On March 29, Yukari gave an invited talk entitled, “Climate Change Impacts on Winter Road System and Remote Indigenous Communities” at the School of Cities, University of Toronto.
Here is the description of her talk:
A network of winter roads in northern Canada connects a number of remote Indigenous communities to all-season roads, rails, airports, and marine ports. The extent of the winter road networks depends on the geographic features, socio-economic activities, and the numbers of remote communities so that it differs among the provinces and territories. For many of these communities, winter roads provide not only the transport of heavy equipment, fuel, and cargo at a low cost, but also expand social and cultural opportunities in the communities. However, the impacts of climate change on winter roads have become a significant concern; for example, a warmer climate has resulted in a shorter winter road season and an increase in unreliable road conditions. Thus, limiting access among remote communities. In this talk, Dr. Hori will provide the climate change impact assessment that her team has conducted for winter road networks in northern Ontario and the south of the 60th. She will also introduce her recent project to develop a user-friendly and open-access web-based portal for winter roads in Canada’s Territorial North.
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