Principal Researcher / Developer

Dr. Reynolds’ research aims to help Canadian communities and households better understand, prepare for, and respond to local hazard risks. His work combines geospatial modelling and analysis, mapping, risk communication, and application development at national, provincial, regional, community, and neighbourhood scales.

Ryan holds a Master’s in Geographic Information Systems (MGIS) focused on public participation GIS and a Doctorate in Geography focused on tsunami risk and evacuation modelling from the University of Calgary in Alberta. He also held a Postdoctoral Research and Teaching Fellowship with the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, where he explored coastal hazard risk across Canada while developing the Resilient-C Platform.

Before forming Resilience Mapping Canada, Ryan was a Coastal Risk Analyst with the Geological Survey of Canada within Natural Resources Canada (NRCan). He worked on three case studies for the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic oceans. His primary focus during this time was assessing the impacts of coastal storm surge and sea-level rise scenarios for the Hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories. While at NRCan, Ryan received his certificate for the Principals of OCAP from the First Nations Information Governance Centre and completed The Path from the NVision Insight Group to better understand and advocate for Indigenous inclusion in hazard risk studies and to ensure that Indigenous communities continue to hold ownership, control, access, and possession over data collected for their communities.