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RIVER IN PERIL: THE FRAGILITY OF THE MIGHTY FRASER RIVER

When: Where: P.A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, UBC’s Point Grey Campus, 2194 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver.

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Dr. Jeremy G. Venditti

Director of Environmental Science and Professor

School of Environmental Science & Geography, Simon Fraser University (SFU)

Dr. Venditti is a geomorphologist and Director of the River Dynamics Laboratory at SFU. His research focuses on the fluid and sediment dynamics of large river systems, with particular attention to bedrock canyons, global sediment export, and the physics of extreme flooding. His work, including publications in Nature, has advanced understanding of flow and incision in bedrock rivers. He has contributed to major collaborative studies, including research on how the 2015 megatsunami reshaped the Tyndall Glacier landscape. From 2021–2024, he led a BCSRIF-funded team examining the impacts of the Big Bar Landslide on salmon migration and population dynamics. He is the founding Director of SFU’s School of Environmental Sciences and has held research positions at UC Berkeley and Caltech.

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