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Learn Downtown: Wildfires in Alberta

Wednesday, July 31, 2024
12:15pm to 1:00pm

Edmonton Public Library (Stanley A. Milner)
Free
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In this overview presentation, you will learn about the role of fire in Alberta's forest ecosystems, the complex factors that drive escalated fire activity, and the science used to support fire management under a warming climate.

Join Jen Beverly, associate professor at U of A, as we learn about wildfires in Alberta.

Jen Beverly is an Associate Professor at the University of Alberta. She holds MSc and PhD degrees from the University of Toronto, and an Honours Bachelor of Environmental Studies from the University of Waterloo. Her research team currently focuses on various aspects of wildfire risk assessment – with the overarching goal of providing decision makers with tools to ensure social and ecological systems thrive in fire-prone environments. Jen is a fire behaviour specialist, a former helitack crew leader (Ontario Fire Ranger), and a former federal government research scientist.


Edmonton Public Library (Stanley A. Milner)

7 Sir Winston Churchill Sq NW
Edmonton, AB, T5J 2V4


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