Dr. Wang has been recently inducted as a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) in the 2022 Celebration of Excellence and Engagement meeting held in Calgary on November 23-26, 2022. The RSC College is Canada’s first national system of Read more…
On November 24, 2022, Bill Blair, the Minister of Emergency Preparedness held a news conference at the Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation (CCCCA) in St. Peter’s Bay, Prince Edward Island, for the release of Canada’s National Adaptation Strategy, which aims to prepare the country for the impacts of Read more…
On November 22, 2022, the Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation (CCCCA) hosted guest speakers from Island Studies, UPEI. Dr. Xander Wang, director of the Climate Smart Lab, welcomed all Island Studies participants visiting the CCCCA for research exchange. This visit was intended to introduce participants to the Centre, Read more…
During the Annual General Meeting that took place in the Town of Cornwall, Prince Edward Island, on November 17, 2022, Dr. Xander Wang, Director of Climate Smart Lab, delivered a talk to the public. As a guest speaker, Dr. Wang shared his knowledge regarding flood prediction and monitoring data from Read more…
The first Public Open House on “Designing solutions to address climate emergency through experiential learning” was held on Friday, October 21, 2022, from 9:00AM to 4:00PM, at the Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation (CCCCA), St. Peter’s Bay, PEI. The Open House began with the welcoming remarks from Dr. Read more…
A UPEI researcher says although data collected during post-tropical storm Fiona suggests extreme weather is becoming more common, long-term data is needed to get a more accurate picture of weather patterns and the impact of climate change. Still, Islanders should be prepared for more frequent intense storms just incase. “There are a Read more…
Junaid Maqsood is a new Research Assistant at Climate Smart Lab. His research focused on the statistical downscaling and projections of climatic extremes, as well as the impact of climate change on the sustainability of potato production in PEI. He was a Research Assistant at the Faculty of Sustainable Design Read more…
Tel: +1 (902) 916-5538 Email: jmaqsood@upei.ca Junaid Maqsood is a Research Assistant at the School of Climate Change and Adaptation, University of Prince Edward Island (UPI). Before joining the Climate Smart Lab, he worked as a Research Assistant at the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering (FSDE), UPEI. During that period, Read more…
On October 14, 2022, Minister, Hon. Ginette Petitpas Taylor, the Minister of Official Languages and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) and other federal authorities made a visit to CCCCA – an excellent academic research centre on climate change adaptation situated in St. Peter Bay, PEI. During her Read more…
A research team (Sana Basheer, Dr. Xander Wang, Aitazaz A Farooque, Rana Ali Nawaz, Kai Liu, Toyin Adekanmbi, and Suqi Liu) recently published a study on Land Use Land Cover change (LULC) using Satellite imagery and machine learning techniques in the Remote Sensing journal. Abstract: Accurate land use land cover Read more…