With a focus on risk assessment and management, this @Risk public panel explores the extent to which the results of stakeholder deliberation are being or should be incorporated in evidence-informed decision-making. Coming from a variety of perspectives, the panelists will address a number of questions. How does evidence from different sources and of different kinds influence decision-making? How are the results of public deliberative processes being used in regulatory decision-making in the nuclear industry?And from an Ottawa-based NGO perspective, thereby also bringing a local flavour to the panel, what are the perceptions of inclusion and impact?

Speaker's bios (PDF file)

Professor Monica Gattinger, Director, ISSP, University of Ottawa

Meredith Brown, former Executive Director, Ottawa Riverkeeper

Keith Dewar, Director of Regulatory Research and Program Evaluation, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (Member, @Risk Research Team)

C. Scott Findlay, Associate Professor, Department of Biology and Director, Graduate Studies - Institute of the Environment, uOttawa (Member, @Risk Research Team and Core Member, ISSP)

Professor Mark Salter, School of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences (Core Member, ISSP)