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Webinars and Courses

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Registration is available now for our fall lineup! As always, if there's a topic you'd like to see covered, get in touch at wildfire@ualberta.ca.

Fuel types misrepresent forest structure and composition in interior British Columbia: A way forward

with Jen Baron

Friday, November 8, 2024

9:30 a.m. MT / 11:30 a.m. ET

A clear understanding of wildland fuels is essential for effective forest and wildfire management. However, fuel typing and mapping remain challenging owing to the wide diversity and heterogeneity of fuel conditions. Despite widespread usage of Fire Behaviour Prediction System fuel type maps in British Columbia (BC), the accuracy and applicability of these maps has not been formally assessed. To address this knowledge gap, we quantified the agreement between on-site assessments and fuel type maps in interior BC. In this presentation, we share the findings of this assessment and discuss pathways to improve future fuel characterizations across forest types. --- Jen Baron is a PhD Candidate and Lecturer at the University of British Columbia, a research scientist with the Pacific Institute of Climate Solutions, and a Fire Behaviour Analyst and Fire Effects Monitor in-training for prescribed fire operations. Through her research, she aims to understand how the legacies of colonization, fire suppression, and fuel accumulation have shaped fire regimes, and how the strategic application of treatments and management can restore fire-adapted landscapes.

Towards a culture of knowledge exchange in Canadian wildfire: What now, and what next?

with Emily Friedrich (Canada Wildfire) and Alexandria Jones (CIFFC)

November 2024

Full description coming soon.

Mission Critical Team Leader Training

in partnership with the Mission Critical Team Insitute

December 2-5, 2024, Hinton, Alberta

Staff burnout is an urgent challenge facing wildfire and emergency response agencies nationwide. We need new tools to navigate the realities of working in increasingly frequent and complex, high-pressure environments where failure can have long-lasting detrimental impacts on decision-makers. At the Mission Critical Team Leader Training, Canada Wildfire brings world-class, research-backed resilience and leadership training to Canadian decision-makers on mission-critical teams. Led by renowned instructors Dr. Preston Cline, Director of the Mission Critical Teams Institute (MCTI), and Dr. Art Finch, Director of Psychology, this in-person training opportunity goes beyond typical professional development approaches to offer tailored, practical solutions to your team's real challenges.

Impact of connectivity and accumulation of fuels on fire potential in managed stands over time in Jasper National Park: 20 years of FireSmart treatments

with Tristan Skretting

Friday, December 13, 2024

9:30 a.m. MT / 11:30 a.m. ET

Full description coming soon.

Fire deficits and risk

with Marc-André Parisien

Postponed

Full description coming soon.

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