<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">My name is Robin Willcocks-Musselman, and I am a PhD student working under the supervision of Dr. Kate Sherren in the School for Resource and Environmental Studies at Dalhousie University. We are conducting a study to explore people’s experiences relocating process due to climate-induced risks. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We are currently recruiting people who are nineteen years and older, who live in Atlantic Canada, and have been permanently relocated to a climate-induced risk to participate in this study. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0cm 7.2pt 0.0001pt 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Participation in this study involves two interviews. The first interview will be an online call, followed by an in-person interview at a mutually agreed upon location near to where you live. During the online call and the face-to-face interview, you will be asked to answer questions about your relocation experience. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0cm 7.2pt 0.0001pt 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Participation in the study would take approximately 3-5 hours of your time in total (a 30-45 min online call plus a 1-1.5 hour in-person interview). If you are required to travel to an interview location, we will provide you with a gas card to remunerate these costs. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Participation is voluntary and all information provided will be kept confidential. This study has received ethics clearance through the Dalhousie Ethics Board. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> DAL REB# 2025-7855</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If you are interested in participating, please contact me at </span><a href="mailto:rwillcoc@dal.ca" style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">rwillcoc@dal.ca</span></b></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> or 902-818-7653 and I will set up a time to talk to you more about the study and your possible participation. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Robin Willcocks Musselman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></p></body></html>