Understanding Risk BC 2023: Cascading Hazards, Multihazard Solutions

October 11 – 12, 2023
Vancouver, BC

Since 2017, the Understanding Risk BC (URBC) symposiums have been bringing people together in a way that fosters the necessary, interdisciplinary, ‘all of society’ approach to reducing risk and building resilience in Southwest BC.

The community-based symposiums have worked to shift the conversation from risk assessment/analysis to an evaluation of risk reduction strategies to help build resilience through proactive plans, policies and investments.

The objectives of the URBC Symposiums are in line with the priorities for action of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030), which was adopted by the BC government in 2018. These same priorities are in line with and in support of the National Emergency Management Strategy for Canada: Toward a Resilient 2030 and its current focus on earthquakes, floods, and wildfires. Further, the symposiums support implementation of the National Adaptation Strategy (NAS) at the regional scale.

Register for the Understanding Risk BC Symposium here!