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University of Western Ontario

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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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Building climate resilient communities: Living within the Earth’s carrying capacity
This report discusses how communities across Canada are presently experiencing about $2B per year in damages from severe weather and residents continue to experience adverse health outcomes from climate change.
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Climate resilience key in pandemic recovery
New report highlights next steps for Canadian communities post COVID-19
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Increasing high wind safety for Canadian homes: A foundational document for low-rise residential and small buildings
This report provides the basis for the development of a set of commonly acceptable, relatively straightforward wind risk reduction measures that can be incorporated into new single-family home construction and significant renovations to reduce ris
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Canada: Tornado project takes national spin
A project to discover and decode tornadoes in remote Northern Ontario has spun into a nationwide mission to identify every Canadian tornado in 2019. By developing this deeper database, the Northern Tornadoes Project looks to improve early detection, mitigate against damage to people and property, and model for the future implications of climate change.
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Breakthrough in tornado short-term forecasting could mean earlier, more accurate warnings
When mere seconds of storm warning could mean the difference between harm or safety, two researchers with Western University ties have developed a tornado-prediction method they say could buy as much as 20 minutes more warning time.
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20 October 2013 - 25 October 2013
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Managing fire on populated forest landscapes
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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.

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