Andrea is the research manager for the Climate Risk Research Group and a PhD Candidate in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management at the University of Waterloo. Andrea is a specialist in Geographic Information Systems and has previously worked for municipal, provincial and federal governments as well as the insurance industry. Andrea’s research and work experience are highly interdisciplinary ranging from visualization of flood risk, community-based climate adaptation and flood risk management policy. Andrea’s current research focuses on the role of data governance for improving the effectiveness of flood risk management in Canadian cities. Andrea holds a Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship for her doctoral research.
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