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2005 PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
Day 1
Plenary: |
| P1 |
Healthy Communities
Dr. David Butler-Jones
Chief Public Health Officer
Ottawa, Ontario
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| P2(A) |
Building Disaster Resilient Communities
Don Shropshire
National Director Disaster Services – Canadian Red Cross
Ottawa, Ontario
Jody Sydor
Director
North Shore Emergency Management Program
North Vancouver, British Columbia
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| P2(B) |
Action Plan Update
Wayne Greene
Bill White
Executive Members, EP Conference
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Breakout Sessions: |
| A1 |
Vulnerable Populations: Barriers to Success
Carol Tan
Instructor
Centre for Intercultural Communication
University of British Columbia
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Canada’s National Emergency Stockpile System (NESS): “A Health & ESS Resource”
Christopher Smith
Manager, Planning & Programs
Ministry of Health Services
Victoria, British Columbia
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| A3 |
Development of Integrated Regional/Municipal and First Nation Emergency Plans
Dave Scott
Local Government Emergency Planning Officer
Provincial Emergency Program
Victoria, British Columbia
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Disaster Financial Assistance (DFA) - What you need to know.
Diana Tahouney
Manager, Recovery
Provincial Emergency Program
Victoria, British Columbia
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Lunch Presentation: South East Asian Tsunami
Fern Jeffries
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| B1 |
ESS Technology: New Computer Based Registration & Assistance System
Gary Hartwig President,
First Gate Ventures Inc.
Victoria, British Columbia
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| B2 |
Assessing Health Sector Emergency Preparedness
Robert Bryan
Regional Director, Health Emergency Management
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
Vancouver, British Columbia
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| B3 |
Improving Tsunami Warning Along Canada’s West Coast
Peter Anderson, Director, Centre for Policy
Research Science Technology
Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, British Columbia
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| B4 |
Disaster Response Routes – RAV – EQ Resistance
Doug Allan
Project Manager
Joint Emergency Liaison Committee
Jim Rule
Chief Administrative Officer
District of Maple Ridge|
Allan Galambos
Manager of Bridge & Structural Engineering
South Coast
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Day 2
Plenary: |
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Emergency Management in Canada
Margaret Bloodworth
Deputy Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
Ottawa, Ontario
Brigadier-General Stuart A. Beare, CD
Commander Land Force Western Area
Edmonton, Alberta
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Breakout Sessions: |
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| C1 |
Care and Feeding of Volunteers: How Do We Keep Volunteers Committed for the Long Haul?
Lillian Whitmore
Lighthouse Consultants
Burnaby, British Columbia
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Health Emergency Response Teams (HERT): Building a National Disaster Response Capacity
Dr Marc-Andre Beaulieu
Public Health Agency of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
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| C3 |
FNESS/INACT
Laurie Vaughan
Ulkatcho First Nation
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Critical Infrastructure: Special Needs Continuity
Stephanie Chang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Community and Regional Planning
The University of British Columbia
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Public Awareness and Education
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Psycho-Social Impact on Responders
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| D5 |
Critical Infrastructure
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| D6 |
Community Emergency Programs
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Day 3
Plenary: |
| P4 |
Organizational Risk and Social Vulnerability
Professor Ken Hewitt
Wilfred Laurier University
Waterloo, Ontario
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| P5 |
Building Relationships: Before, During and After a Disaster
Jim Mullen
Director
Emergency Management Division
State of Washington
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| P6 |
Disasters – The Past Year
Bob Bugslag
Executive Director
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Provincial Emergency Program
Victoria, British Columbia
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Email: epconference@vancouver.ca