Day One: Tuesday, April 18, 2023
10:30 EDT
15 min
Welcome and Opening Remarks from the Chair
Anthony Moore, Emergency Response Services Manager, Nisga'a Lisims Government (British Columbia)
10:45 EDT
45 min
Engaging Governments: How to Build Partnerships to Develop the Four Pillars of Emergency Management to Benefit Our Members
Jeremiah Louis, Fire Chief and Emergency Services Manager, Takla First Nation (British Columbia)
This presentation will discuss methods to reach out and take control of the direction you develop Emergency Management in your community
- How do we engage regional partners, provincial, and federal resources?
11:30 EDT
45 minHurricane Fiona and Deploying Our Emergency Preparedness Plan
Peter Stevens, Director, Health & Safety, Membertou (Nova Scotia)
12:15 EDT
45 minBreak
13:00 EDT
45 min
Creating Disaster Risk Reduction and Preparedness Plans
Ross Pratt, Emergency Management Coordinator, George Gordon First Nation (Saskatchewan)
- Hear case studies and best practices in disaster risk reduction
- Understand the importance of education as a tool for disaster risk reduction
- Tips into involving communities voices in disaster training
- Consider using social media and distance learning for training activities
- Encourage Indigenous communities to identify and share traditional mechanisms for coping with disaster risks
13:45 EDT
45 min
First Nations Vulnerabilities – How Getting a Dedicated Emergency Program Coordinator Forever Changed Who We Are
Anthony Moore, Emergency Response Services Manager, Nisga'a Lisims Government (British Columbia)
14:30 EDT
60 min
FNHA – Supporting First Nations Communities in Recovery from Wildfires
Dan Ferguson, Environmental Health Officer, First Nations Health Authority (British Columbia)
This presentation will focus on our recovery efforts to the 2021 and 2022 wildfires in the South Central Interior of BC
15:30 EDT
45 min
Success of Emergency Alerting
Jennifer Jesty, Emergency Resiliency Manager, Union of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq (Nova Scotia)
16:15 EDT
Closing Remarks from the Chair
Anthony Moore, Emergency Response Services Manager, Nisga'a Lisims Government (British Columbia)
Day Two: Wednesday, April 19, 2023
10:30 EDT
15 min
Welcome and Opening Remarks from the Chair
Anthony Moore, Emergency Response Services Manager, Nisga'a Lisims Government (British Columbia)
10:45 EDT
60 min
Building on Your Strengths and Connections During an Emergency
11:45 EDT
60 min
Storm Surges and Flooding: Climate Change Adaptation Strategies through Interactive 3D Community Modelling
Barry Stevens, President, Stevens Solutions & Design Inc. (Nova Scotia)
- 3D high resolution street level modeling
- Sea level rise (SLR), storm surge and fluvial flooding
- Wildland 3D fire modeling
- Dynamic user-friendly interactive interface
- Empowering our communities
12:45 EDT
45 minBreak
13:30 EDT
60 min
A Community Perspective to Responding to Flood Events
- Step-by-step guide to managing a flooding event
- Learn how to prepare to respond
- Understand and map out flood prone areas
- Identify key moments in recovery
- Mitigate risks and understand when to respond
14:30 EDT
60 min
Providing Essential Services During & After the Initial 72 Hours
Joe Kwan, Senior Manager, Squamish Nation (British Columbia)
- Establishment of an Emergency Program
- Identification & Documentation
- Eligibility Criteria & Limits
- Securing Funding
- Communications with Band Members & Council
15:30 EDT
60 min
Emergency Health Services and First Responder Business Planning Lessons Learned North of 60 and Beyond
This session will review how business plans were successfully developed and implemented in organizations with no experience or enthusiasm for such processes. Issues to be addressed will be
- How to assess the current state of business operations and ‘needs’ through managers and staff,
- How to quickly diagnose why previous business plans have failed,
- The business planning essentials of Sharing Issues and Solutions with neighbors and new friends
- How to create doable worthwhile projects and why discipline is needed to ensure their completion,
- The benefits of creating an evidence based budgeting when the grownups do not know your business,
- How to advance your organization does not require you to be smart just observant Lessons from SARS, H1N1, Hurricane Juan , International Rural and Remote Prehospital Collaborative
16:30 EDT
Closing Remarks from the Chair
Anthony Moore, Emergency Response Services Manager, Nisga'a Lisims Government (British Columbia)