May Lunch&Learn

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We are delighted to welcome Dr. Ethan Raker, a social demographer whose research sits at the intersection of environmental crises and population health, for our upcoming Lunch & Learn. Dr. Raker is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of British Columbia, where his work examines how extreme weather events shape health outcomes and demographic processes — with particular attention to the racial and socioeconomic inequalities these events expose and exacerbate.

For this Lunch & Learn, Dr. Raker will draw on his research to explore how disasters function as critical stress tests for communities, revealing the ways in which social and economic conditions determine who bears the greatest burden when extreme events occur. His talk will offer valuable perspectives on how demographic methods and population-level data can deepen our understanding of climate-related vulnerability and inform more equitable policy responses to an era of increasing environmental disruption.

Itinerary

12:00pm - 12:05pm | Welcome and introductions

12:05pm - 12:45pm | Lunch&Learn presentation

12:45pm - 12:55pm | Moderated Q&A session

12:55pm - 13:00pm | Closing and upcoming sessions

Location

This is an online webinar hosted on Zoom. To receive details to enter the event, please register.

Featured Speaker

Dr. Ethan Raker

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of British Columbia

Ethan Raker is a social demographer specializing in disasters. He currently works as an Assistant Professor of Sociology at The University of British Columbia. His research uses quantitative methods to examine how extreme weather events affect population health and demographic processes, drawing particular attention to racial and socioeconomic disparities. Some of his recent work appears in Demography, Social Forces, and Population Research & Policy Review. He holds a PhD in sociology from Harvard University.

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What are Lunch&Learn's?

The CAnD3 Lunch&Learn series is designed to introduce our Fellows, team members, and partners to emerging research on topics related to population dynamics and population aging. These modules will cover the  Four CAnD3 Population Aging Axes: (1) family and social inclusion; (2) education, labour and inequality; (3) migration and ethnicity; and (4) wellbeing and autonomy.

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