Firestorm: Book Reading and Panel Discussion

Plan to attend the upcoming book reading and panel discussion that will discuss a clear-eyed look at the challenges we face in an age of megafires.

On Oct 24 at 5 p.m., journalist and explorer Ed Struzik will lead a public panel discussion on the topics that are highlighted in his new book, Firestorm: How Wildfire Will Shape Our Future. The author will also provide a reading from his book.

The book profiles the research of many University of Alberta scientists, research associates and graduate students such as Mike Flannigan, Uldis Silins, Scott Nielsen, Marc Andre Parisien, Ellen Whitman, Elly Knight and more.

Dr. Thomas Zimmerman, President, International Association of Wildland Fire, describes the book as “powerful and thought-provoking.” Rachel Carson Medal winner Andrew Nikiforuk sees it as a “crackling good read." Biologist David George Haskell, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, calls it a “fascinating and much needed account of a new, fiercer era of forest fire. Struzik is a sure guide as we set out on an uncertain path through the smoky woods and beyond.”

The event is in the Ag-For Atrium on North Campus of the University of Alberta. This is a public, free event.