2024
- Professional Practice Guidelines: Use and Development of Seismic Microzonation Maps in BC, September 26, 2024, The webinar recording is available for viewing HERE.
- Media coverage of the Metro Vancouver seismic microzonation mapping project for Phase 1 (western Metro Vancouver), July 2024:
- Update to the Metro Vancouver Regional Emergency Planning Committee (REPC), May 16 2024.
- “Improvements to local seismic hazard mapping in Canada”, Insurance Institute of Canada national webinar, May 14 2024.
- “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
- 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
- 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
2017
- Project Launch Event, Vancouver, BC, Nov. 17 2017