DRRN members are sharing their work with a wide audience. On this page, we are collecting just a few of the outreach efforts made by members of the network. Check back frequently for new content.
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CTV Morning Live, "Getting Prepared for an Earthquake" | Sara Shneiderman | Feb. 27, 2025 |
CTV Morning Live, "How Canadians are Preparing for Natural Disasters" | Sara Shneiderman | Oct. 15, 2024 |
| Global News, "B.C. wildfires: Future wildfire mitigation" Click to watch | Sarah Dickson-Hoyle | Aug. 26, 2023 |
| Global National, "BC wildfires still a danger as some evacuation orders are lifted" Click to watch | Dwayne Tannant | Aug. 25, 2023 |
DRRN Research Seminar presentation, titled: "Reconstructing Nepal after the 2015 Earthquakes: Lessons Learned for BC and Beyond" | Sara Shneiderman | April 5, 2023 |
DRRN Research Seminar presentation, titled: "Mitigation of Small Post-Wildfire Debris Flows" | Dwayne Tannant | March 15, 2023 |
DRRN Research Seminar presentation, titled: "Growing Resilience and Adaptive Capacity with LGBTQ2S+ Communities on the Oregon Coast: A Queer Community Capital Framework" | Natasha Fox | Feb. 1, 2023 |
DRRN Research Seminar presentation, titled: "When can we all go home?" Analyzing the recovery stage of disaster management | David Edgington | Oct. 26, 2022 |
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Radio interview with Manimugdha Sharma on earthquake preparedness in BC and lessons learned from 2015 Nepal earthquakes | Sara Shneiderman | Oct. 21, 2024 |
Interview on CBC Radio, Daybreak South with Chris Walker: UBC Okanagan engineering professor Dwayne Tannant describes what happens when water from the blocked Chilcotin River starts flowing over the landslide | Dwayne Tannant | Aug. 6, 2024 |
Members featured on two episodes of the podcast Future Ecologies. Part 1 - "On Fire: Under Water" focuses on impacts of and recovery from wildfires, and Part 2 - "On Fire: Walking on Two Legs" discusses the community roles as 'fire watchers' and cultural burning. | Sarah Dickson-Hoyle & Lori Daniels | Sep. - Oct., 2023 |
Interview on CBC Midday Cafe with Leonard Linklater: “Researcher says wildfires can help environment but disproportionately affect First Nations negatively” | Sarah Dickson-Hoyle | Aug. 29, 2023 |
Interview with Mankiran Aujla on Spice Radio on "Wildfires in Southern Interior, the response and how to plan for natural disasters" | Maya Daurio | Aug. 23, 2023 |
Radio interview on QR Calgary with Angela Kokott, commenting on their article in The Conversation about wildfires and long-term planning for disasters | Jonathan Eaton & Sara Shneiderman | May 19, 2023 |
Radio interview on BC Today with Michelle Eliot, commenting on the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act. | Jocelyn Stacey | Feb. 17, 2023 |
Radio interview on CBC Daybreak South, commenting on lessons from Nepal for earthquake disaster response in Syria/Turkey. Sara's portion is from 1:44:05-1:52:00. | Sara Shneiderman | Feb. 14, 2023 |
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"After the fires, mudslides come" in UBC News | Kaushal Gnyawali and Dwayne Tannant | Aug. 12, 2024 |
"Fire probably not the cause of Chilcotin landslide: experts" in the National Observer | Dwayne Tannant | Aug. 2, 2024 |
"Future-Proofing Your Town Sounds Great, Until You Try It" in The Atlantic | Sara Shneiderman | Dec. 22, 2023 |
"Proof is in the poop: Deer pellets show stress B.C. wildfires put on ecosystem" in Global News | Sarah Dickson-Hoyle | Sep. 24, 2023 |
"Researchers simulating wildfire evacuations for five Western Canadian communities" in the The Globe and Mail | Amy Kim | Sep. 10, 2023 |
"UBC project looks to bridge the gap between climate worry and action" in the Vancouver Sun | Taylor Legere | Sep. 5, 2023 |
"How severe wildfires are reshaping the future of B.C. forests" in the Vancouver Sun | Sarah Dickson-Hoyle | Sep. 2, 2023 |
"Communities in B.C.'s Okanagan grapple with highway disruption caused by rock slide" in CBC News | Dwayne Tannant | Aug. 31, 2023 |
"Tensions à Shuswap : quand les désastres naturels poussent à la défiance" in CBC/Radio-Canada | Philippe Le Billon | Aug. 30, 2023 |
"Should B.C. prepare people to 'stay and defend' if they defy wildfire evacuation orders?" in CityNews | Sarah Dickson-Hoyle | Aug. 26, 2023 |
"Is B.C. doing enough to tool-up small communities to fend off wildfires?" in CityNews | Sarah Dickson-Hoyle | Aug. 24, 2023 |
"Permanent emergency response team promising, if done right: UBC expert" in CityNews | Dwayne Tannant | Aug. 24, 2023 |
"Devastating wildfire in Kelowna a reminder of 2003's catastrophic blaze" in CTV News | Maya Daurio | Aug. 18, 2023 |
"Canada’s Wildfires Threaten Its Farmers From All Sides" in Modern Farmer | Jonathan Eaton | Jun. 24, 2023 |
"As we fight the Alberta and B.C. wildfires, we must also plan for future disasters" in The Conversation | Jonathan Eaton and Sara Shneiderman | May 17, 2023 |
"Reframing conversations around earthquakes: UBC Okanagan becoming a world leader in disaster resiliency" (UBC Faculty Profile) | Lisa Tobber | Mar. 24, 2023 |
"Emergencies Act inquiry final report is a reminder that we all have a role in upholding the rule of law" in The Conversation | Jocelyn Stacey, with Nomi Claire Lazar | Feb. 21, 2023 |
"How ‘colonialism by paper cuts’ has undermined Indigenous pandemic leadership" in The Conversation | Jocelyn Stacey, with Crystal Verhaeghe and Emma Feltes | Jun. 22, 2021 |
Coverage of the exhibition A Future for Memory: Art and Life After the Great East Japan Earthquake, held at UBC's Museum of Anthropology (MOA): | Exhibition curated by Fuyubi Nakamura | Feb.-Mar. 2021 |
"How Indigenous leadership is protecting communities from climate disasters" in The Conversation | Jocelyn Stacey | Jun. 13, 2019 |