Deadline for CRHNet Awards Extended to January 5, 2024
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CRHNet Symposium Announcement https://crhnet.ca/events-2/2023-sym/ Welcome from Jodi Manz-Henezi, President, CRHNet This year has proven to be particularly challenging for Disaster and Emergency Management Professionals, and the coming months promise to be equally difficult as many in our community work through long recovery processes across the country. On behalf of CRHNet, we would like
D&EM Core Competency Working Group – Survey
Trusted Colleagues, In 2021 a group of members from a variety of agencies and geographical locations came together in a working group co-chaired by the Canadian Risk and Hazards Network (CRHNet) and the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) Canada to continue work previously started to address a fundamental gap in Canada where Disaster and
CRHNet Emerging Professionals DRR Scavenger Hunt
The CRHNet Emerging Professionals (EP) Committee is very excited to bring you the first ever CRHNet EP Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Scavenger Hunt and it starts today! In celebration and support of DRR Day on October 13, 2023 the EP Committee is challenging you to actively consider threats and consequences across Canada from an all
CRHNet DRR Symposium – Rescheduled
Out of respect for our members, and the ongoing responses across the country, the CRHNet board has made the decision to delay the Symposium event in Edmonton to February 21-23, 2024. Our goal is to have active engagement from all attendees, and we realize that individual recovery for many of our practitioner partners will still
Our mission is to bring together the disaster risk management community to increase resiliency through the transfer of knowledge, the building of relationships, and the exchange of best practices. To that end, we are so proud of the newest issue of HazNet during Emergency Preparedness week. "Progress on Sendai Framework? Taking stock and moving forward?"
The Ethical Emergency Manager: Issues, Morality and Dilemmas
This 3rd edition by Dr. David Etkins, was written because there was no text that specifically addressed the topic of emergency management ethics; thus, it fills a gap. It is also an important topic. He is hoping that you will not find this a dry, boring read. Many if not most academic books and textbooks
Ethics Resources
Here is a set of nine webinar talks on various aspects of DEM ethics done in collaboration with the Copenhagen Centre for Disaster Research (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5YoondLHU0x7bSlGkE6xdg/videos). The videos are typically about an hour long and well worth watching. These webinars are part of a larger project that will eventually result in a model for DEM that
Code of Ethics and Professional Standards of Conduct for Emergency Management Professionals
Code of Ethics and Professional Standards of Conduct for Emergency Management Professionals”. This code is the result of a collaborative project organized by the FEMA Ethics Working Group (https://training.fema.gov/hiedu/specialinterest/eemsig.aspx). The working group was comprised of a diverse group of academics and professionals, all of whom donated large amounts of their time to this project. The code
Narratives of Disaster: Sensemaking in Crisis
Narratives of Disaster: Sensemaking in Crisis Part 1: Historical Disasters Part 2: Contemporary Disasters By Dr's Peter Timmerman and David Etkin , York University Storytelling as a way of understanding the world around us, both literally and metaphorically, is a powerful tool. Disasters come in many shapes, sizes and forms, but have in common the