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Mark Altermann
Mark Altermann is a doctoral researcher whose work focuses on climate resilience, youth engagement, and applied approaches to disaster risk reduction. His research integrates participatory methodologies, design thinking, and visual storytelling to explore how youth understand and respond to climate change, with an emphasis on communication, critical reflection, and civic engagement. His doctoral project, Images Into…
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Austin Lang
Austin supports various communication and administrative tasks to connect and promote courses and project activities. Austin holds a Master’s Degree in Environmental Education and Communication from Royal Roads University and has a social innovation and social enterprise background. Austin previously worked for the Calgary Stampede, where he headed the ISO 14001 environmental management system, developing…
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Introducing: The Climate Adaptation Competency Framework
February 3, 2021 / by ICA Editor Contributor: Vivian Forssman (Previously posted on the Adaptation Learning Network Blog) Embedded Video Caption: Dr. Robin Cox, discusses the launch and use of the Climate Adaptation Competency Framework What are climate adaptation competencies, and how might we integrate them into our professions and the work…
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Words into Action Guidelines: Engaging Children & Youth in Disaster Risk Reduction & Resilience Building
The Resilience by Design Research Innovation Lab is pleased to announce the launch of a new set of guidelines from The United Nations Office of Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR): Words into Action Guidelines: Engaging Children and Youth in Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Building. RbD member Dr. Tamara Plush served as Report Coordinator and Lead…
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Imagining Canada’s Future
Duration: 2015 Imagining Canada’s Future aimed to identify knowledge about the ways in which energy production and consumption may affect children and youth, and recommendations for future research and action. Vision This project—Imagining Canada’s Future: A knowledge synthesis of research on children, youth & energy systems—examined existing social science literature related to the biological, psychological…
