• Overview
• Risks & Trends
• Timeline of
  Canadian Disasters

Research

The Voluntary Sector Project is built on a foundation of evidence-based research conducted from 2005 to 2007. The main body of research consists of three key documents prepared by the Canadian Red Cross and other partners including the Public Health Agency of Canada, Public Safety Canada and the Department of Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies at Brandon University.

The Framework for Health Emergencies provides a call to action for your organization to internally prepare for an emergency and to think about how your organization can best contribute to a response.

Maintaining the Passion: Sustaining the Emergency Response Episodic Volunteer explores the recent trend of episodic volunteering — volunteers who offer their services to help in a specific emergency for a limited period of time. This document outlines how volunteers need to be managed during a health emergency that poses added risks to anyone providing help.

Integrating Emergency Management and High Risk Populations: Survey Report and Action Recommendations outlines the findings from a survey conducted for voluntary organizations working with high risk populations and emergency response organizations on the level of consideration given to meeting the needs of high-risk populations during an emergency.

All of the project research confirms that Canada can expect a greater frequency disasters and our current capacity to respond is not sufficient. These three documents are the first steps in efforts to improve the capacity of the voluntary sector and existing emergency management organizations.

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