We have some great programming coming up in May 2026 related to risk assessment. In this webinar, Scott Steer and Beth Power (partners with GeoEnviroPro) will talk you through two events to introduce the themes and speakers we have planned.
Risk Solutions for Contaminated Sites will focus on metals and mining – Metal contamination can be found anywhere, from small backyard sites to large-scale mines. Risk assessments for metals sites range widely in complexity and each brings unique challenges. Learn more about GeoEnviroPro’s day-long workshop (May 7, 2026, in Vancouver, BC, and virtual) on risk assessment and risk management of metals at different types of sites, for diverse clients and for various regulatory applications. The workshop program will cover toxicology of metals, rare metals, and risk assessments ranging in scale from small urban sites to mining sites (e.g., use of risk assessment and management throughout the mine life cycle). The target audience includes anyone working on contaminated sites and in the mining sector that assesses or manages metals in soil, groundwater, surface water and sediments.
Environmental Mini Series on Risk Assessment – GeoEnviroPro has set up an advisory group of emerging professionals to help create and provide targeted training informed by what they found to be lacking or useful in their own learning journey. Our most recent offering was on hydrogeology and the next one will focus on risk assessment for contaminated sites. This Environmental Mini Series has three virtual webinars (May 7, 19 and 26 2026) that each provide one hour of technical training followed by half an hour of discussion. You can register for them one-by-one or the entire series. In this webinar, we will review the content under the themes for each of the three webinars (1) overview of contaminated sites risk assessment, (2) problem formulation with emphasis on screening contaminants of potential concern for risk assessment, and (3) What BC risk assessors wish that site investigators would know.
Beth Power, MSc, RPBio, CSAP (Risk)
Beth Power has been an environmental consultant for over 35 years and part of Azimuth Consulting Group for 22 years. Regardless of the regulatory context (e.g., contaminated sites, permitting, , watersheds, releases/spills) her practice often interfaces between parties that want to understand and manage environmental contamination. Beth’s contaminated sites projects tend to use risk assessment and management to strategically bridge from site investigation to certification/site closure. Beth is a Contaminated Site Approved Professional for Risk-based Standards, on the CSAP Board and Governance Committee, and she chairs the CSAP Discipline Committee.
Scott Steer, MET, RPBio
Scott is an environmental toxicologist and partner at Active Earth Engineering Ltd., specializing in the performance and technical management of contaminated sites risk assessment. He is an Approved Risk Assessment Specialist with the Society of Contaminated Sites Approved Professionals of British Columbia with more than twenty years of experience in contaminated site assessment, human health and ecological risk assessment, and environmental toxicology.
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