Knowledge Exchange

We look forward to growing this section of the website with valuable information that may be helpful to you and facilitate knowledge sharing. We will be bringing over some of the content from the previous site from the library in the months to come. In the meantime, here are some links you may find useful.

These 14 videos provide Canadian Indigenous disaster evacuees with an opportunity to share their experiences and knowledge with a broad, international audience. Every year hundreds of Indigenous people are evacuated from their homes and some remain displaced for months or even years. Indigenous evacuees have important stories to share about this largely invisible situation. Through the videos, participants explain in their own words the short and long-term impacts from evacuations, highlight how pre-existing strengths and challenges influenced their capacities to cope with the evacuation, and outline their thoughts on important insights and lessons gained. These videos capture perspectives from four communities: Lytton First Nation/Kanaka Bar Band, BC; Cormorant Island, BC; Long Plain First Nation, MB; and Eskasoni First Nation, NS.

Acknowledgements:

Thank you to the community members who generously shared their stories and wisdom and made this project possible.

Cormorant Island, BC: Shannon Alfred

Lytton First Nation/Kanaka Bar Band, BC: Christine Brown, Jennifer Brown, Jim Brown, Trevor Robinson and Merika Sam

Long Plain First Nation, MB: Eunice and Clemance Assiniboine, Linda Bunn, Trudy Hobson, Liz Merrick and Kathryn Myran

Eskasoni First Nation, NS: Irene Knockwood, Darlene Marshall and Peter Stevenson

We also encourage you to review the following PDFs:

From Displacement to Hope A Guide Final Version March 2017

Mutual Aid Guide

Thematic Videos

Preparedness,
Evacuations,
Traditional Food,
Children and Families,
Knowledge and Healing and
Strength and Resilience.

Created in 2003 to ensure coordination across all federal departments and agencies responsible for national security and the safety of Canadians.

Our mandate is to keep Canadians safe from a range of risks such as natural disasters, crime and terrorism.

Our mission is to build a safe and resilient Canada.

Our vision is to, through outstanding leadership, achieve a safe and secure Canada and strong and resilient communities.

UNDRR (formerly UNISDR) is the United Nations focal point for disaster risk reduction. UNDRR oversees the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, supporting countries in its implementation, monitoring and sharing what works in reducing existing risk and preventing the creation of new risk.

Provincial and territorial emergency management organizations (EMOs) are a good source of information about how to prepare for emergencies in your region. EMO’s activities include planning and research, training, response operations and the administration and delivery of disaster financial assistance programs. EMOs are most familiar with the natural hazards and other risks of your region. Learn more from the EMO in your province or territory.

Stay tuned for more updates soon.

From the Editor

In 2015, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2015-2030, set out four priority areas for action to reduce the impacts of disasters on mortality, communities, and the economy, and to strengthen disaster risk reduction:

Understanding disaster risk
Strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk
Investing in disaster risk reduction for resilience
Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response and to “Build Back Better” in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction

As we mark the halfway point of the Sendai Framework in 2023, this issue takes stock of the progress we have made so far. In truth, we found it hard to pull together an issue that would reflect the true current state. Perhaps it was due to burnout or the ongoing disruptions we are all facing post-pandemic, or perhaps it was due to the extremely complex topic of disaster risk, but one thing was not clear: no one seems to agree. With that in mind, we narrowed our focus to the first priority, to help create a common baseline – to understand disaster risk.

Our hope is that from this baseline, we can carry on the conversation to examine the other priorities. Just as David passed on the torch to the next generation, we need to carry on the conversation and address all priorities of the Sendai Framework.

So, let’s first understand disaster risk.

http://haznet.ca/haznet-magazine-spring-2023-issue/