SUMMER 2026
June 16-19, 2026 : Urban Floods Summer School, RIISQ and Centre RISC
Training on torrential rain management in urban areas
Torrential rains and flooding represent a growing challenge for Quebec cities. Their increasing frequency and intensity have major impacts on infrastructure, housing, public health, and civil security, and generate considerable financial and human costs across the province.
It is essential to equip professionals and researchers in the field and to train a new generation of professionals capable of meeting the challenges of urban flooding. To this end, the RIISQ and the RISC Centre are organizing an interdisciplinary seminar/summer school on flood management in urban areas, to be held from June 16 to 19, 2026, in Montreal.
The training aims to combine scientific and professional knowledge to foster shared reflection and identify concrete courses of action. Recent case studies, including Storm Debby or the intense rains in Trois-Rivières in the summer of 2025, will serve as a basis for discussion and will help to ground the exchanges in lived experiences.
Registration is now open!
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June 17, 2026 - 'Managing torrential rains in urban areas... A problem of scale, tools and information sharing?' Conference
The RIISQ invites you to the conference “Managing Torrential Rainfall in Urban Areas… A Problem of Scale, Tools, and Information Sharing?”, with Michel Jean (World Meteorological Organization).
The conference will be followed by a cocktail reception. This is a free event, but registration is required.
The conference is organized as part of the Summer School on Floods: Managing Torrential Rainfall in Urban Areas.
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