2025-2026 School Year
Project: Marine Conservation Social
Organization: UBC Surf Club
Date of event: 27/11/2024 * Note: there was an issue with the reimbursement last semester, we had to process it this semester
Description: A social hosted by UBC Surf Club and Ocean Hub with guest speakers and activities
Amount: $471.30
Project: Great Trek for Transit
Organization: AMS
Date of event: 09/09/2025
Description: A march alongside the proposed UBC x Skytrain route to raise awareness and lobby City Hall to release a schedule for the Skytrain extension to UBC.
Amount: $3,269.83
Organization: UBC Environmental Policy Association
Date of event: 22/10/2025
Description: TED-Talk style event featuring presentations from UBC professors whose work centers on sustainability and environmental policy.
Amount: $108.55
Project: Sustainability Careers & Networking Focused Panelist Event
Organization: Common Energy UBC
Date of event: 23/10/2025
Description: Event to provide undergraduates with information on how to get involved in climate-related careers
Amount: $284.78
Organization: Climate Justice UBC
Date of event: 24/10/2025
Description: Event to educate attendees on the harms of the PRGT pipeline
Amount: $193.97
Organization UBC Environmental Policy Association
Date of event: 21/11/2025 – 24/11/2025
Description: Case competition on Arctic diplomacy. Included a faculty-led workshop on policy analysis and issues facing the Arctic. The case competition involved developing policy proposals to address issues faced in the Arctic.
Amount: $450
Project: Stamp-making and Cocoa Night; Beaty Biodiversity After-Hours Tour
Organization: UBC Wildlife Society
Date of event: 27/11/2025 & 01/12/2025
Description: Two separate events in one proposal-
Stamp-making and Cocoa Night: A social event to introduce students to the club while partaking in a wildlife-focused activity.
Beaty Biodiversity After-Hours Tour: A “behind-the-scenes” tour of the Beaty Biodiversity Museum led by the lead curatorial assistant of mammals, reptiles, and amphibians; attendees learn about the specimens themselves, as well as the preparation/curation of biological specimens.
Amount: $320
Organization: Roots on the Roof
Date of event: 02/12/2025
Description: An annual community rooftop festival with live music, food, and drinks. The event highlights the intersection between art and environmental sustainability.
Amount: $800
Project: Pacific North West Victory Garden Online Guidebook
Organization: N/A
Date of event: N/A
Description: A website that contains guidelines to growing food within the household in order to promote food sovereignty.
Amount: $282.24
Organization: Environmental Science Students Association
Date of event: 14/01/2026
Description: A book swap event to promote a circular economy.
Amount: $71.40
Project: Climate Convos at the Beach
Organization: UBC Geography Climate Action Committee
Date of proposal: 30/01/2026
Description: : An outdoor climate action discussion combined with outdoor recreational activities.
Amount: $116.55
Project: Sustainability Careers Night
Organization: UBC Environmental Policy Association
Date of event: 26/02/2026
Description: : A careers event for students to network with professionals working in different fields related to sustainability.
Amount: $213.61
Project: Global Solutions Challenge
Organization: Civic Circuit
Date of event: 28/02/2026
Description: A full day interdisciplinary competition drawing together students from diverse academic backgrounds to design solutions to a climate-driven natural disaster scenario in British Columbia.
Amount: $385.24
Organization: Roots on the Roof
Date of event: 07/04/2026
Description: : An annual outdoor concert celebrating the growing season and the collective work of student-led initiatives.
Amount: 453.26
Project: Up-cycling Ocean Fundraiser
Organization: UBC Surf Club
Date of proposal: 03/03/2026
Description: A fundraising event to raise money for ocean stewardship. Up-cycling and bedazzling old swim/outdoor gear, as well as a guest speaker giving a talk about micro-plastics and its impact on clothing.
Amount: $135.61
Organization: UBC Geography Students Association
Date of proposal: 19/03/2026
Description: An exhibition of art from geography undergraduate students, where each piece is related to climate or geography. The sharing of art aims to start conversations, platform artists, and inspire the audience to partake in climate-related actions.
Amount: $216.46
Project: Animal Welfare Conference
Organization: UBC PAW
Date of event: 20/03/2026
Description: A week of free meals at Sprouts to promote food security on campus with opportunities for patrons to donate to various mutual-aid and environmental organizations.
Amount: $462.03
Project: Sprouts Free Meal Week
Organization: UBC Sprouts
Date: 30/03/2026 – 03/04/2026
Description: A week of free meals at Sprouts to promote food security on campus with opportunities for patrons to donate to various mutual-aid and environmental organizations.
Amount: $2500
Project: Community Workshops with the Agronomy Garden
Organization: Agronomy Garden
Date of event: 01/2026 – 04/2026
Description: A series of workshops occurring between January – April 2026, including a fermentation/pickling workshop and a salves and tinctures workshop.
Amount: $428.34
Project: Rage Against The Pipeline
Organization: Climate Justice UBC
Date: 12/04/2026
Description: A concert to raise funds for Gitxsam Indigenous youth fighting the climate crisis, the fundraiser focused specifically on their efforts against the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline.
Amount: $ 1129.06
Project: Walking with Saqchahim: Roots, Resistance, Solidarity
Organization: GEOG 495 (UBC Course)
Date: 17/04/2026
Description: An event to raise money for Saqchahim, an Indigenous activist group from Guatemala, and to raise awareness on their ongoing climate activism- in the form of resistance against extractive mining within their communities and their land.
Amount: $ 157.50
Total funding: $12476.73
SEC spending: $1102.38
Total: $13579.11
Funding Proposals for 2024/2025
Divest and Reinvest in Climate-Friendly Banks with Climate Justice UBC
Marine Conservation Social hosted by UBC Surf Club and UBC Ocean Hub
Funding Proposals for 2023/2024
Environmental Policy Case Competition
Conference on Climate Change Proposal
Seeder Food Insecurity Initiative
Upcycling Candle Making Workshop
Funding Proposals for 2017/2018
UBCC350 – Fundraiser at Vancouver’s Largest Clothing Swap
BCCIC – UN Climate Change Conference Youth Delegate Sponsorship (Kasteel)
UBC JIA – Launch Event (Resubmission)
Sprouts – Semi-Annual General Meeting
BCCIC – UN Climate Change Conference Youth Delegate Sponsorship (Stark)
Social Enterprise Club – 2018 Conference – Amended to catering from AMS Catering
Climate Guides – Operational Costs
Common Energy and UBC Sustainability Collective – Climate Town Hall
Common Energy – Vancouver’s Housing Crisis: Redefining “Home”
ROTR – Fridge and Community Kitchen Cart – Budget
Funding Proposals for 2015/2016
Common Energy (Emerging Green Builders) – Careers Night
Common Energy (Tangible Solutions) – Compost Trivia Night
Common Energy + Parks Canada – Learn To Camp
Beneath One Sky – Poverty Action Conference
ESSA – Career Fair (ESSA Career Fair Budget)
Sustainability Ambassadors – Eating Sustainably for Wellbeing
Common Energy: Campaigns – Eco-To-Go Boothing + Ice Cream
Sustainability Ambassadors – Sustainability Fair
Common Energy: Emerging Green Builders – Documentary Night
Entrepreneurship@UBC Student Network – StartUP
UBC Students for Climate Action – War on Nature and In the Future of the Planet
UBC Parks Canada Club – Speaker Series
Student Project – Lenses of Sustainability
Sent Back:
LSRN Planning Committee – Life Sciences Research Night
SLC/Common Energy Zero Waste – Water Bottles for SLC 2016
Coordinated Science Program – Alumni Mentorship Night
Beneath One Sky UBC – Poverty Action Conference
Funding Proposals for 2014/2015
Approved:
Common Energy – Tangible Solutions
UBCC350 – Divestment Initiatives 2014-2015
Science Undergraduate Society First Year Committee – Semi-Formal
Sustainability Ambassadors- Sustainability Fair
UBC Heart and Stroke Foundation Club – Sports Day
UBCC350 – Vancouver Climate Risk Forum
Art History Student Association
Sustainable Ambassadors and the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at the UBC Farm – Farm Symposium
International Forestry Student Association
UBC Canadian Liver Foundation (CLF) – Breakfast
Vanier Sustainability Committee and Vanier Coffeehouse
Funding Proposals for 2013/2014
Passed:
BC Natural Gas Strategy Conference
Funding Proposals for 2012/2013
Passed:
Vancouver PowerShift 2012
Back to the Hankies Campaign
Totem Park 100 Mile Dinner
Funding Proposals for 2011/2012
Passed:
Funding Proposal – Vancouver Tool Library
Funding Proposal – Bike Coop – Market Cargo
Funding Proposal – Bike Coop – Cycling Resource Centre
Funding Proposals for 2010/2011
SCNOW! Funding Application_SEC Eco-Initiatives
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Funding Proposal – AFC
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