UBC experts on landslides

A landslide is blocking B.C.’s Chilcotin River, prompting evacuation orders and flood warnings downstream of the slide. UBC experts are available to comment.

Professor, Department of Forest Resources Management

Tel: 604-822-6058

Email: younes.alila@ubc.ca

Interview languages: English

Expertise:

  • Hydrology
  • Flood
  • Water resources and structures
Professor, Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering

Email: delmo@mining.ubc.ca

Interview languages: English

Expertise:

  • Rock modelling and engineering design
Professor, Forest and Conservation Sciences

Tel: 604-822-9377

Email: scott.hinch@ubc.ca

Interview languages: English

Expertise:

  • Salmon ecology, fisheries and migrations
  • Land use impacts on fish and habitat
PhD student, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability

Tel: 236-308-9004

Email: cmil137@mail.ubc.ca

Interview languages: English

Expertise:

  • The current state of flood management in B.C.
  • The history of flooding in B.C. 
  • The disproportionate impact of flooding on the Indigenous communities of Canada

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Professor, Biodiversity Research Centre, Dept. of Forest and Conservation Sciences

Tel: 604-822-6586

Email: john.richardson@ubc.ca

Interview languages: English

Expertise:

  • Freshwater
  • Conservation
  • Species at risk
Professor, School of Engineering

Tel: 250-807-8067

Email: dwayne.tannant@ubc.ca

Interview languages: English

Expertise:

  • Soil mechanics
  • Landslides
  • How wildfires and climate change have increased the risk of landslides in B.C.