Portland State University and the University of British Columbia

2026-2027 Cascadia Wildfire and urban smoke webinar series

The seventh year of the Cascadia Wildfire and Urban Smoke webinar series will include a diverse set of speakers and panels discussing critical research and policy issues related to the growing threat of wildfire. We continue to feature investigators funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s Wildfire Resilience Initiative.

All sessions are held Wednesdays at 1pm Pacific Time on Zoom. Video recordings of previous years’ webinars are available at: https://research.ubc.ca/cascadia-wildfire-urban-smoke

April 14, 2027: Extreme Smoke Events: Trends, Causes, and Implications for Protective Health Behavior

Presenter: Paige Fischer, University of Michigan

Dr. Fischer will present a framework for identifying extreme wildfire smoke events based on measures of severity, frequency, and duration at which smoke presents objective and subjective health risks.