Creating a federal agency — let’s call it the Emergency Management Agency of Canada or EMAC — would support comprehensive emergency management as Canada faces more and more natural disasters.
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Canadian financial institutions — banks, pension funds and private equity firms — fund the fossil fuel industry and are therefore helping fuel the climate crisis. Why won’t Ottawa hold them to account?
Technological changes on the horizon will likely disrupt the dairy industry as we know it — plans to mitigate the risks this transition poses to farmer livelihoods and animal welfare should start now.
Canada’s emergency management system is poorly funded and lacks consistent attention between disasters. This chronic underfunding has undermined public confidence and trust in emergency management.
Although insurance is important in natural disaster recovery, government and property owners also play an important role in protecting Canadians against the impact of catastrophic weather events.
Food supply chains had already taken a serious hit by panic-purchasing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The B.C. floods remind us how effective supply chain management planning can help avert crises.
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Associate Professor, Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies Department, Brandon University
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Chair in Insurance and Professor, Finance, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Assistant Professor, Operations and Supply Chain Management at Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary
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Assistant Professor, Geography and Environment
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Associate Director, Food and Agriculture Institute, University of The Fraser Valley
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Professor, Disaster & Emergency Management, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies & Director, CIFAL York, York University, Canada
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Professor, Risk Management and Insurance, University of Calgary
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Assistant Professor, Beedie School of Business, Department of Technology & Operations Management, Simon Fraser University
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Senior Fellow, Centre for Free Expression, Toronto Metropolitan University; York University, Canada