As the central hub for interdisciplinary dialogue and learning at UBC, all listed events at Green College are free, open to the general public, and do not require advanced registration (unless otherwise indicated on the event page).
Featured upcoming events
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September 16, 2025Relating to Land Through Play
More information on this event will be posted shortly. Please note that this event begins at 4:00 pm in an optional, off-site forest walk on UBC Point Grey campus, and begins more formally at 5:00 pm in the Coach House and livestreamed.This event will be followed by a reception in the Piano…
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September 24, 2025Rising Tides
This inaugural event in the series "Where the Waves Take Us: Art, Identity, and the Sea," will feature novelist Christine Lai, whose acclaimed novel Landscapes centres on an archivist cataloguing art after environmental disaster. Landscapes was longlisted for the 2024 Republic of Consciousness…
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September 25, 2025From Biodiversity Preservation to Innovation: The Role of Biological Resource Centres
Biological Resource Centres (BRCs) play a crucial role across many scientific domains by acting as specialized libraries for living organisms and their genetic material. Their work in preservation and distribution is fundamental to research and innovation in the animal, plant, environmental, and…
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September 16, 2025Relating to Land Through Play
More information on this event will be posted shortly. Please note that this event begins at 4:00 pm in an optional, off-site forest walk on UBC Point Grey campus, and begins more formally at 5:00 pm in the Coach House and livestreamed.This event will be followed by a reception in the Piano…
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September 24, 2025Rising Tides
This inaugural event in the series "Where the Waves Take Us: Art, Identity, and the Sea," will feature novelist Christine Lai, whose acclaimed novel Landscapes centres on an archivist cataloguing art after environmental disaster. Landscapes was longlisted for the 2024 Republic of Consciousness…
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September 25, 2025From Biodiversity Preservation to Innovation: The Role of Biological Resource Centres
Biological Resource Centres (BRCs) play a crucial role across many scientific domains by acting as specialized libraries for living organisms and their genetic material. Their work in preservation and distribution is fundamental to research and innovation in the animal, plant, environmental, and…
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October 8, 2025The Consone Quartet: Our Journey to the Romantics
Since our formation in 2012, our aim has always been to explore the great wealth of string quartet repertoire from an historically informed perspective, whether that be using appropriate equipment—gut strings and historical bows—or studying the sources of the time. In this informal lecture…
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October 9, 2025Cecil H and Ida Green Visiting Professor Lecture
More information on this lecture and speaker will be posted shortly.
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October 16, 2025Ocean Songs
Green College writer in residence Clara Kumagai will host a musical performance by Leah Abramson, a singer and songwriter. Leah’s multidisciplinary show Songs for a Lost Pod explores human relationships with marine mammals in a polluted planet, intertwined with her own family history and…
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October 21, 2025John Grace Memorial Philosopher in Residence Lecture
More information on this event will be posted shortly.
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October 23, 2025John Grace Memorial Visitor in Residence Lecture
More information on this event will be posted shortly. Dr Signa A Daum Shanks is a lawyer, law professor, and historian. Currently working at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law, she teaches, researches, and has taught property, torts, legal history, law and economics, game theory,…
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October 29, 2025On the Salish Sea
This event will feature Justin Neal, a Squamish playwright and 2024 SFU Shadbolt Fellow. His latest play, Keepers of the Salish Sea, premiered in November 2024, and infused Coast Salish knowledge with the human quest for the meaning of life. This event will be followed by a reception in…
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November 19, 2025Water Binds Me to Your Name
In this final public event of Clara Kumagai's residency, she will welcome Saeed Teebi, a writer and lawyer based in Toronto, in conversation. His 2022 debut collection of short stories, Her First Palestinian was a finalist for the Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Prize and the Rakuten Kobo…