By Veronica Woodruff A collaborative, all-of-society approach infuses disaster risk reduction academic literature (Combaz, 2014; Eslamian & Eslamian, 2021), government policy directives (including the UN Sendai Framework and Public Safety Canada gu …
By David Etkin Over the past few years, there has been an increasing focus on the importance of ethics to the emergency management profession. This article provides a description of some recent resources that have been published to support emergency ma …
By Andrea Minano Considerable progress has been made in Canada over the last 10 years to understand and manage flood risks more effectively. The 2013 Southern Alberta floods were a defining moment in Canada’s history that spurred many changes and renew …
By: Julie Drolet, Ph.D., MSW, RSW, Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary; Bonnie Lewin, MSW, RSW, Emergency Planner, The City of Calgary; Shivani Samra, BA, BSW, RSW, Research Assistant, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary; …
By Jeffrey Tochkin, John Richmond, and Attila Hertelendy Summary: The health care system in Canada has faced enormous pressures during the three consecutive waves of COVID-19 response. Without the efforts of emergency management practitioners, the heal …
By Gordon McBean, Paul Kovacs, and Brennan Vogel Climate change is impacting all countries, but Canada has experienced warming at about twice as fast as the global average, and three times as fast in the Canadian Arctic (Bush and Lemmen, 2019). As glo …
by Luca Galbusera and Gianluca Pescaroli After one and a half years, COVID-19 is still challenging risk and disaster management worldwide, calling for systemic approaches to mitigate its effects (Hynes, Linkov, and Trump, 2020). Research and practice r …
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 …
