Tag: resilient infrastructure
Federal budget 2023: Long-term investments are needed to fix Canada’s infrastructure gap
By Kerry Black, University of Calgary
The federal government’s 2023 budget unveiled investments in infrastructure, with a narrative highlighting resilient and sustainable communities, and pointing to Ottawa’s...
Canada invests in climate change geohazard research in Yukon
Transport Canada announced an investment of $3.4 million under the National Trade Corridors Fund for the Enhancing Yukon trade corridor resilience to northern geohazards project run by Yukon University.
"Investing...
Contracts awarded for permanent repairs to B.C.’s Highway 1
The Government of British Columbia announced that permanent repairs to flood-damaged sections of Highway 1 through the Fraser Canyon will soon be underway, protecting...
Climate Change Won’t Wait
Getting started on climate adaptation and resiliency plans
By John Estey
Climate change is here to stay, and its impacts are creating different challenges for communities...
New research reveals risk to Canada from droughts, storms could cost...
New research, launched by global professional services company GHD titled Aquanomics: The economics of water risk and future resilience reveals that droughts, floods, and...
$20M for infrastructure projects across B.C. to build more resilient communities
The governments of Canada and British Columbia announced more than $20 million in joint federal-provincial funding for eight social, transportation, and green infrastructure projects...
Road resiliency strengthened along B.C.’s Highway 19
The B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure announced that work is underway on Highway 19 through Nanaimo and Lantzville to improve the road surface...
Canada and B.C. invest to make communities more resilient to natural...
The governments of Canada and British Columbia announced more than $29.5 million in joint funding to reduce and mitigate the risk of floods and...
Report challenges municipalities to prioritize cyber resiliency
By Glenn Miller
While the shocking events in Ukraine have raised the public profile of cyberattacks on critical infrastructure, Toronto Metropolitan University’s (TMU)—formerly Ryerson University—Cybersecure...
New measures to address climate change impacts on rail infrastructure
Transport Canada announced two new rail safety measures. One focuses on railway-related fire prevention, while the other improves the resiliency of Canada's railway infrastructure...
