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August 2011 - Welcome to Dawn Ursuliak, Project Manager

Dawn Ursuliak joins the RDRP team in August, working from the JIBC Research Commons office. Dawn will be responsible for project management and administration of the RDRP project - both operational and research. She has an exciting and extensive background in project management, new media and community sustainability. ...

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Upcoming Conferences

April 17-20, 2012
35th NRHA Annual Rural Health Conference
Organizer: National Rural Health Association
Location: Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Centre

May 24-25, 2012
2nd National Rural Research Workshop (RRW) "Policy and Research in Community Investment"
Organizers: CRRF, CCA, CRHRS
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Deadline: Call for papers January 20, 2012

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The Rural Disaster Resilience Project

The goal of this research project is to develop and pilot a participatory, community-centered process for engaging rural, remote and small coastal (RCC) communities in disaster risk reduction planning at the local level with a focus on enhancing local capacity and capability. The participatory approach to the research is designed to support the engagement of citizens in the pilot communities and to elicit and integrate their expertise and insights in the development of emergency planning project tools, curriculum, and process frameworks.

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Our Mission

To advance the capacity of rural, remote and coastal communities, to move towards increased disaster resilience through:

  • Knowledge exchange and dissemination
  • Community-based and collaborative action research
  • Development of integrated risk & resilience assessment & management tools, strategies and processes

Project Funders

JIBC Centre for Security Science Public Health Agency of Canada