By Ayyoob Sharifi and Amir Reza Khavarian-Garmsir Enhancing resilience capacities is of critical significance in a world of increasing uncertainties and instabilities. This is particularly essential in urban areas where most of the world population cur …
By Chris Marsh “Can you call us from somewhere private?” I felt sick. On the line were staff members from British Columbia’s Water Stewardship Division – a part of the provincial Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Develo …
By Ernie MacGillivray and Doug Allport This is a short story about innovation, and the collaboration that enabled it. Two-years ago, a colleague suggested that Doug Allport had discovered the “secret sauce” to shared situational awareness during disast …
Good Day All, I hope everyone is having a good day. This power outage in Lake Manitoba First Nation, aka Animozeebeeng, Dog Creek Reserve has surely been intense at times. We’ve been so busy maintaining everything with the upkeep: keeping us warm and w …
By Richard Thornton Summary: The next time we have a summer scorcher, picture yourself in the great Australian bush, and ask yourself: what have you learned? February 7, 2019, marked the tenth anniversary of the devastating bushfires that struck Victor …
By Jacob Westfall Summary: In the past year since wireless alerting was introduced, there have been challenges and improvements made, but has it made Canadians safer? At the time of writing this article, wireless public alerting has been with us for on …
Interview by Lilia Yumagulova; Story by Jonathon Reynolds Summary: A cultural centre takes a devastating blow, but bounces back better, under effective leadership and innovative thinking. Read on to learn how the Jorvik Viking Centre not only reopened …
By Lilia Yumagulova In 2018, intense rain combined with snowmelt in the mountains caused the Kettle and Granby Rivers to overflow their banks, leading to the worst flooding the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) in British Columbia has seen …
