On September 20, ICLR conducted a Friday Forum webinar titled 'Reducing the risk of extreme wind induced damage', led by Dr. Girma T. Bitsuamlak of Western University Engineering. In 2018, Canada’s insurers paid $1 billion in wind damage claims in Ontario and Quebec, a record high. Most years, wind damage is the largest cost for insurance companies in the United States. Climate studies warn that the frequency and severity of extreme hurricanes and tornadoes may increase as a result of global warming. Losses have been greatest for residential buildings, in part because they are not subject to engineering design and construction. Emerging engineering research provides a new understanding of how extreme wind can result in damage to structures. In particular, studies are beginning to focus on design and construction of individual buildings and also on neighborhoods. Wind-resilient building design and retrofit can now be supported by realistic computational modelling of urban microclimate interaction with buildings at various scales (component → building → neighbourhood → city). Alan Davenport’s “wind-loading-chain” links the modelling of extreme wind, exposure, aerodynamics, and dynamics to particular design criteria. This includes hurricane, tornado and other extreme wind events. Realizing wind-resilient communities will be presented through research projects that include modelling of the neighbourhood impact of 2010 hurricane Ivan and the 2018 tornado in Dunrobin. The models are able to evaluate risks based on wind pressure on each building at a neighbourhood scale. Modelling at neighbourhood scale is used to assess windborne debris, and wind-driven rain that contributes to large portion of overall damage. Computational modelling will play significant roles in enhancing community resiliency. Dr. Girma T. Bitsuamlak, PhD, PEng, F CSCE is Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Wind Engineering, Civil and Environmental Eng., Director at Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Lab. (BLWTL) and WindEEE Research Institute, SHARCNET Site Leader, Western University.