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Panel Session: Community Wildfire Resilience
Building community capacity for wildfire emergency management
Moderator: Tara McGee, Professor, Faculty of Science – Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta
Panelists
- Westley Steed, Wildfire Risk Management Coordinator, Forest Management Division, Government of the Northwest Territories
- Magda Zachara, FireSmart Canada Program Manager
- Michelle Vandevord, President, Indigenous Fire Safety Council
- Cliff Buettner, Program Director, Prince Albert Grand Council
Panel Session: Fostering Pyrodiversity through Knowledge Exchange
Connecting diverse sources of knowledge to address wildland fire challenges
Moderator: Kelsey Copes-Gerbitz
Panelists:
- Oliver Costello, FireSticks Alliance, Australia
- Amanda Monthei, Life with Fire podcast, former hotshot
- Lori Daniels, Professor, University of British Columbia and NSERC-Canada Wildfire Strategic Network
- Alex Zahara, Prince Albert Grand Council
Panel Session: New Knowledge of Wildland Fire-Climate Society Interactions
Emerging technologies and knowledge to support wildland fire management
Moderator: Jonathan Boucher, Researcher, Forests Fire, Laurentian Forestry Centre, CFS
Panelists:
- Christopher (Kit) O’Connor, Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station Human Dimensions Program
- Tanya Letcher, Provincial Fire Behaviour Analyst, Alberta Wildfire
- Pierre Martel, National Fire Management Officer, Parks Canada
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