Dr. David Sauchyn, a professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Regina, and a larger international team, are working to help rural communities sustain their livelihood by being less vulnerable to damage caused by extreme weather events. This work is part of a project called VACEA – Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Extremes in the Americas. Sauchyn, who has been a faculty member at the University since 1983 and is a senior research scientist at the Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative (PARC), is a co-director of the VACEA project.