Canadian Forest Service
Marc-André Parisien is a research scientist at the Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre in Edmonton, Alberta where he has been working with the fire research group since 2000. His research on wildland fire is focused on understanding biophysical controls on fire regimes, mostly within the boreal biome of North America.
Panelists
Dr. Adam Ford
UBC Okanagan
Dr. Amy Cardinal Christianson
Indigenous Leadership Initiative
Angela Kane
Secwepemcul’ecw Restoration and Stewardship Society
Byron Spinks
Council Member, Lytton First Nation
Dave Pascal
First Nations’ Emergency Services
Don Iveson
Co-operators
Jason Brolund
West Kelowna Fire Chief
Jason Hwang
Pacific Salmon Foundation
Joe Gilchrist
Salish Fire Keepers Society
Jordan Coble
Councillor, Westbank First Nation
Kevin Scott
RESOLVE Canada
Dr. Kira Hoffman
UBC-Vancouver and Bulkley Valley Research Centre
Dr. Marc-André Parisien
Canadian Forest Service
Dr. Paul Hessburg
US Forest Service
Renee Merrifield
MLA, Kelowna-Mission
Robert Gray
R.W. Gray Consulting Ltd./Hessburg Landscape Fire Ecology Lab
Robert Phillips
First Nations Summit
Rob Schweitzer
BC Wildfire Service
Dr. Sarah Henderson
BC Centre for Disease Control
Stephanie Ewen
UBC Alex Fraser Research Forest
Tanya Spooner
City of Prince George
Tony Pesklevits
BC Wildfire Service
Moderators
Chris Walker
CBC
Dr. Jill Harvey
Thompson Rivers University
Yolanda Clatworthy
Simon Fraser University