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On March 29, 2023, the RIISQ invites you to a conference entitled 'HOUSING + FLOODING: Why and how to adapt?' [In French].

This conference focuses on the issues of adaptation to climate change in the built environment and proposes tools to deal specifically with flooding. 

Program :

• Chronicle of a city woman with water in the basement, with Alice Dufour-Thériault 
• To leave or to stay? Psychosocial issues of cohabitation with recurrent flooding, with Emmanuelle Bouchard-Bastien of the INSPQ
• Launch of the practical sheets Housing + flooding: residential adaptation measures, by Élène Levasseur and Delphine Ducharme of Architecture Sans Frontières Québec

Based on the obstacles, concerns and needs of people living in areas exposed to flooding, a roundtable discussion aims to identify and reflect on strategies, tools and programs to be implemented to promote the resilience of people and their homes.

The following people will also be joining the discussion: 

• Félix Ménard Saint-Denis, engineer at SHQ
• Rémi Haf, Planning Advisor, Integrated Wet Weather Management Strategy Team, City of Montreal Water Department
• Sébastien Raymond, Research and Innovation Consultant at The Co-operators 

For more information, please visit the Maison du développement durable website [In French].