Upcoming Training, Workshops and Presentations
Past events
10
May, 2025
Dunbar Disaster Support Hub Interactive Demo
Vancouver May 10, 2025 11:00 am
Dunbar Earthquake and Emergency Preparedness (DEEP) and the local Pacific Spirit Medical Venturers (MedVents) invite you to an hour-long interactive demo at the Dunbar Disaster Support Hub at 11 a.m.…
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Free
23
Apr, 2025
Presentation: Emergency Preparedness and First Aid for Your Pets
Vancouver April 23, 2025 7:00 pm
Presenters: Lis Jang from Vancouver’s Emergency Support Services & Heather Ferguson from the Canadian Disaster Animal Response Team Summary: Learn how to plan and prepare to take care of your…
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Free
22
Mar, 2025
Workshop: Emergency Waste Management After a Disaster 🚽
Vancouver March 22, 2025 10:00 am
How Will You Manage Without Plumbing After a Disaster? Dunbar Earthquake and Emergency Preparedness (DEEP) invites you to a 1.5-hour workshop on an important, yet often overlooked, aspect of disaster…
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Free
05
Mar, 2025
AGM and Presentation: Fire Awareness – Prevention Tips and Preparing a Household Response Plan
Vancouver March 5, 2025 7:00 pm
by Jackie Kloosterboer Summary: Dunbar Earthquake and Emergency Preparedness (DEEP) invites you to its first Annual General Meeting with a special guest speaker. The business portion of the meeting will…
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18
Feb, 2020
Presentation: Pandemics Talk
Vancouver February 18, 2020 7:00 pm
Dr. Monika Naus Slides – click here to view the slides used in this presentation CORONAVIRUS 2019-nCoV The last day of 2019 the World woke up to a new coronavirus…
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22
Feb, 2022
Presentation: Why it is important to protect the contents at home before an earthquake?
Vancouver February 22, 2022 7:00 pm
by Dr. Carlos Estuardo Ventura Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of EERF The University of British Columbia
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28
Mar, 2022
Presentation: If my house was designed according to the Building Code, what can I expect during in earthquake?
Vancouver March 28, 2022 7:00 pm
by Dr. Carlos Estuardo Ventura Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of EERF The University of British Columbia SUMMARY: Earthquakes during the last three decades have shown that the expectations…
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25
Apr, 2022
Presentation: Can you hear me? – VECTOR Radio
Vancouver April 25, 2022 7:00 pm
by Hassan Hassan of VECTOR Radio (the organization of Ham Radio Operaters who support communications during a emergency of disaster) SUMMARY: Communicating in an emergency when the communications infrastructure of…
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30
May, 2022
Presentation: Earthquake Hazards and Risk on Canada’s West Coast
Vancouver May 30, 2022 7:00 pm
by Professor John Clague Emeritus Professor at Simon Fraser University Slides – click here to download the slides from this presentation SUMMARY: Geologists and geophysicists working along west coast of…
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27
Oct, 2022
Presentation: Tsunami – stealth killers
Vancouver October 27, 2022 7:00 pm
by Professor John Clague Emeritus Professor at Simon Fraser University SUMMARY: In this century alone, tsunamis have killed over 250,000 people, far more than all earthquakes combined. In my talk,…
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16
Nov, 2022
Presentation: Culture and Disasters: A View from Anthropology
Vancouver November 16, 2022 7:00 pm
by Jonathan Eaton UBC Anthropology PhD candidate SUMMARY: This presentation will discuss how cultural knowledge informs disaster preparedness, especially in relation to earthquakes in our region. Jonathan will also address the importance of…
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08
Feb, 2023
Presentation: History of Deep
Vancouver February 8, 2023 7:00 pm
by Ann Pacey FOUNDER OF DEEP AND LONGTIME ADVOCATE FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS Slides – click here to view the slides used in this presentation SUMMARY: This walk-through DEEP history talk…
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08
Mar, 2023
Presentation: The new Canadian Seismic risk model developed by Natural Resourses Canada
Vancouver March 8, 2023 7:00 pm
by Dr Tiegan Hobbs Research Scientist at Natural Resources Canada SUMMARY: In my presentation, I will describe Canada’s first publicly available Seismic Risk Model. It is a nation-wise risk assessment, performed…
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05
Apr, 2024
Presentation: Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
Vancouver April 5, 2024 7:00 pm
We are a group of health professionals working at the intersection of climate and health SUMMARY: CAPE is a national body – Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, involved in…
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