School of Administrative Studies

York receives $386,000 in funding from Natural Resources Canada to research wildfire prone communities 

Disaster & Emergency Management Associate Professor Eric Kennedy, from the School of Administrative Studies, will be leading a new project entitled “Understanding and Improving Wildfire Mitigation Partnerships with Local Governments.”The project has received $386,000 in funding from Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) through its Build and Mobilize Foundational Wildland Fire Knowledge Program under the Wildfire Resilient Futures Initiative. The […]

Disaster & Emergency Management professor co-authors paper on how AI tools can predict respiratory pathogens outbreaks

Professor Ali Asgary, from the Disaster & Emergency Management program, has co-authored a paper published in the journal Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. The paper, entitled Leveraging deep-learning and unconventional data for real-time surveillance, forecasting, and early warning of respiratory pathogens outbreak, uses COVID-19 and influenza as case studies, devising a framework for using deep learning […]

Disaster & Emergency Management professors mark five-year anniversary of COVID-19 pandemic with an immersive photography exhibit

Professor Aaida Mamuji with support from Jack Rozdilsky and Ali Asgary, all from the Disaster & Emergency Management program, developed a new photography exhibit and event entitled, “From Distanced to Connected: COVID-19 Five-Years On,” which documents the height of the pandemic in 2020-21. People in the GTA were asked to submit photos capturing their experiences […]

Professor of Disaster & Emergency Management discusses how Trump’s Gaza proposal is not likely to work

Professor Ali Asgary, who teaches Disaster & Emergency Management at York University, has written an article for The Conversation where he evaluates U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to displace Palestinians to turn Gaza into a resort development from the perspective of post-disaster and post-war reconstruction, which is one of the well-studied phases of disaster and emergency management. […]

Community-Driven Photo Gallery, organized by DEM Professors, Helps York Mark Pandemic Anniversary

Professors from the Disaster & Emergency Management (DEM) program will help York mark the five-year anniversary since the World Health Organization's declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic with a community-driven event. The event, titled "From Distanced to Connected: COVID-19 Five-Years On," has been organized by Professor Aaida Mamuji with support from Jack Rozdilsky and Ali Asgary. Scheduled for March 11, the event will […]

LA&PS Associate Professor of Disaster & Emergency Management writes about Trump’s decision to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency in The Conversation

Jack L. Rozdilsky, Associate Professor of Disaster & Emergency Management, wrote an article for The Conversation discussing how Trump wasted an opportunity to demonstrate good leadership during the California wildfire disasters by criticizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) which lowered the morale of both the affected citizens and emergency response workers. Rozdilsky examined the […]

Professor of Disaster & Emergency Management discusses how drones can disrupt wildfire response operations in article for The Conversation

Professor Ali Asgary, who teaches Disaster & Emergency Management at York University, has written an article for The Conversation discussing how the use of unauthorized drones is affecting wildfire management, more recently in Los Angeles, California and previously in Jasper, Alberta. Asgary describes why drone use in restricted areas is a serious issue and provides […]

LA&PS Associate Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management discusses importance of effective crisis communication during disasters in an article for The Conversation

Jack L. Rozdilsky, LA&PS Associate Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management, has shared his expertise in an article for The Conversation discussing how proper emergency communication is crucial for maintaining public trust during disaster scenarios. Rozdilsky looks at how a false evacuation alert went out to 10 million residents in Los Angeles on January 9. […]

Dr. Nirupama Agrawal leads research on Canada’s disaster response system

Dr. Nirupama Agrawal, a founding member of York’s Disaster and Emergency Management program and co-director of the Canadian Defence and Security Network (CDSN-MINDS), has completed a series of workshops and research bringing together international experts on disaster response. Her research aims to help create a new disaster response system and improve disaster preparedness in Canada, […]

Disaster & Emergency Management graduate makes an impact on crisis response

Tricia Corrin, a recent graduate from York University’s Master of Disaster & Emergency Management program, has contributed to two published articles on the evolution of evidence synthesis during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her research, which examines how teams across Canada adapted to urgent decision-making challenges, has potential to reshape how evidence is used in public health emergencies. Read […]