Learn more about past events focused on advancing sustainable cities and lifestyles.
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Webinar: The Role of Cities in Advancing Sustainable Lifestyles
June 22, 2023
This fourth webinar for the Ecocity Peer Network was held May 30, 2023 and explored how local governments and their...
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BCIT at the Ecocity World Summit in London
June 12, 2023
Faculty and staff from BCIT presented to sustainable city practitioners from around the world at the Ecocity World Summit in...
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Leveraging the SDGs for Safe, Inclusive, Resilient & Sustainable Urban Housing Policy
May 1, 2023
UN-Habitat webinar for the CMHC Expert Group on Housing The SDG Cities Global Initiative is an UN-Habitat flagship programme “designed...
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Encouraging Canadian cities to consider their consumption-based emissions
March 17, 2023
Cora Hallsworth delivered a presentation on Consumption-Based Emissions Inventories (CBEI) to the Climate Caucus on March 2, 2023. The Climate...
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Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education
September 23, 2022
October 18, 26 & November 3, 2022. The Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education brings together sustainability leaders from...
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Ecocity World Summit London
September 9, 2022
June 6 – 8, 2023. Christina Olsen of the Centre for Ecocities is on the Summit’s Academic Advisory Committee and...
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Livable Cities Forum – Victoria
September 1, 2022
October 3 – 5, 2022. The Livable Cities Forum is ICLEI Canada’s annual event to bring communities together. This forum...
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Ecocity World Summit 2022
March 1, 2022
The Ecocity World Summit 2022 took place February 22 – 24, 2022. It is the longest running event on ecocities...
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Ecocity Peer Network and Climate Changemakers at Innovate4Cities
November 4, 2021
Urban October is a global initiative started by UN-Habitat, the United Nations agency dedicated to human settlements and sustainable urban...
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Youth Climate Leaders Prepare to Make Change for our Collective Future
August 25, 2021
The Centre for Ecocities, in collaboration with UN-Habitat, delivered its first international Climate Changemakers Youth Leadership Training on August 12th,...
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Webinar: Engaging Stakeholders on Consumption-Based Sustainability Metrics
May 15, 2021
We are focused on helping to create socially just cities that are in balance with nature. Key metrics that we...
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Virtual Forum: Modern Ecocities in the Cascadia Innovation Corridor
May 13, 2021
As the Cascadia region anticipates welcoming as many as 4 million more people in the coming decades, cities, businesses and post-secondary institutions...
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Webinar: Exploring Buildings’ Embodied Emissions
February 24, 2021
Learn more about the importance of Life Cycle Assessment and the embodied emissions of buildings. On Februrary 23, we were...
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Dr. Jennie Moore at TEDxAbbotsford
November 20, 2020
Did you miss Dr. Jennie Moore talking about Getting to One-Planet Living at the TEDxAbbotsford: Perception virtual conference on November...
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Did you miss our Webinar on the ecoCity Footprint Tool Pilot Testing Results?
November 6, 2020
We have good news – the webinar was recorded and you can watch it here. You will learn about the...
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International Youth Day 2020
August 11, 2020
Youth and Informal Settlements: Engagement for Global Action Online Summit Please join our Dr. Jennie Moore and UN-Habitat Youth for...
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Join us at GLOBE 2020
January 9, 2020
Ecocities Emerging: Exploring the Role of Business in Transforming Cities Please join us on Wednesday February 12th from 10:45 –...