Article: Helping neighbourhoods weather the storm

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

P4A was recently featured in the Faculty of Environment's newsletter ENVision. Learn more about how the network was created by a University of Waterloo alumna and how P4A is working to mitigate the impacts of flooding.

“Entire lives are often disrupted as families are displaced from their homes, children are unable to attend their schools, impacted businesses are unable to provide employment, and in general the usual family routine is turned upside down. Families are accommodated in make-shift shelters and valuable possessions and keepsakes are lost forever,” says alumna Barbara Turley-McIntyre, MEB 2014 and Vice President of Sustainability & Citizenship at The Co-operators Group Ltd. This is not sustainable.

ENVision article

Read the full article on Envision.