Big Moves to Reduce Risk & Build Resilience in Southwest BC. Presentations, Dialogue, Ignite talks, and Art!- Symposium Sprint One Launch 

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September 14, 1-4pm

Hosted by Susanna Haas Lyons (UR Organizing Committee), With Jessica Shoubridge (UR Organizing Committee), Murray Journeay (NRCan & UR Organizing Committee) and Tamsin Lyle (Ebbwater), and representatives from each September ‘Initiative in Focus’ session

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• This session will set the context for the 2020 symposium, including looking at the ‘where have we come from, why is this work important, and what are the risk reduction ‘big moves’ that the symposium sessions can further explore that support pathways to a resilient 2050 in the Lower Mainland. The first set of Ignite talks will be given by representatives from each initiative-in focus session which will provide an overview of the content to come in the September events series. Local artists will contribute to launching our work together.

Seismic Risk Reduction for Buildings: A Conversation About Options - Initiatives in Focus Session

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September 15- 1-3 pm 

Convened by Micah Hilt (City of Vancouver) & Andrew Pape-Salmon (Province of BC - BSSB), With Kylie Sandham (Province of BC - BSSB)

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• This session will provide an overview of the current regulatory context for buildings in British Columbia as it relates to seismic risk reduction and will explore potential policy tools and approaches for vulnerable buildings. It will also explore seismic risk reduction in the context of transformational opportunities, where the nexus of issues of affordability, potential displacement or disruption of residents, and cost, among other intersections, are at work

Working Together to Bend the Flood Risk Curve in BC’s Lower Mainland- Initiatives in Focus Session

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September 22 - 9-11am

Convened by Steve Litke (Fraser Basin Council) 

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• This session will share highlights of a draft strategy that is being developed in partnership with over fifty organizations to reduce Fraser River and coastal flood risk in the Lower Mainland. Key findings on flood hazard and risk analysis will be presented along with draft recommendations to reduce risk. Interactive discussions will be facilitated to provide feedback on the draft strategy.

Low Carbon, Resilient Buildings- Dialogue Session 

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September 22, 1-2:30 pm

With Dale Mikkelsen (SFU-Community Trust), Carlos Molina Hutt (UBC & EERI BC), Ilana Judah, (UBC), Tamsin Lyle (Ebbwater), Matt Strand (QUADReal), moderated by George Benson (Vancouver Economic Commission, Sector Lead- Built Environment)  

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• This panel will explore the ins and outs of enhancing low-carbon resilience in both new and existing buildings in BC, including lessons learned from; implementing the Living Building/Living Community Challenges at SFU, seismic retrofitting projects in San Francisco, a developer’s perspective on incorporating a business process for integrating climate change risk into global investment decisions, and a variety of perspectives regarding how we fund/finance the transformative investments needed.

Shaping our Future: A Resilient Metro Vancouver 2050- Initiatives in Focus Session

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September 29- 9-11am

Convened by Edward Nichol & James Stiver (Metro 2050Vancouver), With Tony Vi (Translink) & Jason Emmert (Climate 2050) 

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• Three major long-range planning initiatives are currently being developed to address land use and growth management, climate change, and transportation at the regional scale – Metro 2050, Climate 2050 and Transport 2050. This session will explore opportunities to integrate resilience into these regional-scale plans by identifying data and implementation gaps, and generating “big ideas” that can bring us closer to a resilient region by 2050 through shared strategies and policies.

Beyond Death, Dollars and Downtime: Exploring Functional Recovery for BC- Dialogue Session

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September 29, 1-2:30 pm

With David Bonowitz (EERI Distinguished Lecturer 2020), Angie Woo (Fraser Health), John Sherstobitoff (John Sherstobitoff, Principal- Seismic & Structures at Ausenco, Chair of NBCC Standing Committee on Earthquake Design and Founding President of EERI-BC), & Ibbi Almufti (Risk and Resilience Leader, Arup San Francisco) moderated by Micah Hilt (City of Vancouver)

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• Hear from a panel of practitioners, local and US-based, how they are thinking about and implementing performance-based approaches to enhancing resilience in the built environment and how this influences recovery trajectories. This session is hosted in collaboration with the local chapter of EERI (EERI-BC), featuring this year’s distinguished lecturer, David Bonowitz.

Launch of National Earthquake Profile- Shake-Out Event

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October 15, 9-11:00 am

Convened by Murray Journeay (NRCan, with Tiegan Hobbs (NRCan), Jackie Yipp (NRCan), Vitor Silva (Global Earthquake Model Foundation) & Anirudh Rao (Global Earthquake Model Foundation) 

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• Natural Resources Canada is developing an earthquake risk model for Canada that will establish a base of evidence to inform disaster resilience planning in accordance with policy and technical implementation guidelines established as part of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR). The model is implemented using GEM’s OpenQuake Engine. It extends the scope of probabilistic seismic hazard models currently used to inform Canada’s National Building Code (NBCC) by introducing a structured framework of indicators that profile physical, social and economic dimensions of earthquake risk at the neighbourhood scale. Indicators are aligned with the SFDRR monitoring framework and are used to both analyze existing baseline conditions of earthquake risk, and evaluate opportunities for risk reduction through proactive investments in seismic mitigation.