Virtual Sustainability Careers Night: Resilient Futures

Join Embark Sustainability in collaboration with CityStudio Vancouver, Kwantlen Student Association, UBC Climate Hub and the UBC Sustainability Ambassadors this March for a sustainability-themed career night! This event will showcase the stories of outstanding professionals working on creating a more just, sustainable and resilient world. We’ll look at how they’re contributing to a just recovery post-pandemic through their different career paths, and how you can too. The goal of this night is to give you a taste of the types of career opportunities that exist and the ways in which we can rebuild our communities.

This event will consist of fast-paced presentations by seven sustainability/climate leaders who work in a range of positions. Each speaker will discuss their journey to reach their current role, along with barriers they overcame along the way. They will also speak about where they see their role in rebuilding and recovering in our communities beyond the pandemic and provide recommendations for participants who are looking to start their careers in sustainability. After the presentations, each speaker will be in a Q&A breakout room where participants will have the opportunity to engage them more thoroughly and in-depth.

SPEAKERS

🌱 Luna Aixin

🌱 Chiyi Tam

🌱 Vidya Crawley

🌱 Amy Amantea

🌱 Arthur Orsini

🌱 Kristy O’Leary

🌱 Sophia Yang

AGENDA

TBA

Embark Sustainability’s work takes place on the unceded homelands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), səlil̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), kʷikʷəƛw̓əm (Kwikwetlem), Katzie, Semiahmoo, Qayqayt, Stó:lō, and Tsawwassen Nations.

ACCESSIBILITY

This event will be taking place virtually, over Zoom, and there will be auto-generated captions. If you need ASL interpretation, please let us know no later than Thursday, March 11th at 12pm. If there is an access need that might present a barrier to participating in this event, please connect with Melisa Tang Choy at programs@embarksustainability.org to work on this further.

QUESTIONS

For any other questions about the event, please connect with Melisa Tang Choy at programs@embarksustainability.org