By Jack L. Rozdilsky and Maharshi Jani The Emergencies Act is the Canadian federal government’s last resort. The general concept is if all existing measures to manage an emergency fail, there exists a rarely-used federal Act to authorize the taking of …
By Katia Tynan Over the past two years, communities across British Columbia have been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 heat dome, forest fires, landslides, and flooding. As climate change continues to increase the frequency and severity of …
The SFU Urban Studies 2020-21 lecture series, Pandemonium: Urban studies and recovering from COVID-19, took place online from May 2020 to March 2021. By Aphrodite Bouikidis and Meg Holden Summary: The Pandemonium discussions hosted by SFU Urban Studies …
By Margot Lootens When confinement measures and mobility restrictions were put in place at the beginning of the pandemic, the place we call home, our neighbours and local communities, suddenly reclaimed a central place in our daily lives. In the first …
By Perron S. Goodyear Summary With in-person training not feasible due to the pandemic, The Salvation Army quickly shifted to virtual training and expanded our training beyond Canada’s borders to build capacity among our global partners. History The Sa …
by Kayla Pepper What is cultural safety in the context of ESS? Emergency Support Services (ESS) is a program guided by Emergency Management BC (EMBC) and delivered by First Nations or local governments to support evacuees during emergency events. As pa …
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 Josh Bowen Surprise! School is closed On March 15, 2020, the Government of Alberta suspended all face-to-face post-secondary classes in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19. At the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT)—a polytechnic th …
