Aug 4, 2020
Climate Action Leadership. Disaster and Emergency Management. Climate Resilience. How can we work toward a future that's not doom & gloom, but one that can inspire hope and action? Check out: Training Leaders for the Climate Emergency - Interview with Dr. Robin Cox. And be sure to check out the Study Guide for the program! Click on the top left where it says "Pdf" above the date! https://multi-hazards.libsyn.com/training-leaders-for-the-climate-emergency-interview-with-robin-cox
BIO - Dr. Robin Cox, Royal Roads University
Summary
Dr. Robin Cox is the program head for the graduate programs in
Climate Action Leadership (Graduate Diploma; Master of Arts -
awaiting final approval by BC government) and a professor in the
Disaster and Emergency Management graduate programs of the School
of Humanitarian Studies. Cox is also the director of the Resilience
by Design (RbD) Research Innovation lab, a transdisciplinary
research and educational outreach center that focus on building
multigenerational climate action leadership and competencies. The
goal of this center is to inform, inspire, and support the
well-being of people and the planet in a changing climate, through
research, education, and policy advising.
Experience
Cox is an active researcher with multiple nationally funded
research projects. She leads the Adaptation Learning Network (ALN),
a three-year, $2-million project funded by Natural Resources Canada
and the BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy.
This project is building climate adaptation capacity with
organizations, professionals, businesses, and communities through
professional development training and networking. Cox is an
experienced disaster psychosocial responder and researcher with
expertise in individual- and community-level resilience and
trauma.
Credentials
Cox holds a PhD in Counselling Psychology from the University of
British Columbia (2007) and held a postdoctoral fellowship at the
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, Simon Fraser
University (2007). She received the Kelly Outstanding Teaching
Award from Royal Roads University in 2016.