About the event
The @Risk Research Team held its annual workshop in Ottawa. This two-day event was composed of a public panel and a full day working session. The public session, entitled “Managing Risk: Should the Public be Engaged based on Values, not Risks?”, explored opportunities and challenges for improving public engagement in risk management by including public values. During the working session, the Team discussed and advanced case study comparisons, the draft comparative framework, design considerations for the survey component planned for the fall, and outreach and engagement opportunities.
Public Panel - Managing Risk: Should the Public be Engaged based on Values, not Risks?
Moderator
Prof. Monica Gatinger, Director, ISSP and Full Professor at the School of Political Studies, uOttawa
Keynote Speakers
Prof. Duane Bratt, Professor and Chair, Department of Economics, Justice, and Policy Studies, Mount Royal University (Calgary, Alberta)
Prof. Jennifer Kuzma, Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Science and Society, ISSP, University of Ottawa (Distinguished Professor, North Carolina State University)
Dr. Frank Welsh, Director of Policy, Canadian Public Health Association
Discussant
Prof. Michelle Dreidger, Canada Research Chair Tier II in Environment and Health Risk Communication, University of Manitoba
Session 1 - Case Lead presentations
Nuclear Waste Management in Canada
Dr. Duane Bratt, Professor and Chair, Department of Economics, Justice, and Policy Studies, Mount Royal University (Calgary, Alberta)
Xavier Deschênes-Philion, PhD candidate, Political Science, University of British Columbia (Visiting researcher, Risk)
Hydraulic Fracturing
Erick Lachapelle, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Université de Montréal
Ava Receveur-Tedeschini, Masters student, Department of Political Science, University of Montreal
Patricia Larkin, Risk Research Coordinator, Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Science Society and Policy, University of Ottawa
Newborn Bloodspot Screening in Canada
Stuart Nicholls, Senior Clinical Research Associate, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Sara Minaeian, Research Assistant, ISSP & Department of Communications, Honours in Political Science, University of Ottawa
Gene-Edited Foods
Dr. Jennifer Kuzma, Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Science and Society, ISSP, University of Ottawa (Distinguished Professor, North Carolina State University)
Teshanee Williams, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Public Administration, North Carolina State University
Mammography Screening in Canada
Dr. Michelle Driedger, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Environment and Health Risk Communication, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
Elizabeth Cooper, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
Childhood Vaccination Policy
Kieran O’Doherty, Associate professor, Applied Social Psychology, University of Guelph
Amanda Rotella, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Psychology, University of Guelph
Session 2 - Advancing the conceptual framework - Lessons to be drawn; areas to be strengthened
Gregor Wolbring, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary
Adrienne Ethier, Principal Scientist, Arcadis Canada Inc.
Session 3 - Motivated reasoning in the @Risk Project and Survey component for Year 2
Professor Simon Kiss, Digital Media and Journalism, Wilfrid Laurier University
Heather Douglas, Waterloo Chair in Science and Society, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo
Andrea Perrella, Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University
Session 4 - Knowledge Mobilization Plan
Keith Dewar, Director of Regulatory Research and Program Evaluation, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Renee Silke, Environmental Toxicologist, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories