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Understanding methods

Chemical engineering

RSI incorporates chemical engineering insight into its risk evaluations involving industrial processes, emissions, or mitigation technologies. This expertise supports mechanistic exposure modeling, fault tree analysis, and scenario construction. RSI’s ability to contextualize engineering data within policy, safety, and environmental frameworks makes this method particularly useful for clients navigating both technical risk and public accountability.
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Case Studies

Technical Support for Risk-Based Decision Making (RBDM)

To enhance the oversight of cannabis production under its regulatory mandate, the Cannabis Directorate sought expert support in developing a risk-based decision-making framework tailored to its compliance and enforcement responsibilities. The directorate aimed to better assess and respond to non-conformance with Good Production Practices (GPP) as defined in the Cannabis Act and Regulations, using a data-driven approach.
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Sectors of expertise

Legal metrology

Legal metrology — the regulation of measurement in trade, safety, and compliance — underpins trust in markets and everyday transactions. From weighing goods in grocery stores to calibrating medical devices, fuel pumps, and utility meters, accurate measurement ensures fairness, safety, and accountability. Failures in measurement systems can erode consumer confidence, distort markets, and introduce risks…
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Expert editorials

Who will finance future disasters?

When disaster strikes, wildfire, flood, hurricane, earthquake, the financial reflex is predictable: federal governments step in with billions in relief and reconstruction funding. Communities rebuild, political leaders make commitments, and the cycle resets until the next catastrophe. This pattern has held for decades, but it is showing signs of strain.
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Sectors of expertise

Drinking water

Safe drinking water is a fundamental public health necessity. Contamination incidents — whether microbial, chemical, or physical — can rapidly undermine community trust and cause acute or long-term health harms. Challenges range from aging infrastructure and source water contamination to emerging contaminants such as pharmaceuticals, PFAS, and microplastics. Climate change further stresses water systems by…
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Methods

Collaborative governance

RSI facilitates collaborative governance structures in areas like environmental stewardship, emergency preparedness, and infrastructure planning. Its approach emphasizes structured dialogue, power-sharing, and outcome-focused agendas. RSI is particularly skilled at helping diverse actors work toward aligned risk management goals despite differing mandates or capacities.
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Sundry

GDPR reconsent

Thank you for your GDPR reconsent. Compliance is important to RSI.
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Sectors of expertise

Privacy

Privacy has become one of the defining issues of the digital age, touching every aspect of personal, commercial, and governmental activity. With vast amounts of data generated through online platforms, health systems, financial services, and smart devices, individuals face growing risks of surveillance, identity theft, misuse of personal information, and erosion of autonomy. The challenge…
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Understanding methods

Structured stakeholder input collection

RSI designs and facilitates structured engagement processes to inform its Understanding Risk work. This includes customized survey instruments, expert panels, and moderated forums. RSI emphasizes respectful engagement, documented responses, and clear pathways by which stakeholder input shapes outputs—ensuring both credibility and legitimacy in results.
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RSI News

Roger Rempel joins RSI as Director of Climate Group

RSI is pleased to announce that Roger Rempel has joined us as the Director of the RSI Climate Group. Roger is a senior environmental engineer and certified Infrastructure Resilience Professional (IRP) with over 25 years of experience in environmental assessment, climate change vulnerability assessment, quantitative risk assessment, environmental systems modeling and public consultation. He has…
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