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UCalgary prof hopes science can help mitigate future forest-fire disasters

A woman and children who were stranded by high water due to flooding are rescued by a volunteer operating a boat in Abbotsford, B.C., in November 2021.

Insurance isn’t enough: Governments need to do better on natural disaster resilience

Portrait of Dr. Julie Drolet, PhD

B.C. floods are wake-up call to adapt infrastructure to meet realities of climate change: UCalgary professor

A portion of the Coquihalla Highway near Hope, B.C., is destroyed following heavy rains and mudslides in B.C.

B.C. floods reveal fragile food supply chains — 4 ways to manage the crisis now and in the future

Disaster-mapping drones often neglect deadliest, costliest events and hardest-hit areas

Destroyed Tapovan Vishnugad hydroelectric plant after devastating debris flow of Feb 7, 2021.

Global coalition of scientists examine cause, scope of February 2021 disaster in India's Chamoli district

A flooded street in lower Bridgeland in N.E. Calgary, 2013.

Ready to launch: Social Work and Disaster Network

Julie Drolet

Social work prof named 2020 Killam Research Excellence Laureate

Bachelor of Education student Raneem Elhowari explains the role robots can play in preventing forest fires at the recent Werklund School STEM showcase. Photo by Riley Brandt, University of Calgary

Encounters with astro trash and space spiders

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National disaster risk financing plan seen as vital for Canadians