CPRS Manitoba september luncheon
Pandemic preparedness and response: the importance of internal and external communication during a public health emergency.
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Time: 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM
Location: Fort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg
Price: $25 Members, $35 Non-Members, $20 Students
During the H1N1 outbreak this spring, Manitoba First Nations had among the most severe impacts of anywhere in the country. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) was working closely with these communities and other government agencies to support emergency management activities at the local level. The H1N1 emergency in Manitoba once again showed the vital importance of internal and external communications as part of emergency planning and response efforts. INAC's experience provides some starting points to consider as all organizations prepare for the next wave of the influenza pandemic.
Brock Holowachuk has been working in emergency management for ten years, and holds designations as a Certified Emergency Manager and Certified Business Continuity Practitioner. He is a graduate of the Creative Communications program at Red River College, and graduated with an MA in Mass Communications from the University of Leicester. After several years experience in public affairs and news reporting, he began working in emergency management with a major national data processing company during the Y2K rollover; since that time, he has been actively involved with a wide range of emergency planning, response and recovery activities in positions with the Department of Transportation and Government Services, the Office of the Fire Commissioner, Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization, and Public Safety Canada. In April 2009, he joined Indian and Northern Affairs Canada as Emergency Management Coordinator for the Manitoba Region.
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