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.
Community Connector Workshops
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| March 5, 2009 | Windsor, Ontario | Service continuity planning workshop for voluntary sector organizations providing basic needs services. Hosted by the United Way Windsor-Essex County, with presentations from Windsor-Essex County Health Unit, Windsor Fire Services, and Essex County Emergency Services on local emergency plans. |
| March 4, 2009 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | Community Resiliency Workshop Sponsored by Volunteer Manitoba  View the Activity Report |
| February 28, 2009 | Whitehorse, Yukon | Community Resiliency Workshop View the Activity Report |
| February 24, 2009 | Kitchener, Ontario | Service Continuity Workshop |
| January 19, 2009 | Village of Meductic, New Brunswick |
Workshop on Asset Mapping View the Activity Report |
| December 6-7, 2008 | Ottawa, Ontario |
Community Connectors Workshop hosted by the CRC in partnership with the CVSRD and Volunteer Canada |
| November 26, 2008 | Ottawa, Ontario |
Follow-up Community Resiliency Roundtable 'Asset Mapping and Service Continuity Planning Pilot Workshop' Hosted by CVSRD |
| October 23, 2008 | Burtts Corner, New Brunswick |
Follow-up Community Resiliency Roundtable Hosted by the Neighbourhood Alliance for North York (NANY) |
| August 20, 2008 | Ottawa, Ontario Carlton University |
Beyond Sandbags, generators, masks and shelters: The role of the voluntary sectors in building community resiliency and emergency preparedness Hosted by CVSRD and the Canadian Red Cross View the invitation
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| July 28, 2008 | Ottawa, Ontario |
Roundtable Hosted by the Carleton Centre for Voluntary Sector Research and Development (CVSRD) in collaboration with the City of Ottawa's Neighbourhood Planning Initiative View the Event Flyer
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| March 20, 2008 | Burtts Corner, New Brunswick |
Roundtable Hosted by the Neighbourhood Alliance for North York (NANY) |
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Fast Facts
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Disaster Timeline
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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!