Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Disaster & Emergency Management

Participants in all sessions will receive a certificate of attendance from CIFAL York

BACKGROUND

As many people from diverse backgrounds continue to enter the field, it is vital to be aware of our differences. Understanding the benefits of diversity will help create an inclusive environment for responders and vulnerable communities. To help professionals become more aware of diversity in emergency management, CIFAL York will run a speaker series on this topic to provide participants with the knowledge and tools to become conscious of the value of inclusion to promote ways to optimize diversity in the emergency response. CIFAL York organizes a webinar series to provide a space for knowledge exchange and experience sharing between experts and policy makers to discuss how equity, diversity, and inclusion issues and considerations are addressed in disaster and emergency management (DEM).

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

The key goals and objectives of the speaker series are to:

• Learn the key challenges of diversity and inclusion in the DEM field.
• Learn about some of the leading best practices of diversity and inclusion in DEM.
• Raise awareness amongst disaster management professionals, within the private sector, municipalities, and other levels of government, on equity and diversity.
• Identify the concept of diversity, equity, inclusion, power, privilege, and oppression.
• Recognize the consequences of unconscious bias in disaster response and beyond.
• Understand the importance of respecting cultural practices in disaster response.
• Apply knowledge to optimize diversity and counterattack biases.

TARGET AUDIENCES

• Emergency managers at local, provincial, and federal governmental agencies.
• Business continuity, and risk and crisis managers in private and non-government organizations.
• Disaster and emergency management, public health, and public policy students or researchers.
• Public sector leaders and executives with responsibilities in disaster and emergency management.
• Practitioners.
• Policy analysts.
• Students.
• Local and regional decision makers and emergency managers.
• Representatives of intergovernmental organizations.
• Diversity and inclusion researchers or professionals.

SESSION 1 WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 21 12:00PM-1:30PM (EST)

SESSION 2 WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5 12:00PM-1:30PM (EST)

SESSION 3 WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 19 12:00PM-1:30PM (EST)

SESSION 4 WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2 12:00PM-1:30PM (EST)

SESSION 5 WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 16 12:00PM-1:30PM (EST)

SESSION 6 WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 30 12:00PM-1:30PM (EST)

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