About the Project:

Climate change is affecting communities across PEI in many ways. Although everyone is affected by climate change-related events, such as hurricanes, wildfire smoke, and heatwaves, not everyone is impacted equally.

This project brings together researchers, community members, and decision-makers to better understand these challenges and design tools that support equity-informed climate adaptation strategies. Together, we explored the social and health-related factors that impact people’s ability to adapt to, and recover from, climate change. We co-created spatial maps using census data that can be used to support equity-informed decision making in government and community.

What We Did

• Partnered with PEI residents: We worked with a Research Advisory Council made up of 8 members of the public to guide our work.
• Mapped Community Data: We used census data to co-design maps that aim to support equity-informed decisions around climate adaptation.
• Created spaces for learning together: We hosted a webinar that targeted PEI community organizations and consulted with decision makers in the municipal and provincial governments to share our work and gather important feedback.

What You’ll Find On This Page

> Story Map on Hurricane Fiona

• Dive into an interactive story map that shows how Hurricane Fiona affected our region. See the data come to life with maps, photos, and key insights. 

> Interactive Maps of Climate Impacts

• We’ve created spatial maps highlighting different factors that impact people’s ability to respond to climate change (e.g., age, income, etc.). These maps allow you to explore differences between geographic communities across PEI.

> Watch Our Community Webinar

• Hear directly from members of our team in a recorded webinar discussing our approach to public engagement and co-design of our spatial and story maps. *COMING SOON*

> Final Project Report and Publications

• We’re finalizing a comprehensive report that brings all our findings together, and a manuscript that describes our approach to public engagement in this project.