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Displaying 15 of about 49 resultsThis event provides a forum for professionals in the areas of disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery; supplemented with on-going educational opportunities.
Disaster Forum brings together renowned keynote speakers and diverse disciplinary sessions that deliver current and practical information in many disciplines. There are plenty of f…
The 5th Conference of the International Society for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM 2014) will take place at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, from 30th October - 1st November 2014.
The theme of the conference is "Building Disaster Resilient Communities".
The focus of the conference builds on opportunities through science and tec…
COVID-19 is not the first health crisis to affect Canada. Previous emergencies, like the Lac-Mégantic train tragedy in 2013, showed the importance of including the affected communities to promote better adherence to preventive measures and build resilient communities. Our research shows this is largely missing for COVID-19, with high costs on society as…
Report of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs
This report contains the proceedings of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs of the House of Commons of Canada's Parliament. It reports on the efforts of the Committee to study the response to and long-term impacts of wildfires in First Nation communities duri…
This report of a Post-Incident Assessment conducted by KPMG LLP for the Alberta Emergency Management Agency (AEMA), provides a review of the Government of Alberta’s support to stakeholders, emergency social services, and community evacuations during the May 2016 Wood Buffalo Wildfire (also known as the Horse River Wildfire) and its aftermath.
In…
A report on recovery and rebuilding in southern Alberta:
This paper sets out 12 recommendations on actions the Government of Alberta can take to reduce the risk of flood damage to homes. It was prepared at the request of the Insurance Bureau of Canada following the flooding in southern Alberta in June 2013, which resulted in four fatalities and unprec…
A variety of factors can cause emergencies, such as natural disasters or man-made disasters. Whatever the cause, Public Safety Canada works to reduce their impact.
Learn more about what Public Safety Canada is doing in the following areas:
* Disaster mitigation
* Emergency preparedness
* Response
* Recovery
* Critical infrastructure protection
* Cybe…
A Canadian construction company has donated 170 earthquake-resistant connectors for a building trades school that is being constructed in Haiti. The school is designed to be seismic-resistant, so it will function as a safe-zone as well, providing food, shelter and medical assistance in case of a natural disaster.
Exercise Coastal Response is Western Canada’s first, full-scale earthquake and tsunami response exercise. It is a test of the BC Immediate Response Plan that outlines the steps that the province and its partners will undertake in the immediate aftermath of a massive earthquake. The goal is to exercise elements of the IRP and strengthen relationship…
By Glenn McGillivray, Managing Director Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
With the Fort McMurray wildfire, Canada has hit the big time.
The size of the event and the amount of insured damage caused may put it up there with some of the large flood and moderate hurricane and earthquake losses in the international re-insurance industry’s top 50 c…
Startling results from a new report out of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo find all 10 provinces and Yukon are not as prepared for floods as they could be.
The report, Climate Change and the Preparedness of Canadian Provinces and Yukon to Limit Potential Flood Damage, surveyed 103 government representatives across…
Canada’s disaster relief program should restrict payments toward repairing or rebuilding structures on floodplains and other high-risk areas, concluded a report by a federal advisory panel released Monday.The panel found that the Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA), a cost-sharing program between the federal government and the provinces an…
The conference will provide opportunities for anyone involved with or interested in the many facets of emergency management and who want to be better prepared for emergencies and disasters that may impact our region.
In addition to participating in several presentations, conference delegates will be provided opportunities to network with others in the…
The Manchester Briefing on COVID-19 is aimed at those who plan and implement recovery from COVID-19, including government emergency planners and resilience officers.
This issue shares lessons from:
Canada: on how to promote compassion in organisations;
UK: on relieving period poverty during COVID-19; on the closure of public toilets during COV…
Quick response research conducted by social scientists in the aftermath of a disaster can reveal important findings about hazards and their impacts on communities. Research to collect perishable data, or data that will change or be lost over time, immediately following disaster has been supported for decades by two programs in the United States, amassin…