UBC experts are available to comment on issues related to forest fires, droughts, heat waves, smoke and air quality issues.
David Andison
Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Forest Management Resources
Tel: 250.229.5206
Cell: 778.388.0985
Email: andison@bandaloop.ca
- How forest fires behave
- Ecological implications of wildfires, cumulative effects
- Forest management
Michael Brauer
Professor, School of Population and Public Health
Tel: 604.822.9585 (e-mail preferred)
Email: michael.brauer@ubc.ca
- Air pollution
- Forest fire smoke and health effects
- Health effects of extreme heat
- Climate change and health
Chris Carlsten
Associate Professor, School of Population and Public Health
Email: carlsten@mail.ubc.ca
Tel: 604.839.1561
- Respiratory problems
- Health effects of heat waves
- Climate change
Lori Daniels
Associate Professor, Dept. of Forest and Conservation Sciences
Tel: 236.997.5222
Email: lori.daniels@ubc.ca
- Forest fires, past and present
- Forest decline and tree deaths related to drought
- Impacts of climate variation and change on forests
Sara Harris
Senior Instructor, Dept. of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Tel: 604-822-9651
Email (preferred): sharris@eos.ubc.ca
- Climate change & current climate conditions
- Climate mitigation, carbon emissions
Sarah Henderson
Assistant Professor, School of Population and Public Health
Tel: 604.910.9144
Email: sarah.henderson@bccdc.ca
- Extreme hot weather and its health impacts
- Forest fire smoke and its health impacts
- Climate change and health in general
John Innes
Dean, Faculty of Forestry
Tel: 604.822.6761
Cell: 604.603.5916
Email: john.innes@ubc.ca
- People’s responses to heat waves
- Impact of heat waves on forests
- Impact of drought on forests
- Adaptation of forests to climate change
- Responses of resorts (like Whistler) to climate change
Please note: John Innes is unavailable in mid-July and mid-August for interviews.
John Richardson
Professor, Dept. of Forest and Conservation Sciences
Tel: 604.822.6586 (best available via e-mail)
Email: john.richardson@ubc.ca
Skype: john.s.richardson
- Freshwater ecosystems – impacts on salmon and other fish
- Impacts on forest growth and forest health
- Impacts on downstream users of water, including humans, of changes in volumes, temperatures and water quality
- Competition for water between users (humans vs. other species)
Hans Schreier
Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Tel 1: 604.822.4401
Tel 2: 604.731.0548
Email: hans.schreier@ubc.ca
- Water conservation and river management
- Drought management
- Domestic and agricultural water use and water pollution
Please note: Hans Schreier is not available in mid-July for interviews.
David Scott
Associate Professor, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, UBC Okanagan
Tel: 250.807.8755
Cell: 250.870.6928
Email: david.scott@ubc.ca
- Effects of fire on soils, water and ecosystems
- Rehabilitation measures to prevent flood/erosion damage in the aftermath of wildfire