Day One: Tuesday, March 22, 2022
10:30 EDT
15 min
Welcome and Opening Remarks from the Chair
Anthony Moore, Emergency Response Services Manager, Nisga'a Lisims Government
10:45 EDT
60 minEmergency Preparedness- Lessons Learned
Cam Alexis, Chief Executive Officer, Tribal Chiefs Ventures Inc.
11:45 EDT
60 min
Responding to Flood Events - A Community Perspective
Understanding imperative steps required to manage a flooding event in a community can save homes and individuals. When mitigation fails, we must prepare to respond. Learn how one community responded and what hard lessons we faced when recovery began.
- Understanding and mapping out flood prone areas
- Preparation requirements by: Elected Officials, Emergency Managers and Community Members
- Step 1 of response – When to make that call
- When the water recedes, identifying key moments towards recovery
12:45 EDT
45 minBreak
13:30 EDT
60 min
Community-Centered Approaches to Emergency Management
Scott MacDonnell, Emergency Mitigation Officer, Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq
Kasey McDermott, Emergency Management Planning Officer, Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq
- Standardized approaches to community all hazards planning.
- Improving community capacity through training and engagement.
- Implementing community-guided mitigation initiatives to enhance community resilience
- Supporting communities through COVID-19.
- Challenges and barriers to effective emergency management
14:30 EDT
60 minCommunity Safety and Security During Emergencies
- Community Safety/Security before emergencies (law development, training, and policies);
- Security vs Law Enforcement;
- Lack of infrastructure; and
- Developing relationships with Provincial EM programs
15:30 EDT
Closing Remarks from the Chair
Anthony Moore, Emergency Response Services Manager, Nisga'a Lisims Government
Day Two: Wednesday, March 23, 2022
10:30 EDT
15 min
Welcome and Opening Remarks from the Chair
Anthony Moore, Emergency Response Services Manager, Nisga'a Lisims Government
10:45 EDT
60 min
Cultural Impact During a Crisis and What We Need to Consider During Our Emergency Planning Process
Angela McKenzie, Director, Occupational Health, Safety and Environment, Fort McKay First Nation
- Elders, never left the community, don’t speak English, lack of quality care, and meals provided
- Leaving a remote community to go to a big city
- Lack of cultural ceremonies and practices or area for this and lack of understanding
11:45 EDT
60 min
Best Practices and Lessons Learned: The History of the Last 15 Years of Wildfires in Northern Alberta
Jason Wigton, Director, Technical & Emergency Services, Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council
- Lessons Learned
- Best Practices
- Moving forward
12:45 EDT
45 minBreak
13:30 EDT
60 min
Sayt – K’il’im – Goot: One Heart, One path, One Nation
Anthony Moore, Emergency Response Services Manager, Nisga'a Lisims Government
- Emergency Management Principles compared to First Nations Culture
- In the northwest of BC, the First Nations are trained from a young age to preserve and prepare for hard times. This is a cultural version of the first two principles in Emergency Management
- Nisga’a Nations development of the Emergency Response Services Department
- We strive for sustainability and self-reliance
- Our governance and services evolve to meet our peoples needs
14:30 EDT
60 min
Environmental Health Considerations for Emergency Management: Learnings through Case Studies
Dan Ferguson, Environmental Health Officer, First Nations Health Authority
15:30 EDT
60 minIndigenous Oral Communications
Ross Pratt, Emergency Management Coordinator, George Gordon First Nation
- Introduction and language use
- Using the Wheel
- Building/Enhancing Capacity
- Wisdom/Love/Respect/Bravery/Honesty/Humility/Truth – 7 Teachings
- The 4 Directions
- Communications with Leadership, Management, Seniors/Elders, Vulnerable People, Community, Rural Municipalities.
16:30 EDT
Closing Remarks from the Chair
Anthony Moore, Emergency Response Services Manager, Nisga'a Lisims Government