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'Research to action'
The Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) is a world-class centre for multi-disciplinary disaster prevention research and communications. The ICLR was established by Canada’s property and casualty (p&c) insurance industry as an independent, not-for-profit research institute affiliated with the University of Western Ontario. Institute staff and research associates are international leaders in wind and seismic engineering, atmospheric science, risk perception, hydrology, economics, geography, health sciences, public policy and a number of other disciplines. (more...)

The ICLR has a number of flagship programs, including:
  • Open for BusinessTM
  • RSVP...for Cities
  • Designed for Safer Living

Profiled reports
NEW!: Urban flooding in Canada: Lot-side risk reduction through voluntary retrofit programs, code interpretation and by-laws
ICLR's Handbook for reducing basement flooding
Climate trends and projected values for Canada 2010 to 2050
Reducing the risk of earthquake damage in Canada
Making Flood Insurable for Canadian Homeowners
Rendre les inondations assurables pour les propriétaires canadiens
 
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Hazard news

ICLR in the news
    • Quebec home retrofitted to reduce the impact of winter storms and earthquakes (PDF)
    • Une maison de Québec rénovée pour mieux résister aux tempêtes hivernales et aux tremblements de terre (PDF)
      ICLR releases new study: Urban flooding in Canada: Lot-side risk reduction through voluntary retrofit programs, code interpretation and by-laws (PDF)
    • Moncton home retrofitted to reduce the risk of basement flooding (PDF)
    • ICLR news conference on Slave Lake wildfires: Satellite imagery shows change in fire intensity late in the day Sunday, May 15; Federal government must fund the Canadian Wildland Fire Strategy (PDF)
    • Hamilton home retrofitted to reduce the risk of basement flooding (PDF)
    • Report outlines partnership solution to bring homeowners' flood insurance to Canadian market (PDF)
    • More News...

Events
  • Friday Forum Workshop Series

Magazine articles
  • "'What ifs' and Wildcards"; Glenn McGillivray (Canadian Underwriter Statistical Issue -June 2012).

Recommended reading
  • Does the government Cause or Prevent Wildfires?; The New York Times (July 11, 2012)
  • Colorado Blazes Remind Us That National Policy on Fire Needs a Fix; The Daily Beast (June 28, 2012)
  • Problems in the wildland-urban interface; Denver Post (June 24, 2012)

 
 
 
NEW! Homeowner safety brochures in English and French/Guides en francais et en anglais sur la protection de votre maison
Publications
  • Climate change information for adaptation: Climate trends and projected values for Canada 2010 to 2050 (PDF)
  • Citizen participation in flood reduction planning: Strategic choices in Peterborough, Ontario (PDF)
  • Canadians at risk: Our exposure to natural hazards
  • Guide de prévention des inondations de sous-sols (PDF)
  • Human dimensions of fire management at the wildland-urban interface in Alberta: A summary report
  • Damage report on Vaughan tornadoes of Aug. 20, 2009 (PDF)
  • Homebuilders guide
  • Academic Resources
  • Cat Tales eNewsletters

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20 Richmond Street East, Suite 210, Toronto, Ontario M5C 2R9
Tel: (416) 364-8677
Fax: (416) 364-5889

London Office
Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory
Western University
1151 Richmond Street, London, Canada N6A 5B9
Tel: (519) 661-3234
Fax: (519) 661-4273




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