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2026 CRHNet Symposium

2026 CRHNet Symposium

7:30am MDT

Registration and Breakfast Atrium

8:30am MDT

Welcome and Opening Remarks PIC 120/122 - Full Conference Hall

9:00am MDT

Assessing the Assessment: Finding the Method That Measures Up PIC 232Kari Tyler • Chad Pacholik How Do You Plan for Recovery? PIC 233Sophie Guilbault • Chaka Zinyemba Reliving the Lessons: Rethinking Emergency Management and Disaster Risk Reduction leadership from an intergenerational perspective PIC 122 - Split Conference HallJohn Leonard • Aaliyah Karyn Paige Calliou • Astokomii Smith • Sheri Lysons • Lilia Yumagulova

10:30am MDT

Nutrition Break Atrium

11:00am MDT

Advancing Minoritised Ethnic Communities’ Understanding of Urban Flood Governance Through Serious Gaming PIC 232Blessing Mucherera Examining the landscape of stress in Canadian emergency managers: a closer look at the everyday experiences of EM work to support sustainable positive mental health outcomes for practitioners PIC 233Jennifer Spinney Taking vulnerability out of HRVA PIC 122 - Split Conference HallLaurie Pearce The role of meteorology in DRR: Integrating Weather Data and Consultation into Community Resilience PIC 120 - Split Conference HallAlysa Pederson

12:00pm MDT

1:00pm MDT

Lightning Talks: Round 1 PIC 120/122 - Full Conference Hall

1:10pm MDT

Theme A: Exploring Disaster Risk Reduction Systems PIC 120 - Split Conference HallPaddy Enright • Eric Kennedy • Jen McEachen Theme B: Turning Insight into Action PIC 122 - Split Conference HallScott Ramey • Christine Buttkus • Paul Flavell • David Woodruff

1:20pm MDT

Accessibility and the Federal Emergencies Act PIC 120 - Split Conference HallJen McEachen Research to Reality: AI Emergency Intelligence for Every Agency PIC 122 - Split Conference HallScott Ramey

1:26pm MDT

Building a taxonomy: Coding barriers to wildfire mitigation in municipal governments PIC 120 - Split Conference HallEric Kennedy From Exercise to Action: Embedding Operational Learning into Your Emergency Management Program PIC 122 - Split Conference HallPaul Flavell

1:32pm MDT

Building Bridges Across Mountains of Expertise PIC 120 - Split Conference HallRob Honch Community Risk: Advancements in Risk Assessment Visualization PIC 122 - Split Conference HallDavid Woodruff

1:38pm MDT

Leveraging Scenario-Based Stress-Testing to Protect Health from Cascading, Compounding and Combined Hazards PIC 120 - Split Conference HallPaddy Enright Living the Lessons: Earthquake and Tsunami Preparedness Education PIC 122 - Split Conference HallChristine Buttkus

1:45pm MDT

Discussion: Exploring Disaster Risk Reduction Systems (Lightning Talks) PIC 120 - Split Conference HallRob Honch • Lilia Yumagulova • Paddy Enright • Eric Kennedy • Jen McEachen Discussion: Turning Insight into Action PIC 122 - Split Conference HallKari Tyler • Blessing Mucherera • Scott Ramey • Christine Buttkus • Paul Flavell • David Woodruff

2:15pm MDT

Cold Brew Coffee Connections: Posters and Networking Atrium

3:10pm MDT

Lightning Talks: Round 2 PIC 120/122 - Full Conference Hall

3:15pm MDT

Theme C: Community-Powered Resilience PIC 122 - Split Conference HallAmber Rushton • Amanda Sobierajski • Tim Conrad • Sherry Greene Theme D: Beyond the Yellow Tape PIC 120 - Split Conference HallJackie Kloosterboer • Sydney Fraser • James Wheeler-Hebert • Rachael Oliver

3:20pm MDT

Out of the Ark: Rethinking Animal Welfare in Disasters PIC 120 - Split Conference HallJames Wheeler-Hebert The Power of Preparedness: Building a Resilient Community Before Disaster Strikes PIC 122 - Split Conference HallAmanda Sobierajski

3:26pm MDT

First Moments Matter: Designing Realistic ESS Exercises That Build Confidence Under Pressure PIC 120 - Split Conference HallJackie Kloosterboer The Intricate Fabric of Cultural Intelligence and Social Impact PIC 122 - Split Conference HallAmber Rushton

3:32pm MDT

Pathways to Preparedness: Accessibility, mental well-being & community resilience – what holds people back? PIC 122 - Split Conference HallTim Conrad Strengthening Hospital Resilience Through Multi-Site Emergency Training Design PIC 120 - Split Conference HallSydney Fraser

3:38pm MDT

Can AI Help Solve Socio-Economic and Community Safety Challenges in First Nations Communities? PIC 122 - Split Conference HallSherry Greene From Idea to Practice: Creating the Conditions for Community-Led Recovery PIC 120 - Split Conference HallRachael Oliver

3:45pm MDT

Discussion: Beyond the Yellow Tape PIC 120 - Split Conference HallSophie Guilbault • Jackie Kloosterboer • Sydney Fraser • James Wheeler-Hebert • Rachael Oliver Discussion: Community-Powered Resilience PIC 122 - Split Conference HallChaka Zinyemba • Amber Rushton • Amanda Sobierajski • Tim Conrad • Sherry Greene

5:00pm MDT

Hockey Night Networking The Canadian Ice House

7:30am MDT

Breakfast Atrium

8:30am MDT

Opening Remarks PIC 120/122 - Full Conference HallStephen Lacroix

9:00am MDT

Disaster Risk Reduction Roundtable: The Future of DRR in Canada PIC 120/122 - Full Conference Hall

10:30am MDT

Nutrition Break Atrium

12:00pm MDT

1:00pm MDT

Re-centering Impacted People: A Meta-Analysis of Best Practices for Engaging Disaster-Affected Individuals PIC 233Kayla Klatt • Erica Woolf Researching Wise Practices for Wildfire Management with Remote First Nations PIC 232Ana T. Gonzalez • Lance Robinson Panel - The evolving profession of Disaster and Emergency Management PIC 120/122 - Full Conference HallBettina Williams • Michel Dore • Darren Blackburn • Emma Chong

1:15pm MDT

Human-Centered Continuity Planning: Putting People at the Core of Business Resilience PIC 233Claire Mechan

1:30pm MDT

Inclusive and Equitable Wildfire Evacuation of Older Adults in Edson, Alberta PIC 233Tara McGee • Sumaira Niazi • Mahed Choudhury

1:35pm MDT

It Takes a Village: How to Scale a Community Wildfire Resilience Program PIC 232Jason Brooks

1:45pm MDT

Combining human insight and AI PIC 233Mark Masongsong

2:00pm MDT

Q&A Session with Insight Talk Presenters PIC 233Kayla Klatt • Mark Masongsong • Erica Woolf • Claire Mechan • Sumaira Niazi • Mahed Choudhury

2:15pm MDT

Nutrition Break Atrium

2:45pm MDT

Disaster Risk Reduction Roundtable: The Future of DRR in Canada (Part II) PIC 120/122 - Full Conference Hall

6:30pm MDT

EM Industry Night Art Gallery of Alberta

7:30am MDT

Breakfast and Registration Atrium

8:30am MDT

Keynote Address: Mayor of Jasper PIC 120/122 - Full Conference HallRichard Ireland

9:15am MDT

Identifying and Understanding Drivers of Green Infrastructure for Flood-Risk Reduction PIC 232Tarisai Mudiwa Panel: Integrating science and local and Indigenous knowledge for climate-related DRR PIC 233Mahed Choudhury • C. Emdad Haque • Mahmood Fayazi • Jaime Waucaush-Warn • Dr. Ranjan Datta Voices from Jasper: Mobilizing Community Agency in a Changing Climate PIC 120/122 - Full Conference HallDr. Brooklyn Rushton • Paulette Dubé

9:30am MDT

Does Power Shape Resillience? PIC 232Oghenekevwe Oghenechovwen

9:45am MDT

When Information Is Infrastructure: Rethinking Communications in an Era of Cascading Risk PIC 232Shawna Bruce

10:00am MDT

Frontline Anchors: Institutionalizing the Role of Alberta Friendship Centres in Emergency Response PIC 232Jeannette MacInnis

10:15am MDT

Q&A with Insight Talk Presenters PIC 232Jeannette MacInnis • Tarisai Mudiwa • Oghenekevwe Oghenechovwen • Shawna Bruce

10:20am MDT

Nutrition Break Atrium

10:40am MDT

Ready for It': Learning from Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour about concert safety PIC 232Jack Rozdilksy Panel: Beyond the Lot Line: System-Level Debris Approaches for Equitable Recovery PIC 233Rob de Pruis • Tim Kenney • Michael Higgins Systems-Based Approaches Embedding Indigenous Leadership and Cultural Safety in Humanitarian Evacuation Management PIC 120/122 - Full Conference HallTiffany Leung • Ernie Louttit

11:10am MDT

Reimagining Recovery: Transforming Community Assets into Resilience PIC 232Kandy White

11:35am MDT

Panel: Accessibility and Community Connections PIC 233Jen McEachen • Jack Rozdilksy

11:40am MDT

Advancing Community Resilience in Hinton: Lessons from Hinton’s Roots for Resilience PIC 232Dr. Brooklyn Rushton • Alana Meier Climate Change, Governance Gaps, and Rising Indigenous Vulnerability to Wildfires: Lac LaRonge PIC 120/122 - Full Conference HallC. Emdad Haque • Somashree Chattapadhya

12:05pm MDT

"That's not how we'd say it": Stress-Testing an Emerging Mass Care Framework PIC 120/122 - Full Conference HallRon Bowles • Dawn Ursuliak Disaster and Emergency Management as a Complex Adaptive System: Relationships, Brokerage, and Emergent Actors PIC 232Todd Miller

12:30pm MDT

Closing Remarks and Lunch Atrium