Non-UBC Event

Seniors' Heat Resilience Connect & Learn Event

September 10, 2026, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue | 580 West Hastings Street

This event brings together seniors, community members of all ages, practitioners, and researchers to better understand heat resilience.

In recent years, extreme heat events have become more frequent across Metro Vancouver, creating serious challenges for the health, comfort, and safety of residents, particularly seniors. This event brings together seniors, community members, practitioners, policymakers, and researchers to better understand these challenges and explore practical, community-driven solutions.

The morning will begin with registration and breakfast, followed by opening remarks and an overview of the event. Participants will then take part in a series of interactive sessions featuring hands-on activities, demonstrations, and small-group discussions focused on aging and extreme heat. These sessions are designed to create space to reflect, share perspectives, and learn from one another through guided activities led by researchers and community organizations.

The event will conclude with a theather show exploring experiences of heat and aging. Attendees are then welcome to stay for lunch and continue conversations with fellow participants, community partners, and researchers.

Event Information and Registration

  • Non-UBC Event

First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that UBC’s campuses are situated within the traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh, and in the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples.

Climate Solutions Research Collective

UBC receives support for managing its research enterprise from the federal Research Support Fund.

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