Flood Resilience Challenge Game The Flood Resilience Challenge game was co-designed by Evalyna Bogdan (environmental and disaster sociologist) and Heather Murdock (hydrotechnical engineer). The purpose of the Flood Resilience Challenge is to build the capacity of stakeholders to improve flood resilience and enhance flood risk governance, including (collective) decision-making. Players take on the roles of stakeholders. In the first round, players plan for different types of flooding and communicate with each other on which flood risk management measures to employ. In the second round, there is a flooding event and players re-evaluate their past decisions and make future plans. Players then debrief about their strategies and experiences, providing further learning opportunities.
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We'RE READY!Disasters and emergencies can strike at anytime and anywhere. But how many of us are actually prepared to respond to an emergency? Many citizens are relying on first responders to assist them; however, provincial and municipal governments have communicated that households and communities must be prepared to be on their own
for the first 72 hours of an emergency. [read more ... ] |
Urban Agriculture Program for SeniorsImmigrants represent a significant segment of the senior population
in Canada but their adaptation and integration into Canadian society can be extremely difficult due to variety of economic, social and health factors. It was hypothesized that involvement in urban agriculture could assist senior immigrants in addressing some of the challenges they face. Urban agriculture is increasingly recognized for its contributions to individual and community wellbeing, and has also proven to be an effective way for many minority groups to become integrated into the socio-economic fabric of the cultures and countries they immigrate to. In 2007, a pilot project was launched in Edmonton, Alberta to [read more ... ] |
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