A series of storm systems moving across Southern Ontario have left urban areas such as Toronto, and London dealing with destructive flooding. Western University has the following experts available to discuss the evolving situation:
Glenn McGillivray
Managing Director of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
Areas of expertise: Mitigation of flooding, protection of homes from flooding, disaster risk reduction, climate change adaption.
Slobodan Simonovic
Professor Emeritus, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Areas of expertise: Climate change and flooding, sustainable development in water resources management, hydrology, energy, climate change and public infrastructure.
MEDIA CONTACT: Justin Zadorsky, Media Relations Officer, Western University, 226.377.1673 (mobile), jzadorsk@uwo.ca.
