Using can-jquery causes the two event systems to be cross-bound. You can listen to special events within can-stache-bindings using jQuery and you can listen to custom jQuery events within can-controls.

Listening to inserted/removed events

Using can-jquery you can listen to the removed/inserted event on an element.

var $ = require("can-jquery");

var el = $("<div>");

el.on("inserted", function(){
    // The element was inserted.
});

$(document.body).append(el);

Listening to jQuery events within Controls

Inside a can-control you can listen to any custom jQuery events.

var $ = require("can-jquery");
var Control = require("can-control");

var MyControl = Control.extend({
    "names-added": function(el, ev, first, second, third){
        // first is "Matthew"
        // second is "David"
        // third is "Brian"
    }
});

var dom = $("<div><ul></ul></div>");

new MyControl(dom);

dom.find("ul").trigger("names-added", [
    "Matthew",
    "David",
    "Brian"
]);