Thursday January 9, 2014 – 11am
Posted Jan 9, 2014 02:16:51 PM.
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11:00am- Alex Ferworn, Coordinator of the Certificate in Disaster Management at Ryerson University’s G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, Re: From December’s ice storm to this week’s “Polar Vortex”, extreme weather has been taking its toll on city services, travel and road conditions. Planning for rare weather-related disasters like these is difficult. And while most cities and public services do have contingency plans in place, organizing and deploying those plans under duress is complicated.
11:30am- Tom Harris, Executive Director of the International Climate Science Coalition, Re: Kitchener-Waterloo Conservative MP and Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure and Communities Peter Braid made comments this week that extreme weather events are linked to climate change. Harris says this was a serious mistake.
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