eat during the session.
Organized by CTLT Indigenous Initiatives
3:00 PM | IN PERSON | BEATY BIODIVERSITY MUSEUM
Daily Museum Tours
Join for daily, climate-themed tours of the Beaty Biodiversity Museum, with additional 11:30am tour on Sunday, November 22. Regular museum admission rates apply, bring your UBCCard for free admission!
Organized by Beaty Biodiversity Museum
5:00-8:30 PM | IN PERSON | BEATY BIODIVERSITY MUSEUM
Nocturnal at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum: “Wild Dyes of the Pacific Northwest”
Join us at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum to celebrate the launch of Wild Dyes of the Pacific Northwest: A Forager’s Guide to Colour from Plants, Mushrooms, and Lichens by Zoe McDonell, with contributions from Sesemiya (Tracy Cameron) and a foreword by Nadine McSpadden. Admission by donation and all ages welcome!
Organized by Beaty Biodiversity Museum
Friday, November 20
3:00 PM | IN PERSON | BEATY BIODIVERSITY MUSEUM
Daily Museum Tours
Join for daily, climate-themed tours of the Beaty Biodiversity Museum, with additional 11:30am tour on Sunday, November 22. Regular museum admission rates apply, bring your UBCCard for free admission!
Organized by Beaty Biodiversity Museum
Throughout November
November 1-30, 2026
Thrive Month at UBC
Thrive is dedicated to shining a spotlight on the incredible groups and teams at UBC that work year-round to support mental health and wellbeing. Whether you’re a student, faculty, staff, or part of our broader campus community, there are a variety of ways to connect and resources here to support you during November and beyond.
Organized by UBC Wellbeing
November 2-8, 2026
Climate Action Week
Join libraries and other GLAM organizations across Canada, including UBC Library, to focus on the climate change related challenges and emergencies facing our communities.
Organized by UBC Library
November 9-20, 2026
United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP31)
The annual Conference of the Parties (COP) brings together countries, civil society, companies and people on the frontline of climate change to accelerate action. UBC holds “Official Observer” status and is allocated a set number of ‘badges’ that provide access to the negotiations and events.
Organized by United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
November 23-29, 2026
Canada Climate Week Xchange
Canada Climate Week Xchange is a dynamic national event that unites Canadians from all sectors to accelerate climate action through collaboration and innovation. Across the week, diverse in-person, hybrid, and virtual events will engage participants coast to coast in addressing Canada’s unique climate challenges and opportunities.
Organized by UBC Canada Climate Law Initiative
