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‘Concrete actions’ needed to fix emergency response on First Nations: AG

The federal government cannot blame its failure to improve First Nations emergency management on a lack of outreach, Canada’s auditor general said Monday.


BCAEM appoints new leadership team at annual EPBC conference

The BC Association of Emergency Managers (BCAEM) elected a new chair, vice-chair, treasurer and secretary, as well as five new directors.


‘Brave and ambitious’: IBC commends National Adaptation Strategy

“The elements proposed in this strategy, especially the use of clear risk-reduction goals and outcome-based targets, are truly world-leading and are critical…” said Insurance Bureau of Canada’s Craig Stewart.
 
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Opinion: We have to get off the disaster hamster wheel

“We need to understand what we are doing wrong with new construction if we want to stop paying for ever-larger catastrophes,” write Glenn McGillivray and Keith Porter with the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction. Read their op-ed on why we are on, and need to get off, the disaster hamster wheel. » Read More
 
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Elevating EM in Canada: Q&A with Pascal Rodier

Meet Pascal Rodier, a 30-year public safety and emergency management veteran. After retiring from progressive leadership roles in emergency medical services, he transitioned into the emergency management field fulltime. Read our Q&A with Rodier. » Read More
 
News 
 

Book review: Introduction to Emergency Management in Canada

IAEM region 9 president Todd De Voe reviews the newly published, multi-author book Introduction to Emergency Management in Canada. » Read More

Feds fund UQAM research to improve Canada’s flooding resilience

The project will look into the cost of future flooding and how public policy can contribute to climate change resilience. » Read More

ReliefWeb’s new humanitarian co-ordination platform goes live

The new platform will aggregate operational content to provide an authoritative source of information on new and ongoing operations around the world. » Read More
 
Events 
 

CatIQ Connect 2023

Feb. 7-8, 2023
Toronto
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