CRHNet fostering knowledge sharing amongst #DRR & DEM professionals to increase resilience in Canada. We also publish HazNet magazine (https://teapawt.org/t.co/O8K2rNRdxW)
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A new episode of @cbcmarketplace called 'Are You Prepared?' goes across Canada to see how prepared we are for floods, tornadoes, fires and earthquakes.
Both @westernuNTP and @WindEEE_RF are featured!
You can find the video here: cbc.ca/player/play/227269689…
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From October 13 to 27, our EP Committee is hosting a social media scavenger hunt to celebrate #DRR Day 2023! Head on over to our Facebook or LinkedIn page for more details, or send us a note at [email protected] to sign up!
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More than a century after colonization nearly eradicated key fish populations around Vancouver, British Columbia, the Tsleil-Waututh Nation is looking to the past to restore the ecosystem.
canadiangeographic.ca/articl…
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JOB OPPORTUNITY: Indigenous Liaison Officer w/our #ClimateChange team.
Build & maintain relationships with Indigenous & northern communities while supporting the Northern Forest Mapping program in delivering enhanced wildfire fuel maps.
Apply by Aug 17: buff.ly/3rBZOO2
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Canada's climate adaptation plan gives a nod to Indigenous knowledge as wildfires burn cheknews.ca/canadas-climate-…
The law made it easier for Indigenous Peoples and private citizens to burn “good fires” before the wildland season begins.
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In thus excellent thread, @victor_dnr puts the current record-breaking Canadian wildfires into a much longer historical context.
Fire dynamics in North American boreal forests are widely discussed with the ongoing record-breaking 🔥 season. So here is a 🧵on long-term 🔥 dynamics (~1700-present), which is mostly a synthesis of our article on the subject (Chavardès et al. 2022; tiny.cc/oln8vz) 1/19
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200+ South African firefighters landed in Edmonton, Canada to assist in the fight against the raging wildfire. 🇿🇦🇨🇦 – at Edmonton, Alberta
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ICLR News, a selection of the week’s top natural hazard news, is now available
app.meltwater.com/api/public…
#flood #storm #earthquake #wildfire #climatechange #insurance #reinsurance
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In a move that every fire expert I spoke to said was pretty unusual, Alberta is asking for volunteers from the public service to help with the wildfire effort. What that says about the severity of the current season, and what might be still to come: thestar.com/news/canada/2023…
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#DYK that you can get daily updates on the wildfire status of the forest area near you? Head to alberta.ca/wildfire-status.a… and click on “Forest Area Updates.” From there, you can click on the area you want and subscribe to updates on the right-hand side of the page.
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This will allow emergency managers and officials to gain a better understanding of our risks, but also our existing capabilities, and we’re making this information publicly accessible, so Canadians can prepare too.
For more information: canada.ca/en/public-safety-c…
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The #AlertReadyTest is now complete✅.
Thank you, Canada, for playing a valuable role in the @AlertReady system🇨🇦!
We want to hear from you - Let us know about your experience with our test today🚨 -
peasi.com/emergency-alert-te…
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This is the greatest.
Thread: Common emergency threats as #MetGala looks. ⬇
Look 1: Drought 🥵
ALT Chloe Fineman wears a long, gold and black gown with crackly stripes across it.
ALT Brown, cracked ground.
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A team of scientists from B.C. and beyond are ramping up research on what's believed to be the province's only active volcano, Mt. Meager. bc.ctvnews.ca/researchers-wo…
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Article reflecting on 30 years of emergency management practice: avert.ca/lessons-observed-lo…
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The University of Alberta’s free online critical thinking and science literacy course to help people differentiate science from pseudoscience:
ualberta.ca/admissions-progr…
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Attn: FNS Students! Receive $6000 to cover 15 weeks of full time (May-August) research-based activity this summer.
APPLY NOW for the Roger S. Smith Undergrad Award!!
Deadline: April 14, 2023
bit.ly/3ZJIMJ7
ALT Poster is mostly text, with a small photo of a woman, identified as Chelala Leonard, standing in Native Studies tshirt in the bottom left corner. The text on the poster reads: Roger S. Smith Undergraduate Summer Research Awards, funded in partnership by Killam. Receive $6000 to cover 15 weeks of full time (May-August) research-based activity this summer. Are you... Currently enrolled in a Faculty of Native Studies UGRD program and continuing in 2023/23 Senior undergraduate student Minimum Faculty GPA of 3.3 Entitled to work on campus APPLY NOW! Deadline Extended April 14, 2023 nativestudies.ualberta.ca
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We're hiring!
As a member of Application Development and Support team, the Application and Infrastructure Analyst designs, supports, programs, tests, creates documentation, and implements information systems across ALERT.
Read more and apply today: alert-ab.ca/career_opportuni…
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This June, @EdmontonFire hosts its inaugural Camp Inspire for Indigenous Peoples. Carrying on #CampInspire’s mission, the camp will promote firefighting as a viable and rewarding career for Indigenous Peoples of all backgrounds and genders. Apply today: edmonton.ca/CampInspire
ALT Camp Inspire for Indigenous Peoples: June 2-4, 2023. Applications open February 8-26, 2023 through edmonton.ca/CampInspire.