SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 2022 5
SPECIAL SECTION
PROVINCIAL ENGINEERING
& GEOSCIENCE MONTH
MARCH 2022
A
bout three years ago, the
federal government launched
a new initiative designed to
equip provinces and territories with the
ability to better deal with the constantly
evolving challenges associated with
climate change.
The Building Regional Adaptation
Capacity and Expertise initiative, or
BRACE, was aimed at building the
capacity of professionals (primarily
engineers and planners) as well as
Indigenous organizations and business
communities in northern Manitoba to
identify and address the risks associated
with climate change.
Suffice it to say, it was hard to know
where to start. Such an ambitious
initiative had never been undertaken
before. Project outlines were produced
to illustrate what the project would look
like, and a request for proposals was to
be sent out to select the organizations
that would deliver training to
participants.
Then, in early 2021, Engineers
Geoscientists Manitoba commissioned
Winnipeg-based Probe Research
to conduct a survey. Simply put, it
was focused on identifying where
practitioners were at in dealing with
climate change, and what tools would
be needed to better deal with it as
they moved forward in designing
infrastructure and systems that
would be affected by the anticipated
intensification of climate change.
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Curt Hull is one of the leaders of Manitoba's Climate Resilience Training (MCRT) project that is conducting climate risk assessment and
adaption strategies for public infrastructure in the province. (Darcy Finley photo)
And the survey says…
Study focuses on where engineering and geoscientific
community is at in dealing with climate change
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