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Proof of Concept Study Agent Based Modeling:

Investigating Indigenous HealthImpacts of Flooding

Lalita Bharadwaj, PhD.University of Saskatchewan

GWF Inception MeetingJanuary 22-23 2018

Slide: Lori Bradford

INTRODUCTION

Objectives

• Co-Create a Model Framework to:• Examine health effects of floods with Indigenous

Communities

• Demonstrate capability for evaluating and supporting health services, emergency planning and management

• Feasibility for adaptation with other reserve communities and water threats

Presenter

Presentation Notes

Data sources could include: GIS layers, satellite images, hydrological data and maps, community-based water asset maps, interviews, focus groups, sharing circles, photovoice, social network maps, epidemiological data and other deemed relevant by community members Data will be parameterized collaboratively by community members and research team members – this bit is fuzzy, but really will be a contribution to theory and practice of agent-based modelling

Community Partners

Our Team

Progress:

Presenter

Presentation Notes

Recruitment: Lori Bradford (Research Scientist), Wade McDonald (Ph.D. student, Computer Scientist); Yellow Quill Community Coordinator (posted by end of January and actively recruiting) Co-determined approaches could include: water asset mapping, interviews, sharing circles, focus groups, site walks, social network mapping, ethnographies, content review of emergency plans; archival research of past flooding; epidemiological research from health records

Collaborations• Core Modeling Team and Prairie Water

• Prairie Hydrology

• Prairie Water Governance Subtheme Team• Emergency Management and Policy

• Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations• Policy Review, Flooding Records and Data

CORE NEEDS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO CORE•NEEDS:

•Computer Science/Data Management/Core Modeling Team

•Knowledge Mobilization•CONTRIBUTIONS:

•Knowledge Mobilization Tool •Potential for transfer/scale-up across GWF project partnered communities.

Questions?

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