The British Columbia government is expected to introduce legislation Thursday to make Daylight Saving Time permanent.
Meanwhile, thousands in Southern California have fled their homes as active wildfires and strong winds put the region under an extreme fire danger warning.
UBC experts are available to comment:
Daylight Saving Time
Werner Antweiler
Associate Professor, UBC Sauder School of Business
Phone: 604-822-8484
Email: werner.antweiler@ubc.ca
- cost and benefits of Daylight Saving Time
*available 10 a.m. to noon, 1:30 to 3 p.m. PDT
Wendy Hall
Professor Emerita, School of Nursing
Cell: 604-649-3567
Email: wendy.hall@nursing.ubc.ca
- sleep
*available before 11 a.m. and after 2 p.m. PDT
California wildfires
Dr. Christopher Carlsten
Professor, Faculty of Medicine
Canada Research Chair in Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease
Cell: 604-839-1561
Email: christopher.carlsten@ubc.ca
- respiratory problems and immunologic effects from air quality and smoke
Simon Donner
Professor, Department of Geography
Tel: 604-561-7284
Email: simon.donner@ubc.ca
- climate change in relation to wildfires and extreme events
*phone and email interviews only
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