Kenneth Hewitt is Professor Emeritus of Geography at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario. He studies geomorphology, disasters and mountain environments in the Karakoram Himalaya and beyond. His books include Interpretations of Calamity (1983), Elora Gorge: A Visitor’s Guide (1995), Regions of Risk (1997) and Glaciers of The Karakoram Himalaya (2014). He lived in Elora for 33 years.