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Community's Role in Emergency Preparedness

Community of Practice

Next Meeting: Tuesday, February 18, 2024 at 12pm-1:30pm EST/9am-10:30 PST/10am-11:30 MST
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This upcoming session will be on Emergency preparedness responses for people experiencing homelessness and people with disabilities.

In this session we'll be welcoming our colleague Kathryn Colby, Tamarack Institute, and our guest and fellow practitioner Laura Nelson-Hamilton, Strategic Design

 

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The aim of the bi-monthly Community's Role in Emergency Preparedness is to develop a better understanding of the role community can play in the event of an emergency. In this community of practice, we will welcome speakers from across North America with examples to colour in the role of community in emergency preparedness as well as tools and resources to help organizations trying to catalyze community-led emergency preparedness.

 

By joining this unique community of practice you will be able to share your experiences and knowledge in free-flowing and creative ways with other professionals who are working on similar challenges or issues. By engaging in facilitated conversations with your peers, you will uncover new approaches to problems, build your professional skill set, access new ideas and contribute to the transfer of best practices.

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2024 

  • October 2024 - Data Collaborations for Community Emergency Preparedness with Jean-Noé Landry (recording)
  • June 2024 - Climate Justice and Equity in Emergency Preparedness with DrChúk Odenigbo (recording and slides)
  • April 2024 - Community Emergency Preparedness in Action (recording and slides)
  • February 2024 - Community Planning for Emergency Preparedness (recording and slides)

 

2023 
  • November 2023 - Collective Collaboration for Emergency Preparedness (recording)
  • August 2023 - Resource Coordination for Emergency Preparedness (recording)
  • June 2023 - Indigenous Youth Engagement and Leadership in Emergency Preparedness
  • April 2023 - Neighbourhood-level Engagement in Emergency Planning (recording)
  • February 2023 - Introduction to Community Mobilization for Emergency Preparedness (recording)

2022

  • November 2022 — The Story of Gander, NL (recording)
  • September 2022 — Resourcing Resilience: Nurturing Infrastructure of Care (recording)
  • March 2022 - Inclusive Resilience from Partners for Action (recording)
  • January 2022 - Introducing the Emergency Management Strategy for Canada: Toward a Resilient 2030 (recording)

 

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meet your community of practice facilitator

 

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Astrid joined Tamarack to work with the Deepening Community team to support communities to build and develop neighbourhood strategies. She is passionate about community-building, climate action, social innovation and entrepreneurship.
Astrid believes that community, connection and a sense of belonging are essential to us as human beings, all of which contribute to our well-being and help us thrive. She is driven by social equity and is inspired by people who work to help shift systems and better the lives of those around them. Astrid is certain that when we lead with care and trust, we cultivate an environment where everyone is welcome to let their light shine.
Prior to joining Tamarack, Astrid was the founding Executive Director of Covid-19 Help Hub, a non-profit that she launched in response to the Covid-19 pandemic in Outremont, Montreal, with a vision to build healthy and resilient communities engaged in helping one another. She mobilized over 100 volunteers from the community to help seniors and anybody sick or unable to go out to get groceries. From 2020 to 2022, the organization developed other programs and projects covering mental health, community building, seniors’ tech capacity building, a social innovation startup Marché Commun – a zero-emissions food delivery platform with a more equitable business model – and finally Climate Cell, a project for citizen-led climate action in Outremont.
Astrid lives in Outremont (Montreal), Quebec and enjoys reading, music, skiing on the Mount Royal, growing and cooking food, and is a regular at all the best coffee shops in Montreal’s Mile End.

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