Engagement and Training Events – Metro Vancouver Seismic Microzonation Project

2024

Professional Practice Guidelines: Use and Development of Seismic Microzonation Maps in BC, September 26, 2024.
Media coverage of the Metro Vancouver seismic microzonation mapping project for Phase 1 (western Metro Vancouver), July 2024:

	Western researchers map seismic activity in metro Vancouver
	How much will the ground shake? Scientists creating first detailed maps of Metro Vancouver’s earthquake hazards
	Metro Vancouver Seismic Microzonation Project
	When ‘The Big One’ hits, what happens under Vancouver?
	Metro Vancouver seismic hazard mapping

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

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

EGBC Technical Peer Review Committee Meeting, University of Western Ontario (in person), London, ON, June 28-29 2022

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)

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

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

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