Community Consultations
Disasters are complex, social events. They disrupt everyday operations and force organizations to use new resources and different ways of working. To meet this challenge, communities need to get talking.
To help start these community conversations, The Voluntary Sector Project has created a Convenors Handbook on Building Resiliency and trained a team to kick off a series of Community Connectors events across Canada.
For more information on holding a roundtable in your community, please refer to the Community Resiliency Handbook and the five-step approach to building resiliency.
For more information on any of these events please Contact Us.
Upcoming Emergency Planning Workshops
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| March 22, 2011 | Whitehorse, YT | A free workshop on Emergency Preparedness hosted by Volunteer Yukon and Yukon Council on Disability. The event will take place March 22, 2011 from 10am to 3pm at the Yukon Association for Community Living office (4th Avenue-across the street from McDonald's). Lunch will be provided. This workshop will focus on organizations' 'continuity of service' and 'individual preparedness' for people who have disabilities. View the Email Invitation
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| May 10, 2011 | Richmond, BC | Volunteer Richmond Information Services and Richmond Centre for Disability team up to deliver a valuable workshop to help your organization plan for an emergency. This workshop will get you talking about Service Continuity and Emergency Preparedness with a focus on ensuring that people with disabilities are not left without support. View the Event Poster
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Fast Facts
In a recent survey of 44 voluntary sector organizations serving high-risk populations, 24% of them reported that they had no emergency supplies.
Disaster Timeline
How disaster prone is Canada? To learn more about past disasters and future risks view our timeline.
Testimonial
I recently facilitated an Emergency Preparedness workshop with a large group of special care home operators. At the beginning of the session they were quite defensive about their level of preparedness... "of course we're prepared...we have to be! We have to pass annual safety audits by the province or we could get closed down." By the end of the session, the same people were saying "wow, the provincial standards fall short of what is necessary to prepare us for real emergencies." As a result of the session with these special care home owners, I am sure their clients will now be much safer in the event of an emergency. Not only were they planning for how to provide continued care and safety to the client, they were planning for how to make sure the clients families were informed about their loved ones during the emergency. An essential workshop for anyone who is responsible for the lives of vulnerable people!