Managing Risk:

Should the Public be Engaged based on Values, not Risks?
Tuesday, 15 May 2018 - 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Location
Where: 
Social Sciences Building, 120 University (map)
Room number: 
4004
Contact information
Contact person: 
Rafael Dezordi
Email: 
rafael.dezordi@uottawa.ca
Phone: 
6135625800
Extension: 
3911
Registration
Registration required: 
Yes
Registration details: 

You need to RSVP at the event's Eventbrite website.

Registration website: 
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/risk-managem...
Cost to attend: 
Free of charge
  • This event is offered only in English.
Event type: 
Lectures & conferences, Conference, Panel
Event organizer: 
Institute for Science, Society and Policy, @Risk
Event language: 
English
Intended audience: 
Future Students, Open to all, Students, Undergraduate students, Graduate students, Professors, Staff, Alumni, Public
When?

May 15, 2018

What time?

4:30 PM to 6 PM

Where?

Faculty of Social Sciences Building (FSS), Fourth Floor, Room 4004, 120 University Private.

Who?

Moderator:

Monica Gattinger, Director of the Institute for Science, Society and Policy, University of Ottawa

Panelists:

Duane Bratt, Professor and Chair, Department of Economics, Justice, and Policy Studies, Mount Royal University (Calgary, Alberta).

Jennifer Kuzma, Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Science and Society, ISSP, University of Ottawa (Distinguished Professor, North Carolina State University)

Frank Welsh, Director of Policy, Canadian Public Health Association

Discussant:

Michelle Driedger, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Environment and Health Risk Communication, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba

Format:

This panel will explore opportunities and challenges for improving public engagement in risk management by including public values. Panelists will bring perspectives from three topic areas: gene-edited foods, nuclear waste management and public health decision making.