SFU Avalanche Research Program

More SARP research is now available on our website!

Gaining a comprehensive understanding of recreationists’ risk management practices is crucial to tailoring risk management supports to the needs of the diverse and expanding winter backcountry community. Rosie's research contributes to this effort by using qualitative social science methods that centered the stories of recreationists to identify, characterize, and contextualize their avalanche risk management decision-making.

You can find Rosie's thesis published here:

We are excited to share Stan's dissertation, which investigates how visual analytics tools and techniques can address ambiguity in avalanche forecasting. We'll be sharing more detailed insights into Stan's research soon... in the meantime, you can find his thesis publication here: https://avalancheresearch.ca/pubs/2023_nowak_thesis/

Our team is so excited to have the opportunity to contribute to the 2023 International Snow Science Workshop (ISSW) in Bend, Oregon! Our schedules will be full with a total of 13 presentations (oral and poster) coming from the SARP team, covering both the social science and natural science focuses of our research. Scroll through to see the titles and authors of those presentations.

You can read the abstracts for all SARP presentations here: www.avalancheresearch.ca/issw2023/