How does one cope with the trauma of losing everything in a wildfire or being forced from your home for days or weeks at a time? That’s the question being asked by researchers at UBC Okanagan. Mary Ann Murphy is an associate professor of sociology at UBCO’s faculty of arts and social sciences and with the school of social work. She joins us to talk about what was learned from the 2003 fires.
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