By Lily Yumagulova and Cindy Marven As part of HazNet’s Indigenous emergency management practitioners interview series, Lily Yumagalova had the pleasure of speaking with Serenna Besserer, an Inuit woman and a member of the Nunatsiavut territory of Lab …
By Lily Yumagulova and Carly Benson Margareta Wahlström served as the first Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (or UNDRR, which was known as U …
By Carly Benson In 2015, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction established an ambitious outcome for the global community to accomplish by 2030: The substantial reduction of disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods and health and in the …
By Shaun Koopman Many of us find it increasingly difficult to remain hopeful in the face of multiplying threats to our planet’s systems and societies. What is hope and why should we care about it? How do we cultivate and inspire hope in ourselves and o …
By Carly Benson In this interview with Professor Sohail Inayatullah, the conversation focuses on how ‘futures-thinking’ (also known as strategic foresight) can help individuals and organizations navigate a world of increasing uncertainty, where hope ca …
By Marian Orhierhor, Tasha-Aliya Kara, and Nicole Spence Public health reimagined As COVID-19 centered in many lives for the past 16 months, ‘public health’ became a household term. Through the media and elevated profiles of many health organiza …
By Michelle Pratt The COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be one of the biggest public health emergencies to face modern society. While other pandemics have impacted large populations, the process to develop a vaccine typically takes eight to fifteen years …
By Lilia Yumagulova Dennis Mileti, a luminary in the field of hazards and disaster research, passed away on January 30, 2021, from Covid-19 complications. He was 75 years old. Dennis Mileti was the Director Emeritus of the Natural Hazards Center. He a …
