University of Western Ontario (Western University)

UWO
Canada
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Mission

The University of Western Ontario, commonly referred to among Canadian universities as Western, is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada.

The university's main campus covers 455 hectares (1,120 acres) of land, with the Thames River running through the eastern portion. Western administers a wide variety of academic programs between 12 faculties, professional schools and three affiliated university colleges.

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Meetings and conferences
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Managing fire on populated forest landscapes
Objectives The proposed workshop will target three main areas: modelling wildfire impacts, fire management and the effects of climate change. The timeliness of the workshop should be clear, since there is some urgency to the need to improve the modelling
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Documents and publications
Natural disasters and the impacts on health

This report will attempt to catalogue and briefly discuss the immediate medical and long-term health effects of a natural disaster. Other topics such as the disruption of a community’s critical infrastructure, vulnerable groups within populations, and

University of Western Ontario (Western University)
This report will attempt to catalogue and briefly discuss the immediate medical and long-term health effects of a natural disaster.

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Voluntary Commitments

The organization has no registered commitments.

The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

Contact information

http://www.uwo.ca/
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