Watch Previous Webinars at our YouTube Channel
2025
- The Metro Vancouver Seismic Microzonation Mapping Project, Technical Presentation, Vancouver Geotechnical Society, January 21, 2025, The presentation recording is available for viewing HERE.
- Exploring Seismic Microzonation in Metro Vancouver. Distinguished Webinar Series hosted by the Canadian Association for Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (CAEES), January 15, 2025. The recording is only available to CAEES members currently.
- Presentation and discussions with three classes of Grade 8 science students, Magee Secondary School, Jan 16 2025.
2024
- Performance-based liquefaction hazard analysis and probabilistic liquefaction mapping for the western Metro Vancouver, December 5, 2024, The webinar recording is available for viewing HERE.
- “Updates on the Metro Vancouver Seismic Microzonation Mapping Project“, Canadian Association for Earthquake Engineering & Seismology, Newsletter, October 2024.
- Professional Practice Guidelines: Use and Development of Seismic Microzonation Maps in BC, September 26, 2024, The webinar recording is available for viewing HERE.
- “Metro Vancouver Seismic Microzonation Mapping”, EERI-BC event, Vancouver, BC, July 16 2024.
- “Metro Vancouver Seismic Microzonation Hazard Mapping” session, Metro Vancover conference day, June 7 2024.
- “Metro Vancouver seismic microzonation mapping: What local governments need to know”, Vancouver, BC, May 22 2024, 1-4pm.
- “Metro Vancouver seismic microzonation mapping: What First Nation communities need to know”, Vancouver, BC, May 22 2024, 9am-12pm.
- Update to the Metro Vancouver Regional Emergency Planning Committee (REPC), May 16 2024.
- “Improvements to local seismic hazard mapping in Canada”, Insurance Institute of BC (IIBC) webinar, May 14 2024. View webinar recordings HERE.
- “Regional-Scale Seismic Hazard Mapping of Metro Vancouver, British Columbia“, Inst. of Catastrophic Loss Reduction Friday Forum webinar, May 10 2024, View workshop recordings HERE.
- Update to the Metro Vancouver Regional Engineering Advisory Committee (REAC), May 3 2024.
- “Metro Vancouver seismic microzonation mapping: What planners need to know”, UWO hosted webinar with Pinna Sustainability and Thrive Consulting and in collaboration with the Planning Institute of British Columbia, April 14 2024. View webinar recordings HERE.
- EGBC Technical Peer Review meeting, virtual, March 27 2024.
- EGBC Technical Peer Review meeting, virtual, March 6 2024.
- J. Assaf, “Sedimentary Basin Effects – Microzonation Group Efforts and Findings” (Invited), SEABC Vancouver Island Branch Seminar, Impacts of Long Duration Earthquakes, Jan. 26 2024.
2023
- Education and Training Event, The Metro Vancouver seismic microzonation mapping project, Nov. 28 2023, Burnaby, BC.
- Seismic Microzonation and Basin Effects, Speaker Panel, Understanding Risk British Columbia (URBC), Oct. 11 2023, Vancouver, BC, The panel discussion recording is available for viewing HERE.
- The Metro Vancouver seismic microzonation mapping project, Special Session (six oral presentations), Joint Canadian and Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering (CCEE-PCEE), June 27 2023.
- EGBC Technical Peer Review Committee Meeting, EGBC (in person), Burnaby, BC, June 22-23 2023.
2022
- EGBC Technical Peer Review Committee Meeting, University of Western Ontario (in person), London, ON, June 28-29 2022
2021
- EGBC Technical Peer Review Committee Meeting, Nov. 8 2021 (virtual)
- Invited Talk, Importance of stakeholder engagement related to regional seismic hazard mapping, Understanding Risk British Columbia (URBC) symposium, Virtual meeting, Oct. 7 2021
- EGBC Technical Peer Review Committee Meeting, Jun. 22 2021 (virtual)
- EGBC Technical Peer Review Committee Meeting, May 4 2021 (virtual)
- Invited Guest Lecture, Seismic microzonation mapping and the Metro Vancouver seismic microzonation mapping project, Simon Fraser University, April 6 2021
- EGBC Technical Peer Review Committee Meeting, Mar. 2 2021 (virtual)
- EGBC Technical Peer Review Committee Meeting, Jan. 19 2021 (virtual)
2020
- Virtual roundtable, The critical role of multi-stakeholder engagement for earthquake hazard mapping of Metro Vancouver, Canadian Risk & Hazards Network (CRHNet) virtual symposium, Oct. 22 2020.
- MVSMMP hosted online survey, Seismic Microzonation Mapping in Canada, January – June 2020
2019
- Microzontion Mapping – Update and Engagement Workshop, Project hosted half-day workshop, Vancouver, BC, Dec. 2 2019
- Invited Talk, Seismic site characterization of Metro Vancouver, Site Characterization in the Cascadia Region Workshop, Sidney, BC, Oct. 1 2019
- Invited Talk, Probabilistic Seismic Slope Stability Assessment, BC Hydro “Lunch and Learn” Lecture Series, Burnaby, BC, July 26 2019
- Microzonation Mapping Project, Project hosted inter-disciplinary two-day workshop, Univ. Western Ontario, London, ON, April 3-4 2019
2018
- Invited Talk, Passive seismic methods for site classification and assessment in BC, Vancouver Island Geotechnical Group, Nov. 9 2018
- Invited Talk, Passive seismic methods for site assessment and microzonation mapping in Greater Vancouver, Vancouver Geotechnical Society, Annual General Meeting Lecture, Nov. 8 2018
- Project Update Event, Vancouver, BC, Nov. 7 2018
- Inaugural Technical Peer Review Meeting with UBC Civil Engineering Department members, July 9 2018.
- Overview of 3D wave propagation simulations and Cascadia mega-thrust modelling achieved by Canadian researchers, Joint UBC-UW workshop on Reducing the catastrophic risk of a Cascadia megathrust earthquake, Seattle, WA, June 12 2018.
2017
- Project Launch Event, Vancouver, BC, Nov. 17 2017