UBC experts are available to discuss wildfires in B.C. and associated health risks.
Air quality
Dr. Chris Carlsten
Faculty of Medicine
Tel: 604-839-1561
Email: carlsten@mail.ubc.ca
- Respiratory problems from air quality and smoke
Sarah Henderson
School of Population and Public Health
Tel: 604-910-9144
Email: sarah.henderson@bccdc.ca
- Wildfire smoke and health effects
- Preparing for wildfire smoke
*Generally available after Thursday, May 30
Wildfires
Lori Daniels
Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences
Tel: 236-997-5222
- Forest fires, past and present
- Impacts of climate change on forests
Simon Donner
Department of Geography, and Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Tel: 604-561-7284
Email: simon.donner@ubc.ca
- Climate change in relation to wildfires and extreme events
John Innes
Faculty of Forestry
Tel: 604-822-6761
Email: john.innes@ubc.ca
- Impact of drought on forests
- Adaptation of forests to climate change
- Responses of resorts (like Whistler) to climate change
Harry Nelson
Department of Forest Resources Management
Tel: 604-827-3478
Email: harry.nelson@ubc.ca
- Economic impact of wildfires on affected communities
- Aboriginal forestry
* Available starting week of June 3rd
David Scott
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (Okanagan campus)
Cell: 250-870-6928
Email: david.scott@ubc.ca
- Effects of fire on soils, water and ecosystems
- Flood, erosion and landslides following wildfire
- Rehabilitation measures to prevent flood/erosion damage after wildfires
Jocelyn Stacey
Peter A. Allard School of Law
Tel: 604-822-8326
Email: stacey@allard.ubc.ca
- Emergency management law
- Jurisdictional issues impacting emergency management on First Nations lands
* Not available Thursday, May 30 after 4 p.m. or Friday, May 31 before 1 p.m.