Professor, Disaster & Emergency Management, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies & Director, CIFAL York, York University, Canada
I am a professor of disaster and emergency management at York University, Toronto, Canada. I have been teaching and researching various types of disasters and emergencies since 1993. My research focuses on human, economic and environmental, and technology applications aspects of disasters and emergency management. I develop many different types of simulations and applications for disaster and emergency management.
The Jasper fire highlights the risks climate change poses to Canada’s world heritage sites
Aug 01, 2024 22:11 pm UTC| Nature
Climate change and extreme weather events pose a real risk to the worlds heritage sites a stark reality laid bare by the recent wildfire in Jasper, Alta.. Canada has 22 United Nations Educational, Scientific and...
Feb 14, 2023 12:56 pm UTC| Nature
The strong and disastrous earthquake that shook southern Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6 drew attention to search-and-rescue (SAR) operations. The medias attention raised familiar questions around SAR, including who conducts...
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