Public Forum on Democracy, Incineration and Health

Sunday, January 31st at 2 p.m. at TRU Clock Tower Theatre there will be a public forum featuring talks by Professor Douw Steyn of UBC on “Air Quality in Kamloops” and Professor Penny Powers of TRU on “The Threat to Our Health”.

This public forum is just one response to the attempt to turn Kamloops into the pollution capital of BC from the Tournament Capital of Canada by allowing a toxic waste incinerator to operate in our city.

This public forum is co-sponsored by the TRUFA human rights committee TRU School of Nursing.

All are welcome.

For more information please contact Derek Cook, Chair of the TRUFA Human Rights Committee at 250 828 5244 .

UBC Faculty > D.Steyn http://www.eos.ubc.ca/about/faculty/D.Steyn.html

Douw Steyn
Professor
Boundary Layer Meteorology, Mesoscale Meteorology, Air Pollution Meteorology.
Profile

B.Sc. University of Cape Town (Physics) (1967) B.Sc.(hons.) University of Cape Town (Physics & Applied Mathematics) (1968) M.Sc. University of Cape Town (Physics) (1970) Ph.D. The University of British Columbia (1980) Post-doctoral Fellow at The University of British Columbia (1980-82) Faculty at the University of British Columbia (1982-present). Study Leaves: Colorado State University, KNMI, ETH Zurich, University of Athens (1988-1990); CSIRO Canberra, NIES, Tsukuba (1996-1997); JRC Ispra (2002/2003). I served UBC as Chair of Atmospheric Science (1994-1998), Director of Science One Program (1999-2002), Chair of Environmental Science Program (2008-), Associate Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Interim Principal, College for Interdisciplinary Studies (2003-2006).

I am a member of the UBC Institute of Applied Mathematics www.iam.ubc.ca , the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability www.ires.ubc.ca and the Liu Institute for Global Issues www.ligi.ubc.ca
Research Interests
Air Pollution Meteorology

My research is primarily driven by an interest in the polluted atmosphere, particularly at the regional scale. I conduct both field measurement and numerical modelling studies in order to pursue these interests. I have been involved in a number of large air quality field studies, Pacific 93, Pacific 2001 and MAP-Riviera. I also work on this topic with Peter Jackson (UNBC), Christian Reuten (research associate), Bruce Ainslie (research associate) and Stoitchko Kalenderski (Doctoral student). I collaborate in the Centre for Aerosol Research http://www.chem.ubc.ca/research/CAR.shtml.

Model Evaluation

I have a particular interest in model evaluation/validation, and collaborate with Stefano Galmarini (JRC, Ispra) and ST Rao (USA EPA) on this topic. I am a member of the steering committee of the Air Quality Model Evaluation International Initiative (AQMEII) http://aqmeii.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

Boundary Layer Meteorology

I have an interest in the atmospheric boundary layer, particularly in regions of complex topography and coastline. I collaborate with Stephan deWekker, Christian Reuten and Magdalena Rucker on this topic.

Mesoscale meteorology

I have strong interest in mesoscale meteorology and environmental fluid mechanics. I have conducted a number of observational, scaling and numerical modelling studies of sea-breeze and slope flow dynamics. I also on this with susan Allen, Christian Reuten (research associate) and Magdalena Rucker (postdoctoral research fellow).

Teaching

I presently teach in the Environmental Science Program and the Atmospheric Science Program and am involved with the Carl Weiman Science Education Initiative at UBC www.cwsei.ubc.ca .

Conference Organizer

I am Chair of the Scientific Committee of the NATO/SPS International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modelling and its Application. www.int-tech-mtng.org/
Selected Publications

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