The We’re Ready! Community Disaster Preparedness Workshops are being offered to community groups as a collaboration between Neighbourhood Services and the University of Alberta, Department of Emergency Management. The training was developed with support from the Town of High River, University of Alberta, University of Calgary, and York University.

The WE’RE READY! workshop is a step-by-step tool that facilitates communities in designing and implementing their own disaster plans through interactive and hands-on community-building activities. The WE'RE READY! workshop is intended to complement existing emergency preparedness programs, to build on effective strategies, and to promote collaboration. WE'RE READY! is community-based, rather than individual or household-based, and builds on the principles of adult education.

Who are the workshops for?

Neighbourhood Services is offering the program to interested Community Leagues at this time. Workshops are offered for residents of a particular neighbourhood / community league

Resources

Website: wereready.org |

Facilitator Bio: Adam Conway has been responsible for Emergency Management at the University of Alberta since 2010. He is responsible for the University's readiness for a major emergency, including reduction, readiness, response and recovery. He has been an emergency manager since 1999, first with the Canadian Red Cross Society for 6 years, then with the Alberta Emergency Management Agency for 5 years. He has responded, in a variety of roles, to floods, fires, tornadoes, chemical releases, shootings and humanitarian crises.