7th Canadian risk and hazards network (CRHNet) symposium: 'connecting with Canadians'
Programme
A consistent goal of the CRHNet symposiums is to create a disaster-resilient society through inter-disciplinary and inter-jurisdictional dialogue or collaboration among practitioners, policy makers, researchers, and academics.
The overarching theme of this year's symposium, 'Connecting with Canadians' reflects the need for better public engagement in disaster risk reduction. This year's symposium will focus on the knowledge and practice of public engagement in the general context of risk reduction.
The 2010 symposium will help identify smart practices and lessons from recent disasters. This year's symposium will also include practical demonstrations of innovative technology solutions for risk assessment, information management, inter-agency collaboration and decision support.
Presentations will be grouped into four general themes:
* Health sciences or services including the psychosocial dimensions of emergency management and lessons learned from the recent pandemic.
* Natural sciences including risk assessment methodologies, climate change adaptation strategies, risk mitigation and multi-discipline collaboration.
* Social sciences or services including public attitudes about risk and emergency management, public participation, the use of social media and social networking in crises and emergencies, community resiliency strategies and emerging trends in emergency social services.
* Governance, policy and management including stakeholder-engagement strategies, collaboration strategies for policy development, communication strategies, land use planning strategies, spatial decision support systems, warning systems, incident management systems, crisis management systems or strategies.
Proceedings
A digital record of accepted papers and presentations will be produced and shared with participants.