Webinar: Advancing Climate Equity in Coastal Climate Change Adaptation

By Jacqueline Richard | December 4, 2024 |

Le français suit December 3, 2024   The impacts of climate change are not felt equally. For populations and communities already facing disadvantages, climate change multiplies the negative impacts of unequal conditions. Climate equity is an approach that applies a fairness framework to the ways we experience, understand and respond to climate change. It attempts to…

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Webinar: Canada in a Changing Climate: Synthesis Report 

By Jacqueline Richard | May 22, 2024 |

June 6, 2024 In 2017, the Government of Canada launched its fourth National Knowledge Assessment process, Canada in a Changing Climate: Advancing our Knowledge for Action, with the goal of assessing, synthesizing and sharing the latest knowledge on climate change impacts and adaptation in Canada to help inform and advance decision making. Led by Natural…

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Webinar: A Deep Dive into the For Our Future: Indigenous Resilience Report

By Jacqueline Richard | April 15, 2024 |

May 15, 2024 This webinar welcomed report authors on a deep dive of the For Our Future: Indigenous Resilience Report (2024), the first Indigenous-led assessment report in the National Knowledge Assessment cycle that draws on Indigenous knowledge, perspectives and experiences to explore multidimensional and intersecting aspects of climate change impacts and adaptation. Webinar recording: Presented…

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Christine Zimmer

By Jacqueline Richard | January 25, 2023 |

Christine Zimmer, M.Sc.(Eng.), P.Eng., is the manager of water protection and restoration for CVC. She is responsible for developing tools, guidance documents, and providing assistance to stakeholders implementing LID practices in both new and existing urban areas. Zimmer and her team are also responsible for in-stream real-time water quality monitoring and monitoring of innovative stormwater…

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Anne Wiles

By Jacqueline Richard | January 25, 2023 |

Anne Wiles, PhD. Senior Analyst, came to RSI through her interests in public and institutional attitudes to risk and complex technologies. After time as writer and editor with federal government, and with a couple of degrees in English literature, she became interested in the different ways in which people interpret events, and scientific explanations for…

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Webinar: Advancing Adaptation in Practice: Innovative Solutions for Stormwater Management in a Changing Climate

By Jacqueline Richard | March 14, 2022 |

Thursday, March 24, 2022, 1-2pm EST Canadian municipalities continue to grapple with the impacts of climate change, including increased variability in precipitation leading to localized flooding. Innovative stormwater management approaches, including Low Impact Development (LID) approaches such as natural and nature-based solutions, are needed in order to ensure continued service delivery under a changing climate. …

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Climate Change Adaptation Training for Prairie Region Planners

By Jacqueline Richard | February 15, 2022 |

The Climate Risk Institute (CRI), in partnership with the Canadian Institute of Planners, All One Sky Foundation and Wallace Insights, developed a training program that brings in-depth climate change adaptation and resilience training to the Professional Planning audience in the Prairies Region. Training modules have been customized for Planners across the Prairies presenting regional information…

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Évaluation du changement climatique et des risques pour les infrastructures : le protocole CVIIP – Paiement

By Jacqueline Richard | January 26, 2022 |

Étape 2: Paiement Space Dates du cours: Conformément à votre inscription, vous payez les frais pour la durée du cours sur le protocole du CVIIP indiquée ci-dessous: du jeudi 7 avril au jeudi 5 mai 2022. Fees $625.00 (plus les taxes applicables) – Si vous recherchez une accréditation IRP $475.00 (plus les taxes applicables) – si…

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