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UNBC wildfire worksHop 2025

22 - 24 October 2025

For thousands of years, Indigenous Peoples have walked gently on the diverse traditional territories where the University of Northern British Columbia community is grateful to live, work, learn, and play. We are committed to building and nurturing relationships with Indigenous Peoples and we acknowledge their traditional lands.

2025 Keynote speaker and Panelists

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Lori D. Daniels, Professor 

Koerner Chair in Wildfire Coexistence

Panelist

Dr. Marc-André Parisien, Research Scientist

at the Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre, (Edmonton, Alberta)

Panelist

Ashley Heathcliff

Emergency Program Coordinator/ Councillor

NRESI Talk by

Dr. Violet Zhao

Resilience or Reassembly:

Fire–Vegetation Feedback in Nahanni and Nááts’ihch’oh National Park Reserve.

24th October 2025, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

2025 Themes Include:

  • Climate Change and Fire

  • Fire Ecology

  • Indigenous Fire Knowledge and Stewardship

  • People, Communities and Fire

  • Fire and Watersheds

  • Wildfire and Wildlife

  • And more…