Climate change risk assessment and adaptation plan workshop

This November, Parks Canada will commence the development of a Climate Change Risk Assessment and Adaptation Plan for the Rideau Canal National Historic Site, thanks to the support of the Preserving Legacies initiative.

Preserving Legacies is an initiative coordinated by National Geographic, the Climate Heritage Network, and the International Council on Monuments and Sites. The purpose is to build capacity in communities to protect cultural and natural heritage in a changing climate. It focuses on understanding and adapting to climate change through storytelling, art, science, and traditional culture.

As a site selected to participate in this initiative, Parks Canada will host a Climate Change Risk Assessment and Adaptation Planning Workshop on November 17-19, and other supporting events over the month of November.

Activities include:

• Public Open House - Wednesday November 5 from 6 PM to 8 PM at the Rideau Canal Office, 34 Beckwith St. South, Smiths Falls
  • What is a Climate Change Risk Assessment and Adaptation Plan?
  • How will it be developed?
  • How do we experience climate change on the Rideau Canal?
  • How can we plan and adapt for the future?
• Pre-workshop in-person meetings November 4 – November 6 at the Rideau Canal Office, Smiths Falls
• Climate Change Risk Assessment and Adaptation Plan Workshop November 17 - November 19 at Queen’s University Biological Station
• Public Open House – Tuesday November 18 from 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
  • Queen’s University Biological Station – Raleigh J. Robertson Biodiversity Centre, 280 Queen's University Road, Elgin
  • Join us for an evening of community planning, conversation, science and art to develop a climate change risk assessment and adaptation plan for the Rideau Canal
• COMING SOON - Survey to provide insight and feedback about the content for the risk assessment and adaptation plan

For more information, please contact Cass Stabler at cass.stabler@pc.gc.ca or Susan Millar at susan.millar@pc.gc.ca