See below the general CREATE schedule for March 30 to April 2. The awards ceremony will be held on April 9 in the Royal Arbutus Room.
In-person events
Poster Sessions are held in the main Cafeteria (B300), and Presentation Sessions are in the Royal Arbutus Room (B300), and in B305 Room 440.
Monday, March 30
Opening & Keynote | Posters | Presentations | Pop-Up Bakery
9 am to 12 pm | Upper Cafeteria
Poster Session
9:30 to 11 am | Royal Arbutus Room
3 minute SLAMs: Mixed Topics
10 am to 12:30 pm | Royal Arbutus Room
3 minute SLAMs: Stories of Canada (GEOG 290)
10 am to 2 pm | Upper Cafeteria
Pop-up Bakery
Indulge in the creations of Baking and Pastry Arts Diploma students as they showcase and sell their pastry products at the CREATE Conference. Visit the upper cafeteria starting at 10 am to experience their handcrafted treats!
1 to 2:30 pm | Royal Arbutus Room
Opening and Keynote Address
Keynote speaker: Alistair MacGregor, Chief Administrative Officer for Cowichan Tribes
2 to 4 pm | Upper Cafeteria
Poster Session
2:30 to 4 pm | B305 R440
Spoken Word (ENGL 208)
2:30 to 4 pm | Royal Arbutus Room
Presentation Session: Kinesiology 491
Tuesday, March 31
Posters | Presentations | 3-Minute Thesis
9 am to 12 pm | Upper Cafeteria
Poster Sessions
9 am to 10:00 am | B305 R440
Presentation Session: Equity, diversity and social justice | Health, resilience and well-being
10 am to 11:30 pm | B305 R440
Presentation Session: TRMT 490 - Health, resilience and well-being
9 am to 11 am | Royal Arbutus Room
Presentation Session: Graduate Students
11 am to 12:15 pm | Royal Arbutus Room
Presentation Session: Integrated sciences, technology and environment
1 to 3 pm | Upper Cafeteria
Poster Session
2:30 to 4 pm | Royal Arbutus Room
3-minute SLAMs: ANTH 213 - 2nd Year Research Showcase
2:30 to 4 pm | B305 R440
Presentation Session: BIOL 389 - Climate Change Ecology
4:30 - 6 pm | Royal Arbutus Room
3 Minute Thesis - Graduate Students
Wednesday, April 1
Posters | Presentations | Policy Case Challenge
9 am to 12 pm | Upper Cafeteria
Poster Sessions
8:30 am to 11:30 pm | B305 R440
Spoken Word: CREW 311
An important part of an artist's skill set in Canada is knowing how to approach funders and publishers. Come hear upper-year poets pitch their long poem projects and hear a taste of their poetry.
11:30 am am to 1 pm | Royal Arbutus Room
3 minute SLAMs: GEOG 290 - Stories of Canada
1 to 3 pm | Upper Cafeteria
Poster session
1:30 to 3 pm | B305 R440
Presentation session: Cultural, heritage and creative expression | Equity, diversity and social justice
2 to 5 pm | Royal Arbutus Room
Policy Case Challenge
4 to 6 pm | Teams (virtual synchronous)
Graduate SLAMs
Thursday, April 2
Posters | Presentations | Spoken Word
8:30 to 11:30 am | B305 R440
Spoken Word: CREW 110
An important part of a professional poet's work is reading their work to a room full of listeners. Come hear first-year poetry students share their wonderful poems!
9:30 to 11:30 am | Upper Cafeteria
Poster Session
9 am to 10:30 am | Royal Arbutus Room
Presentation Session: Integrated sciences, technology and environment | Teaching and learning
10:30 am to 11:45 am | Royal Arbutus Room
Presentation Session: Health, resilience and well-being
12 to 2 pm | Royal Arbutus Room
Graduate SLAMs: MEDL 550
1 to 2:30 pm | B305 R440
Presentation Session: Theatre Movements Timelines Project - THEA 212
2:30 to 4 pm | Royal Arbutus Room
3-minute SLAMs: ANTH 213 - 2nd Year Research Showcase
1 to 3 pm | Upper Cafeteria
Poster Session
4 to 6 pm | Teams (virtual synchronous)
Graduate SLAMs
CREATE 2026 presents: The Environment and Society Art Exhibit
April 8 to 17 in the View Gallery. Opening reception on April 9 at 5 pm
"Science can describe environmental issues and ecological crisis, but it cannot tell us what matters or how to act. That requires values, imagination, and cultural meaning‑making. When institutions like the IPCC call climate change “an urgent and potentially irreversible threat,” they are interpreting data through human frameworks — stories, images, metaphors, and ethics.
Environmental art plays a crucial role in this process. It transforms abstract numbers into felt experience, connects emotion to action, and helps us imagine futures worth fighting for. Environmental artists work with natural or altered environments to explore human relationships with the planet, often addressing ecological crises, sustainability, and environmental justice.
This exhibit invites you to engage environmental issues not only as scientific, but as a cultural, emotional, and artistic one."