Coast and Ocean Risk Communication Community of Practice

Communicating and Collaborating to Mitigate Loss to Catastrophes and Climate Change
2021-06-10 10:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto)
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June 10 Agenda & Speakers
How to connect risk information, decisions… and consequences?

Janot Mendler de Suarez, Visiting Research Fellow, Boston University – Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-range Future
Pablo Suarez, Visiting Research Fellow, Boston University – Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-range Future

Success Stories and Novel Approaches from Real-World Projects

Glenn McGillivray, Managing Director, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
Marjorie Brans, Director of Ecosystem Impact, School for Social Entrepreneurs Canada
Simon J. Mitchell, Vice President, Resilient Habitats, World Wildlife Fund Canada
Sheila Murray, Co Founder, CREW Toronto

High-Risk Flood Insurance Pool Updates for Canada

Dr. Matthew Godsoe, Director, Resilience and Economics Integration Division, Public Safety Canada

Decision Science & Risk Systems: How people think about & react to risk

Dipika Deol, Head UW Canada & English Caribbean, Swiss Re
Dr. Jen Henderson, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geosciences, Texas Tech University
Erin Kelly, President & CEO, Advanced Symbolics Inc.
Dr. Howard Kunreuther, Professor and Co-Director, Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Insights from New Zealand’s Earthquake Commission

Darryl Pidcock, Head of PERILS Asia-Pacific, PERILS AG
Dr. Jo Horrocks, Chief Resilience and Research Officer, Earthquake Commission

Enhancing Connections Across Climate Change Adaptation Platforms
2021-05-20 07:00 - 09:30 (America/Vancouver)
Date and time: Thu, May 20, 2021, 7:00 AM – 9:30 AM Pacific / 10 AM – 11:30 AM Eastern
Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/enhancing-connections-across-climate-adaptation-platforms-session-4-tickets-148971223941
About this Event: Engage and answer questions around the importance of user needs considerations in platform offerings to support the ‘knowledge-to–action’ transfer in adaptation decision-making and discuss the possible approaches for how to integrate identified users needs into platform offerings.
Target Audience: Climate adaptation platform providers in Canada and abroad; climate adaptation action enablers; climate communication and education professionals; individuals with interest and experience working with climate vulnerable communities.
Hosts: Government of Canada (ECCC and NRCan)

Lessons Learned from Community-Engaged Research and Capacity Enhancement: North-South Collaborations...
2021-05-07 09:30 - 11:00 (America/Vancouver)
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Interactive Webinar: Lessons Learned from Community-Engaged Research and Capacity Enhancement: North-South Collaborations to support Low-Impact Arctic Shipping Corridors Decision-Making
This webinar is the second of two webinars exploring topics related to community-driven research carried out under the University of Ottawa-led Arctic Corridors and Northern Voices research project (https://www.arcticcorridors.ca).
This virtual, interactive session focuses on the ‘lessons learned’ from the project from the perspectives of the academic research community, community partners, and youth community researchers, with potential lessons for industry and government representatives who are interested in collaborating with Northern communities.
The Arctic Corridors and Northern Voices research project involved 14 communities across Arctic Canada, including 59 Inuit and Northern youth as community researchers, and resulted in a series of locally-informed community-specific maps to inform Arctic waters users about the significant socio-cultural, archaeological and ecological areas, and local travel routes, for integration into the Low Impact Shipping Corridors.
Dr. Natalie Carter of the University of Ottawa, the project Community Research Lead, will present on the benefits, challenges, and lessons learned. Shirley Tagalik, of the Arviat Aqqiumavvik Society will discuss the unexpected outcomes from the research project for her community relevant to safety issues with shipping and travel, ice monitoring and mapping, and infrastructure location. Natasha Simonee, a community researcher and partner in Mittimatalik (Pond Inlet, Nunavut) will share insights from her involvement with the project including suggestions for communicating and working with community partners. Dr. Amber Silver, Assistant Professor, College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity of the University at Albany, New York and Coast and Ocean Risk Communication Community of Practice Co-Lead, will moderate the session.
Session Hosts
This webinar is jointly hosted by the Canadian Marine Shipping Risk Forum (CMSRF), and the Coast and Ocean Risk Communication Community of Practice (CORC CoP), two communities of practice supported by MEOPAR (the Marine Environmental Observation, Prediction, and Response) Network, a federally-funded Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE).
Presenters’ Biographies
Natalie Carter. Natalie Carter is a Research Associate in the Environment, Society and Policy Group in the Department of Geography, Environment, and Geomatics at University of Ottawa and the Straight Up North Research Team in the School of Earth, Environment and Society at McMaster University. She is the Community Research Lead of the Arctic Corridors and Northern Voices research project. In this role, she actively engages Inuit and Northerners in the development of potential management strategies related to national marine policy initiatives (shipping). Natalie spends about ¼ of her time in Canadian Arctic communities working closely with community organizations, youth, adults, and Elders. This includes youth capacity enhancement, co-constructing projects, documenting local knowledge, conducting analyses, and results validation and sharing.
Website links: www.espg.ca; https://straightupnorth.ca; https://www.arcticcorridors.ca
Natasha Simonee. Natasha Simonee is a mother, a hunter, researcher, and a teacher by profession. She spends much of the spring and summer with her family collecting data for community research projects. Before becoming a teacher, she held many positions that allowed her to explore and find her interest in research, and her role in community research that benefits her community and its people. Natasha lives in Mittimatalik (Pond Inlet), Nunavut
Shirley Tagalik. Shirley Tagalik is a retired educator living in Arviat, Nunavut. She has worked at all levels in the early childcare and school system and led the curriculum division of Early Childhood and School Services for 10 years. She is an active researcher in the areas of education, child development, language development, youth engagement, youth suicide prevention, determinants of health, healing and cultural revitalization. For the past 20 years she has been actively working with Inuit Elders to document their cultural knowledge, Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit. Shirley serves as a volunteer director of the Arviat Aqqiumavvik Society, a community group dedicated to addressing concerns through community-driven research and innovative programming.
Website links: www.aqqiumavvik.com

ScienceTalk '21
2021-03-24 08:00 - 2021-03-26 17:00 UTC
The challenges of 2020 have shown more than ever how important science communication is to the functioning of society. But, beyond that, it has highlighted our resilience as communicators, and the passion that we share to educate, inform, and entertain. Connect with your community of professional science communicators at SCIENCE TALK ’21 over three days of workshops, panel discussions, presentations, and networking opportunities. Learn, explore, and share with other Science Talkers! To register, visit this link: https://www.sciencetalk.org/science-talk-21.html

Fathom: Industry insights into flood hazard modelling methods
2021-03-22 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto)
Register for Webinar Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EDtx78wnT2S6-CfWCTC3wQ
Fathom was formed out of the University of Bristol Hydrology Research Group, a world-leading authority in modelling flood risk. Since then, the company has grown significantly and now works with insurers, international development agencies, conservation agencies, academics, emergency responders and multi-national corporations on a global basis. In the face of the increasing challenges posed by climate change, this commitment ensures they are providing their customers and partners with market-leading flood models based on the latest science. Fathom has recently launched Fathom-US 2.0, a comprehensive national scale model that combines inland, fluvial, pluvial and coastal flooding under a 2020 climate scenario rather than solely relying on historical records. The complex data analytics and model coverage enables a variety of stakeholders to confidently forecast flood risk and implement the appropriate mitigation measure.

Panel Discussion on Implementing Climate Change Adaptation Plans
2021-03-11 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto)
For more information about the event, or to attend, visit: https://brocku.ca/esrc/2021/03/03/panel-discussion-on-implementing-climate-change-adaptation-plans/
The Environmental Sustainability Research Centre’s (ESRC) Sustainability Seminar Series will continue on Thursday, March 11th, 2021 at 11am EST with a panel about implementing climate change adaptation plans. We will be joined by three experienced professionals who have been an integral part of making their local communities more resilient to the effects of climate change. This event is in partnership with Niagara Adapts, one of the ESRC’s innovative partnerships that is focused on leveraging resources and expertise to support collaborative climate change adaptation, planning, and implementation within seven municipalities in the Niagara Region. The Niagara Adapts partnership is led by Dr. Jessica Blythe, who will be the moderator for this exciting event.
The panelists include Katie Thompson from the City of Barrie, Jacob Porter from the City of Thunder Bay, and Joanna Eyquem from the Intact Centre.

International Crisis and Risk Communication Conference 2021
2021-03-08 - 2021-03-10
The International Crisis and Risk Communication Conference (ICRCC) affords attendees the rare opportunity to network with prominent crisis communication practitioners, leaders and researchers in a relaxed setting. You can expect to initiate and develop strong, inspiring professional relationships that may benefit you and your organization. Open participation and feedback are encouraged, within interactive sessions with like-minded peers, professionals and researchers in attendance.
Each year the International Crisis and Risk Communication Conference brings together an exciting agenda of anticipated sessions and speakers, and attendees receive high value for their education and travel dollars. Our general and breakout sessions bring you a firsthand look at the most current topics in the field. We continue to bring in leading professionals and researchers to share their expertise in interactive case studies, in-depth panel discussions and useful, new and noteworthy sessions. In the year of COVID-19, our 2020-2021 conference will be hosted virtually between March 8-10, 2021.
Register at Event Webpage: https://communication.ucf.edu/icrcc/registration/

Coast 2 Coast 2 Coast Trivia Challenge
2021-02-24 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Vancouver)
The Canadian Coastal Resilience Forum (CCRF) and the Coast and Ocean Risk Communication (CORC) Community of Practice are pleased to present our inaugural virtual Coast 2 Coast 2 Coast Trivia Challenge. Join us for a fun filled hour of trivia, knowledge sharing and networking on Wednesday, February 24th, 2021 at 10am PT/ 1pm ET/ 2pm AT.
From MEOPAR history to coastal science to pop culture, we promise there will be a topic for everyone! The rules are straightforward, we will have a handful of rounds – each with different themes. Collaborate with others to answer a series of questions and the team with the most correct answers wins!
This event is free. MEOPAR, CCRF and CORC CoP members and interested public are welcome to participate!
Register Here
If you have any questions regarding the event, please email scottar@waterloo.ca for more information.

Webinar: Building a shared perspective on Arctic waters through community-engaged research
2021-02-17 11:00 - 12:15 (America/Vancouver)
Register Here (https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_twi1S0qHRo6rqjT-r59u7g)
You are cordially invited to join us for a live webinar presentation, jointly hosted by CORC CoP and MEOPAR’s Canadian Marine Shipping Risk Forum on February 17.
This webinar will present perspectives by a panel of 3 different rights holder and stakeholder groups around their shared interests in the use and protection of Arctic waters as both shipping corridors to assist development and facilitate transportation, and as cultural sites which represent Inuit places of significance.
Research carried out under the University of Ottawa-led Arctic Corridors and Northern Voices research project (https://www.arcticcorridors.ca) in 14 communities across Arctic Canada resulted in a series of community-specific maps to inform users of Arctic waters about significant socio-cultural, archaeological and ecological areas, and local travel routes, for integration into the Low Impact Shipping Corridors. The research also created an opportunity for stakeholders, including Inuit community members, to discuss the risks of increased shipping in these waters and possible management strategies to be considered to address those risks.
Dr. Natalie Carter will present key findings of this research initiative. Shirley Tagalik will present on the impacts of partnering in this research for a local community, the on-going work being done in the Arviat coastal region and on how engaging youth in research can build sustainable practices for a community. Keenan “Nooks” Lindell will present on the impacts of youth engagement in community-based projects, including ocean-related research and initiatives.
Natalie Carter
Research Associate @University of Ottawa
Natalie Carter is a Research Associate in the Environment, Society and Policy Group in the Department of Geography, Environment, and Geomatics at University of Ottawa and the Straight Up North Research Team in the School of Earth, Environment and Society at McMaster University. She is the Community Research Lead of the Arctic Corridors and Northern Voices research project. In this role, she actively engages Inuit and Northerners in the development of potential management strategies related to national marine policy initiatives (shipping). Natalie spends about ¼ of her time in Canadian Arctic communities working closely with community organizations, youth, adults, and Elders. This includes youth capacity enhancement, co-constructing projects, documenting local knowledge, conducting analyses, and results validation and sharing.
Keenan “Nooks” Lindell
Ujjiqsuinniq Coordinator @Aqqiumavvik Society
Keenan Lindell is an Inuk from Arviat, NU currently working as Ujjiqsuinniq Coodinator for Aqqiumavvik Society. Keenan has 2 years of Nunavut Sivuniksavut where he studied and researched Inuit History, Nunavut, Nunavik and Nunatsiavut Land claims agreements and negotiations, Inuktitut, interviewing and history of arctic research. At Nunavut Arctic College Keenan earned a certificate in the Environmental Technology Program (ETP). During ETP Keenan studied Wildlife Biology, Geometry, water and ice monitoring as well as on the land skills and field research. Keenan has spent 6 years working in research between his job as Wildlife Technician for the Government of Nunavut and in his current role with Aqqiumavvik. He has gained skills, knowledge and experience in field research, interviewing elders, managing research data, facilitating meetings and consultations, working with Inuit organizations and southern researchers, coordinating staff, working with youth and writing reports.
Shirley Tagalik
Retired Educator and Active Researcher @Arviat Aqqiumavvik Society
Shirley Tagalik is a retired educator living in Arviat, Nunavut. She has worked at all levels in the early childcare and school system and lead the curriculum division of Early Childhood and School Services for 10 years. She is an active researcher in the areas of education, child development, language development, youth engagement, youth suicide prevention, determinants of health, healing and cultural revitalization. For the past 20 years she has been actively working with Inuit Elders to document their cultural knowledge, Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit. Shirley serves as a volunteer director on the Arviat Aqqiumavvik Society, a community group dedicated to addressing concerns through community-driven research and innovative programming.

What’s That Sound? Tsunami Evacuation on Vancouver Island
2021-01-15 10:00 - 23:00 (America/Vancouver)
It’s 3am on an early Tuesday morning, and you wake to the sound of a warning siren. You realize it’s your community’s tsunami warning system, and listen as it broadcasts instructions to evacuate the tsunami inundation zone and seek shelter on higher ground. You aren’t sure if you live in the inundation zone or not. What do you do?
We conducted parallel door-to-door and online surveys to better understand how Port Alberni residents responded to this exact scenario on an early January morning in 2018. We wanted to learn how and when residents learned about the tsunami warning, what actions they took to respond, and where evacuees sought safety. We also wanted to explore residents’ views on how the evacuation was conducted by emergency officials and how the event may have changed their perceptions of tsunami risk in the community. Join us as we discuss some of our findings from over 450 public surveys and interviews with 11 community and regional emergency officials in the Alberni Valley and highlight some best practices to improve future evacuations.
Please visit this link to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mzAyBYAdTG6XCK-Z2AjcUg
Dr. Ryan Reynolds (Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia, School of Community and Regional Planning)

2020 UNDERSTANDING RISK FORUM
2020-12-01 08:00 - 2020-12-03 17:00 UTC
The Understanding Risk (UR) Global Forum is a biennial conference that convenes experts and practitioners from all around the world to showcase the best practices and latest innovations in the field of disaster risk identification as well as to facilitate non-traditional interactions and partnerships.
Register Here: https://understandrisk.org/event/ur2020_forum/

Webinar: Life at the Arctic’s Edge: Looking for long-term environmental change in a subarctic landscape
2020-11-19 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Vancouver)
Life at the Arctic’s Edge: Looking for long-term environmental change in a subarctic landscape
Hosted by the ArcticNet Students Association
Dr. LeeAnn Fishback is a Research Associate at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre in Churchill, Manitoba. Her research focuses on environmental freshwater geochemistry investigating the impacts of environmental change in the Churchill region. Much of this research is conducted with citizen science volunteers as part of the Earthwatch project called “Climate Change at the Arctic’s Edge”. For 15+ years, she has conducted long-term monitoring on key environmental variables along the western coast of Hudson Bay to explore the impacts of change while communicating scientific findings with local community members and citizen scientists. LeeAnn has spent more than 25 years working throughout the Canadian Arctic including living and working in Churchill for the last 18 years.
REGISTER HERE: http://bit.ly/2UAO8XO

Seven Best Practices for Risk Communication (Online)
2020-11-19 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Toronto)
Course Description – NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Understanding risk is a key component for initiatives focused on helping communities prepare for and respond to weather and climate hazards. This interactive webinar introduces participants to seven best practices, numerous techniques, and examples for communicating about coastal hazards. Whether beginning a new effort or trying to keep people motivated to better prepare for future hazards, applying risk communication principles will lead to more effective results. Please note that this training focuses on improving risk communication skills for coastal hazards planning and preparedness, not crisis communication.
You Will Learn How To

Apply seven risk communication best practices and techniques
Use the fundamentals of behavior change to improve communication
Adapt successful strategies from case studies of peers who have applied these best practices and techniques

Participant Requirements

Internet and speakers
Adobe Connect (connection and user instructions provided in advance)

https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/training/risk-communication.html

Building Equity Using Nature-based Solutions
2020-11-10 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Vancouver)
Overview
Green infrastructure and nature-based solutions provide low-emissions urban planning approaches to climate impacts such as flooding, heatwaves and air quality, improved habitat for biodiversity, and benefits for mental and physical health, with the latter becoming even more important during the pandemic. However, access to green space is not always equitable, and without strategic planning these solutions can lead to gentrification and displacement. As interest in nature-based solutions accelerates across Canada, it is essential that we embed equity considerations in their design.
On November 10 from 11am-12pm PT, join ACT (the Adaptation to Climate Change Team), SFU and special guests Grant Fahlgren, Chair of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects’ Reconciliation Advisory Committee, and Katherine Howard, Project Manager for the City of Vancouver’s Parks and Recreation Services Master Plan, for a webinar on the intersections between equity, green infrastructure, climate action, and human health and well-being and ways to incorporate equity into climate and community planning.
Presenters

Grant Fahlgren, Project Designer at PFS Studio and Chair of the Reconciliation Advisory Committee of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects.
Katherine Howard, Project Manager, VanPlay, the City of Vancouver’s Parks and Recreation Services Master Plan.
Paige Hunter, ACT research assistant; student, Simon Fraser University’s School of Resource and Environmental Management.
Deborah Harford, Executive Director, ACT (the Adaptation to Climate Change Team), Faculty of Environment, Simon Fraser University.

The Role of the BC DRR Hub in Enhancing Use of Risk Information in Disaster and Climate Risk Reduction
2020-10-20 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Vancouver)
ONLINE: October 20, 2020, 1 pm – 3 pm (interactive session)
Convened by Sahar Safaie (Sage Consulting and DRR Pathways Project)
Explore the proposed design for “BC DRR Hub” as a mechanism to strengthen the governance of disaster and climate risk management. Participants will share insights and suggestions on the challenges, expectations, and good approaches to enhancing use of risk information in designing resilience policies and plans.

Canadian Ocean Literacy Coalition: Virtual Workshop
2020-06-22 08:00 - 2020-06-23 17:00 UTC
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The Canadian Ocean Literacy Coalition (COLC) is an alliance of organizations, networks, institutions, and communities working together to better understand and advance ocean literacy in Canada. Widely accepted internationally, ocean literacy is defined as understanding our impact on the ocean and the ocean’s impact on us.
The Canadian Ocean Literacy Coalition’s (COLC) primary project since our inception in 2018 has been to lead a Canada-wide research initiative to better understand Canadians’ varying relationships with the ocean and to examine how ocean literacy (OL) is understood and practiced across different regions and sectors. The aim of this work is to establish a baseline seascape of OL in Canada, and in so doing, to co-develop an evidence-based national OL strategy and implementation plan.
Regional and National Findings to be shared June 22-23!
The virtual workshop will take place over two days, June 22 and 23, with 6 one-hour sessions offered (3 sessions / day) as an opportunity to discuss, validate, and advance findings and recommendations to have emerged through the regional consultation and engagement phase. Outcomes of the virtual workshop will guide the final phase of drafting the national ocean literacy strategy and implementation plan.
Monday June 22nd
10:30 – 11:30am EDT: Atlantic
12:00 – 1:00pm EDT: St. Lawrence
1:30 – 2:30pm EDT: Pacific
Tuesday June 23rd
10:30 – 11:30am EDT: Inuit Nunangat
12:00 – 1:00pm EDT: Inland Canada
1:30 – 2:30pm EDT: National
Participation is open to anyone who is already a member of the COLC network, has participated in the study, or is more broadly interested in Canadian ocean literacy. Participants are welcome to join multiple sessions!

Webinar: Northern Communities on the Front Lines of Ocean Change
2020-06-10
Northern Communities on the Front Lines of Ocean Change
Earth’s polar regions are changing more rapidly than any other place on the planet. These changes are already having dramatic effects on people living in northern communities. How can scientists and communities work together to understand these changes and prepare for the future?
Join ONC for the first of SIX upcoming interactive webinars hosted by Ocean Networks Canada. In this session, learn about the intersection between scientific and Indigenous approaches to understanding ocean change in Northern communities and discuss preliminary sea-ice related findings with Maia Hoeberechts, the Associate Director of Learning & Community Engagement at Ocean Networks Canada.
To preview upcoming topics and additional resources, please continue to check ONC Learning & Community Engagement page: https://www.oceannetworks.ca/learning/resources/learningathome/LifelongLearnerCitizenScientist

54th CMOS Congress Online
2020-05-26 08:00 - 2020-06-10 17:00 UTC
More Info and Register HERE
We are pleased to announce that the online alternative to the 54th CMOS Congress is going ahead from Tuesday, May 26 to Wednesday, June 10, 2020.
After receiving enthusiastic support for moving the Congress online, we worked with convenors to create an online forum consisting of 16 virtual sessions spread out over three weeks. These sessions cover a broad range of topics related to the Congress theme of “Building Societal Resilience to Changing Weather, Climate, Oceans and Environment”.

Climate Outreach Webinar: May 21 - Communicating climate change during the Covid-19 crisis: what the evidence says
2020-05-21 07:00 - 08:00 (Europe/London)
More Information and Register Here
Communicating climate change during the Covid-19 crisis: what the evidence says. May 21: Register for 7am BST or 4pm BST (pick the best one for your time zone).
The world has changed — and advocates are having to change with it, adapting campaigns and plans to a profoundly new external environment. Commentators and campaigners are reflecting and re-writing plans. But what does the evidence say? The social science of climate change communication provides insights into what effective communications could look like during the current crisis.
Join Robin Webster, our Advocacy Senior Programme Lead, in a webinar on 21 May as she shares key insights from our upcoming toolkit, to be released the same day. There is a choice of two times depending on your timezone: 7am BST and 4pm BST.

*postponed* Marine Planning Process Workshop
2020-04-28 - 2020-04-30 | University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, B3H 4R2, Canada
MEOPAR and Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment will host the second Canadian Marine Planning Process (MPP) workshop at University of Victoria, Victoria, BC from April 28-30, 2020.
The MPP workshop will present participants with key issues in the marine planning process using national and West Coast case studies, interactive game-based activities, and an optional field trip on April 30th. Participants will learn an innovative approach to marine planning while building their network of coastal management professionals and early-career researchers in the Pacific region and across Canada.
Who should attend?
This workshop is designed for industry, public and not-for-profit professionals who make decisions regarding coastal and marine uses and resources, as well as those seeking a better understanding of marine planning decision-making. Students and postdoctoral fellows are encouraged to attend.
Travel Funding for HQP
HQP and recent alumni are eligible to apply to MEOPAR for travel funding. Up to five HQP from the Pacific region and five from other areas of Canada may receive travel support. Please contact Laura Avery to express interest.

NOAA Webinar: Seven Best Practices for Risk Communication - Weather and Climate
2020-03-11 15:00 - 16:30 (America/Toronto)
More Information and Webinar Registration
Understanding risk is a key component for initiatives focused on helping communities prepare for and respond to weather and climate hazards. This interactive webinar introduces participants to seven best practices, numerous techniques, and examples for communicating about coastal hazards. Whether beginning a new effort or trying to keep people motivated to better prepare for future hazards, applying risk communication principles will lead to more effective results.

Adaptation Canada 2020
2020-02-19 08:00 - 2020-02-21 17:00 (America/Vancouver)
Canada’s national conference on climate change adaptation is coming to the West Coast!
ADAPTATION CANADA 2020 (February 19-21, 2020) will bring to Vancouver experts and leaders from diverse sectors, regions and jurisdictions to work on one of the most urgent issues of our time — how to build climate change resilience in our communities, ecosystems and economy.
This conference is a must-attend for people in all orders of government (federal, provincial, municipal and Indigenous), industry, academia and non-government organizations. If you want to learn from others and make new connections to ramp up your own resilience efforts, this is your conference!

Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020 - San Diego, California
2020-02-16 - 2020-02-21
February 16-21, 2020, San Diego, California, USA
The Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) is the flagship conference for the ocean sciences and the larger ocean-connected community. As we approach the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, beginning in 2021, it is increasingly important to gather as a scientific community to raise awareness of the truly global dimension of the ocean, address environmental challenges, and set forth on a path towards a resilient planet.
Session: SI003: Ocean and Marine Sustainability: Preparedness for Climate and Ocean Extreme through Societal Participation.
Ocean, marine and coastal systems are important for human livelihoods. The Sustainable Development Goal 14 – the sustainable use and development of the world’s oceans – focuses on ocean and marine sustainability. This session deals with challenges and opportunities in ocean and marine sustainability. The session focuses on multidisciplinary issues related to climate and weather extremes and its impacts on ocean, marine and coastal biodiversity. We invite presentations on ocean and marine pollution, societal participation for ocean and marine sustainability, and risk and resilience in ocean, marine and coastal areas. The session also deals with the issues related to ocean change, acidification and hypoxia and social and ocean science interactions. The session invites presentations on ocean sustainability including ocean productivity, marine policies, aquaculture and fisheries resource management, information and communication science for ocean sustainability, ocean observation and data management, coastal and marine tourism, fish drought and its societal impacts and social, economic and policy issues relevant to coastal, marine and ocean resources estrangement and development.
Abstract submissions close on 11 September 2019.
Session SI003 Submission through URL agu.confex.com/agu/osm20/prelim.cgi/Session/85836

ArcticNet ASM 2019
2019-12-02 - 2019-12-05 | Halifax Convention Centre, 1650 Argyle St, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3J 0E6, Canada
Canada’s North is experiencing unprecedented change in its sea and terrestrial ice, permafrost and ecosystems under the triple pressures of climate change, industrialization and modernization. The impacts of these pressures can be seen on food and energy security, shipping, sovereignty, northern community health and well-being, and sustainable development and resource exploitation. All these issues have brought the North to the forefront of national and international agendas.
ArcticNet ASM Website

Webinar: Room for rivers and voices: A comparison of the Room for the River approaches in Alberta and the Netherlands
2019-11-13 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto)
Historically, both Alberta and the Netherlands have focused on physical  infrastructure  approaches to flood mitigation.  However, following catastrophic  flood  risk in the 1990s, the Dutch government developed the  Room-for-River (RfR) program, breaking from their 1000-year tradition of structural engineering approaches of ‘fighting the water’ to ‘living with water’. In Alberta, the  high cost of the 2013  disaster and a growing sensitivity to the implications of climate variability triggered a reassessment of costly structural solutions and exploration of other approaches, leading to three  RfR  projects. In this presentation, I compare the RfR approaches in the Netherlands and Alberta through the Transition Governance Framework.  Unlike transferable  technological change, RfR requires fundamental institutional, governance, and cultural change, and hence is more challenging to implement. This presentation sets the stage for discussions on how a combination of policies and practices  could  make  more room for rivers and  voices in flood risk management.https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FQ7T2NxsTQOxiGv2E8MZ1Qhttps://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FQ7T2NxsTQOxiGv2E8MZ1Qhttps://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FQ7T2NxsTQOxiGv2E8MZ1Q

Canadian Science Policy Conference
2019-11-13 - 2019-11-15 | Westin Hotel, 11 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N9H4, Canada

Webinar - Navigating the Changing Communication Landscape: Social Media For Risk and Crisis Communication
2019-10-04 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Vancouver)
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Webinar Description
Over the last 25 years, rapid advancements in the development and proliferation of communications technologies has had a dramatic impact on the ways we obtain, interpret, and respond to information. This is particularly true within the context of risk and crisis communication, which has been profoundly affected by the development of mobile technologies and new media. Social media is one such technology that has (perhaps unexpectedly) influenced all facets of emergency management, particularly preparedness and response. This talk will begin with an introduction to the field of risk and crisis communication, and then will discuss the impact that social media has had on disaster preparedness and response. This talk will outline the strengths of social media for crisis communications, as well as several significant challenges that social media has posed for emergency management. Lastly, this talk will examine several case studies (Hurricane Sandy and 2011 Goderich, Ontario tornado) to set the stage for a deeper discussion about lessons learned and future directions of research and practice.
Presenter: Dr. Amber Silver, Assistant Professor for the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity, University at Albany.
Dr. Silver received her Ph.D. in Geography and Environmental Management from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. Her primary research interests focus on how individuals and groups make decisions before, during, and after high-impact weather. She is interested in the roles that public attention, risk perception, and communication play in protective action decision making during extreme events. Her most recent research has focused on the ways that new technologies, including social media, influence how individuals obtain, interpret, and respond to official and unofficial warning information. Key areas of interest include: the impact of environmental disasters on sense of place and place attachment; the use of social media as a risk and crisis communications tool; and the role of new media in collective sense-making during and after disaster.

Webinar: Climate Action Planning: Creating Low-Carbon Resilient Communities
2019-08-07 13:15 - 14:45 (America/Toronto)
Webinar: August 7, 2019 1:15 to 2:45 PM EDT
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Climate Action Planning is designed to help planners, municipal staff and officials, citizens and others working at local levels to develop and implement plans to mitigate a community’s greenhouse gas emissions and increase the resilience of communities against climate change impacts. This fully revised and expanded edition goes well beyond climate action plans to examine the mix of policy and planning instruments available to every community. Boswell, Greve, and Seale also look at process and communication: How does a community bring diverse voices to the table? What do recent examples and research tell us about successful communication strategies?
Climate Action Planning is the most comprehensive book on the state of the art, science, and practice of local climate action planning. It should be a first stop for any local government interested in addressing climate change.
US context but ideas and approaches relevant to Canadian communities.
Hosted by the Security and Sustainability Forum

#TalkingClimate Training Webinar
2019-08-01 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Brussels)
Do you find it difficult to have conversations with friends, family and colleagues about the climate crisis? Are you interested in participating in an innovative ‘citizen science’ project and gaining interesting experience and new research skills?
Register here: https://climateoutreach.org/resources/how-to-have-a-climate-change-conversation-talking-climate/
Thursday, August 1, 2019, 6pm Central European Standard Time
This summer, we are seeking participants for a project exploring how to have conversations about climate change in our daily lives – and how to come out of them feeling inspired and connected. At the same time, we will be building a hugely important evidence base for the future.
The project is a collaboration between Climate-KIC and Climate Outreach working to widen and deepen public engagement in climate change by producing world-leading advice and practical tools for engagement.
As a participant, you will get:

A training webinar in early August laying out the evidence base on how to have effective day-to-day conversations about climate change;
Support – including from your own community – in having four to five conversations about climate change in your daily life over the summer period, with different sorts of people;
The ability to feedback your experiences in written and (if you like) video form and be a part of a wider piece of analysis;
A second webinar in October pulling together the feedback from all the participants into a piece of research;
A short report giving down to earth guidance on how to have conversations about climate change in your daily life, produced as a result of the research;
Inspiration to go on doing it!
At the moment, evidence exists from a number of different sectors – including social science research on climate change communications, non-violent communication principles and informal advice for important personal conversations like coming out or talking about religious beliefs. But this will be the first in-depth exploration of how to have the climate change conversation.

At a time when more are waking up to the climate crisis, these conversations are important. We’d really love to have your participation in exploring this – and hope that together we can learn a lot.

Webinar: How Risk Research Can Inform Professional Practice
2019-07-03 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto)
Risk research can be of great importance for professional practice, and vice versa. However, to connect the two domains is not always easy. During a period of over 15 year scholars at Lund University have been conducting research in close collaboration with professionals working with disaster risk management (DRM) in Sweden. The presentation is based on some of the experiences from several research programs during this period. It starts with a presentation of disaster risk management in general and use the Swedish DRM system to exemplify. Then follows a presentation of a research framework that has been used to ensure both scientific rigor and practical relevance of the results. And finally, the use of the framework is exemplified by describing several studies focusing on helping professionals improve their practice. One important practical problem addressed by the studies are how to aggregate risk information from several sources.
Wednesday, July 3 at 11am ET
