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United Nations ARISE Canada network and IAEM Canada partner for national resilience
Toronto, ON – Canada’s largest private sector forum for reducing disaster risk was created this week through a formal partnership between the United Nations ARISE Canada network and International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) – Canada.
This partnership enables Canadian private sector leaders to share knowledge, support government policy for total resilience, and contribute to the national conversation on disaster risk reduction. “With over two hundred businesses, from multinational enterprise to Main Street proprietors, we are committed to building a more disaster resilient nation” noted Adam McAllister, National Chair for ARISE Canada.
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BGC’s early action to support the response efforts in British Columbia for the November 2021 flooding
In November of 2021, southwestern British Columbia, Canada and northwestern Washington State were affected by a series of atmospheric rivers that caused widespread geohazards and destruction of critical infrastructure. This weather event resulted in massive precipitation leading to flooding, landslides, and debris slides that impacted many communities. Highways, pipelines, energy transmission lines, and railways all experienced damage and were inoperable – the severing of these arteries effectively cut off one of the biggest populations in Canada from the rest of the country. At the date of writing, some of these critical infrastructures are still out of commission.
