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Community Resiliency & Emergency Preparedness

A Guide to Investing in Volunteer Resources Management: Improve Your Philanthropic Portfolio

UPS Foundation 2002

Availability.com - Your Business Continuity Resource

A vendor-neutral site committed to improving processes and systems, with informative links to resources to help educate, analyze and remedy business continuity.

Building Community Resilience for Children and Families

The Terrorism and Disaster Center, National Child Traumatic Stress Network

Church Pandemic Resources

The goal of this website is to provide your congregation with a theological and pastoral framework for preparing for pandemic flu, and also to provide you with practical ideas about ways you can serve you members and your community - right now, and when a pandemic strikes.

First Nations Child Family Caring Society Crisis Response in First Nations Child and Family Services

by Kathryn Irvine, edited by Cindy Blackstock for the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada March 15, 2004

Helper Triage: Volunteer Management in Emergencies

Susan J. Ellis, 2007

Maintaining the Passion – Sustaining the Emergency Response Episodic Volunteer

A collaborative project of voluntary sector agencies with financial support from the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Preventing Disaster within a Disaster: The Effective Use and Management of Unaffiliated Volunteers

Points of Light Foundation Volunteer Center National Network

Protecting the Health and Safety of Canadians: The Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response

Health Canada 2002

Resiliency in Rural Settlements that have Experienced Wildfires
Implications for Disaster Management and Mitigation

The Canadian governments, and other relevant agencies, have increased concerns about individual and community preparedness for disasters, which are defined as the impact from natural hazards, technological hazards or conflict (not including war). Wildfires are particularly worrisome because they have affected 250 communities and 700,000 individuals in Canada in the last ten years.

The Centre for Voluntary Sector Research and Development, Carleton University

The Considerations When Engaging Short Term Volunteers

Volunteer Management Reviewtrade;, Celeste Sauls-Marks

VIEWPOINT-Community resilience is key to disaster reduction

AlertNet Article

Voluntary Sector Framework for Health Emergencies

A collaborative project of voluntary sector agencies with financial support from the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Volunteer Management Practices and Retention of Volunteers

Mark A. Hager amp; Jeffrey L. Brudney 2004 – the Urban Institute

Your Emergency Preparedness Guide – is your family prepared?

Public Safety Canada

Service Continuity

Business Continuity Institute

The Business Continuity Institute Web site contains excellent information and resources for business continuity novices and experts; it also allows members to communicate and network with each other.

Business Continuity Planning / Disaster Recovery Planning: An Online Guide

Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness

CCEP is a federally-incorporated non-profit agency whose mission is to assist governments, industry and non-profit organizations prepare for and recover from natural and man-made disasters.

Contingency Planning Management

If you only plan to visit one of these helpful Web sites, make sure this one is it! On this site you will find online articles, tips, how-to manuals, and online training in Contingency Planning. In addition, you can subscribe to a free online magazine, Contingency Planning Management. Do not miss this site!

Disaster Recovery Journal

Disaster Recovery Journal has been publishing information on disaster recovery since 1987 and provides a number of helpful articles regarding disaster recovery and business continuity planning.

DRI Canada - The Institute for Continuity Management

DRI CANADA has been a not-for-profit, member-based, organization since 1996 and provides education, based on continuity management standards, to individuals and organizations in Canada, usnig a standards-based certification system attesting to the knowledge and experience of continuity management professionals. It promotes the credibility and professionalism of their members. In both English and French.