MISSION: DRIE Central facilitates an exchange of information and experience to promote and support best
practice in continuity planning, preparedness, response and recovery for continuity and emergency management
practitioners in Manitoba
– Communicating to and with the Media, The Role of the Media
– The Spokesperson’s Role During a Crisis, Tips and Tricks
– Social Media or #SMEM (Social Media and Emergency Management)
– *NEW” How to Handle Online (Zoom) Interviews
– Statements vs. News Releases vs. Press Conferences
– Common Mistakes When Dealing with the Media
– Media “Traps” and how to Avoid Them
Agenda:
Introductions 08:30
Workshop 08:35- 12:00
Lunch Break12:00-13:00
Workshop 13:00-16:30
Venue
Zoom Virtual
Address
Zoom Virtual
Starts
Wed Apr 2 2025, 8:30am CDT
Ends
Wed Apr 2 2025, 04:30pm CDT
Feb 13, 2025 11:00 AM CST
Web-viewing of: Accessibility and Business Continuity Programs
Accessibility and Business Continuity Programs:
This presentation explored if your business continuity program is inclusive and accommodates those with disabilities.
Robin Whyte, a creator, advocate, writer, and model shares her journey with an adult-onset disability, to writer, model, creator of Girl About Town, accessibility consultant and advocate for a barrier-free world for all. She will touch on the benefits of having people with disabilities in the workplace and the importance of an accessibility plan.
This was an interactive discussion hosted by RIE Central Zoom on whether business continuity program is inclusive to accommodate those with disabilities.
Moderated by Garth Tucker, Editor True North Resilience Magazine
Learning Objectives
Understand that is likely that most people as they age will join the 27% of Canadians aged 15 and over identifying as having a disability that limits their daily activities.
The importance of an accessibility plan.
Details:
Date: February 13, 2025
Time: 11:00 am CST 1.5 hrs presentation .5 hrs discussion
Robin Whyte Biography
Born and raised on southern Vancouver Island, she is a true lover of nature and a true west coast adventurer. But after being diagnosed with MS at age 30, life took an unexpected twist as she learned how to navigate the world from a compact mobility scooter. Nowadays, she works as a consultant and advocate in the accessibility/inclusive tourism field. She is a Rick Hanson Foundation Accessibility Specialist and the creator of Girl About Town: Accessible Victoria (www.girlabouttown.ca). She writes articles about accessibility regarding the built environment. She recently completed writing and modeling for the Tourism Accessibility Guides for Tourism Vancouver Island and continues to work on projects utilizing the expertise she has gained as a person with a disability who won’t be kept down. She is also the community advisor, Vancouver Island, Technology for Living.
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Nov 21, 2024 RIE Central’s full-day conference and AGM
Agenda:
9:00 to 9:15 – Welcome message, Debra Hannah, RIE President
8:30 to 9:00 – Doors open, light breakfast
9:15 to 10:15 – Presentation: Darren Kerchak, RCMP
10:30 to 11:30 – Presentation: Joel Cyr, RCMP
11:30 to 12:30 – Buffet lunch, Annual General Meeting
12:45 to 3:45 – Workshop: Kristina Gordon, Public Safety Canada
3:45 to 4:00 – Wrap up, Debra Hannah
Presenter – Constable Darren Kerchak, RCMP
Darren has 23 years of service with the RCMP. He is currently posted to the National Security Enforcement Section at RCMP D Division HQ. Darren has over 15 years of experience in National Security, Serious and Organized Crime and Financial Integrity investigations.
Presentation: Darren will present on Mis/Disinformation from foreign entities in relation to individuals, businesses and government.
Presenter – Joel Cyr, RCMP
Joel is currently the analytical team lead for RCMP Federal Policing in Manitoba where he has been employed for two years. Prior to that he has 23 years of service with the Canadian Armed Forces where he served in various analytical capacities including electronic warfare and as a senior analyst within the Canadian Forces National Counterintelligence unit for 8 years.
Presentation: Joel will be presenting on the following subjects
1. Critical Infrastructure (CI)
2. National Critical Infrastructure Team and the Divisions
3. National Security Threat Landscape
4. Manitoba CI Landscape
Presenter – Kristina has a plethora of EM experience at the local, provincial, federal, international and NGO levels. She has worked as paramedic, with 911/Police Services, and has been a long time International Disaster Services Responder with the Canadian & International Red Cross. Kristina took on the role of developing and implementing the EM Program for Canada’s National Microbiology Lab from 2006 to 2022. During which time she was seconded to assist other Public Health & EM entities worldwide and at the Federal National level to adopt a similar approach. Kristina moved to Public Safety Canada in 2022 to bring her knowledge, education and experience to support and coordinate the federal response and support to the Manitoba region. Kristina holds her Certified Emergency Manager Designation with the International Association of Emergency Managers and is a faculty member with the Justice Institute of British Columbia’s Emergency Management Division.
Presentation: Kristina will host a workshop: After Action Reviews – Turning Lessons Into Lessons Learned
March 20, 2024, Canad Inns Polo Park for a half-day workshop:
Agenda:
11:30 – 12:30 – Buffet lunch. Please note you can arrive any time between 11:30 and 12:30.
Understanding Trauma and Grief.
12:30 to 3:30 – Presentation
Presentation details:
Understanding Trauma and Grief: We are all impacted by trauma and grief. Let’s come together to connect and learn how to take care of ourselves and others through challenging times.
Presenter – Susan Rabichuk:
Susan’s expertise lies in mental health and crisis work. With her clinical social work background and social justice, anti-oppressive, and decolonizing approach, she collaborates with individuals, private industries, and communities to help them build capacity and achieve their objectives. Susan’s services include program evaluation, curriculum design, mental health consulting, workshops, and clinical social work therapy. Her clients and partners are committed to creating psychologically healthier environments in workplaces, communities, schools, and families, while also combating the stigma attached to mental illness and substance use problems.
Excellent and thought provoking presentation was enjoyed by all. Powerpoint could not be shared due to confidential nature of some content.
November 292023 Annual General Meeting
(Speaker- Details to be updated)
June 7 2023 Lunch and Learn agenda:
11:30 – 12:30 – buffet lunch. Please note you can arrive any time between 11:30 and 12:30.
12:30 to 3:30 – Presentations
Presentations:
Cyber Resilience Takes Flight: Keeping Airports Safe in the Digital Age
Speaker: Louie Orbeta – Louie serves as the Manager for Cybersecurity and IT infrastructure for Winnipeg Airports Authority. He holds a CISSP designation, a degree in Computer Science from the University of Manitoba, and a Management diploma from the University of Winnipeg.
Session Description:
This presentation discusses the challenges confronting the aviation sector as it strives to remain ahead of the always changing threat landscape. We’ll explore the risks that airports face from cyber threats and the potential impact of downtime on airport operations, and discuss the steps being taken by governments and the aviation industry to improve cybersecurity and the latest trends and best practices for developing resilient systems.
Email Considered Harmful: Credential Theft, Mailbox Compromise, and Related Threats
Speaker: Cory Bajus – Cory currently serves as Senior Specialist (Information Security) with Bell Canada, where he applies nearly three decades of IT industry experience towards threat prediction and incident response.
Session Description:
Despite being considered a “mature technology”, email continues to be a common cause for security events that impact businesses and the general public. We’ll investigate the nature and history of email-based threats, along with the latest trends and how industry and technology continue to adapt.
Resilience: One piece of a very large pie! The Incident Management Slice
Speaker: Kenton Friesen – A continuity, emergency, and risk management professional with experience implementing, managing, and maturing corporate resiliency strategies. This includes leading and/or facilitating cross-functional teams, establishing governance frameworks, crisis and incident response management, lessons management (i.e. after action reviews), quality assurance, increasing awareness through education, as well as client or stakeholder engagement.
Session Description:
Resilience is a word that has been used by many and means something different depending on your perspective. Using the analogy that comprehensive resilience is like a very large pie this presentation focuses on one piece of that pie – incident management. Starting with an overview of the important topics of risk appetite and risk velocity and then connecting these concepts to incident management, change management, as well as common terminology. All to increase the speed of reaction and the speed of recovery, which contributes to increasing resilience.
Learning Objectives:
Overview of the resilience concepts of Risk Appetite and Risk Velocity.
How does Incident Management and Change Management contribute to Risk Velocity.
How does having Common Terminology contribute to Risk Velocity.
RIE Central Lunch and Learn
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
The March 22 agenda included:
· 11:30 – 12:30 – buffet lunch
· 12:30 to 3:30 – Presentations
Presentations Include:
Johanu Botha, Manitoba EMO: The Differences & Synergies Between Emergency Management & Business Continuity Planning; Especially From a Provincial Perspective
Johanu Botha
Dr. Johanu Botha holds one of the few PhDs in Canada that is specialized in Canadian emergency management. His background is focused on determining effective collaboration across all levels of government and the military during all phases of emergency management, and he has served as an officer in the Canadian Armed Forces during domestic disaster responses. His work on floods, wildfires, and hurricanes is one of this country’s only multi-hazard, multi-province, large-scale disaster response doctoral analyses, published in 2022 as a textbook for emergency managers, officials, soldiers, and scholars – Boots on the Ground: Disaster Response in Canada.
Johanu took lead of the Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization in 2019 to bring a strategic, whole-of-government lens to emergency management with an extra focus on mitigation efforts that reduce disaster impacts over the long term.
Mai Gagujas, Manitoba EMO: Emergency Management and The Evolution of Task Forces
Mai Gagujas
Mai Gagujas has worked with the public sector for 22+ years in various roles with her background in financial analysis, asset management, procurement & supply chain and now emergency management. Mai joined Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization in September 2021 and is responsible to manage business development and innovations at EMO.
Mai was with the Government of Canada for her first 18 years in various departments such as Transport Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and RCMP. In her years of experience she has been involved in 3 large transformation initiatives that modernized business areas and integrated strategical approaches. These approaches focused on efficiency gains through system automation and data analytics.
DRIE Central 2022 AGM and Conference
Agenda:
11:00 Registration, Networking.
11:30-45 Lunch Start.
12:00 DRIE Central AGM,
Presentations:
Overview of Manitoba’s response to the Prince Edward Island Hurricane Fiona Recovery Efforts – Presented by Dennis Fourre and Christina Bouchie
Dennis Fourre
Dennis Is a full time PCP paramedic that works for Shared Health in Grand Rapids, MB. Dennis has been on the Manitoba Urban Search and Rescue team since 2005. He’s been deployed internationally, across Canada and locally in Manitoba providing logistics, operations and support.
Dennis is also a training fire fighter taking courses through the Brandon Fire College. Before becoming a paramedic , Dennis worked for conservation as a wild land fire fighter.
Christina Bouchie
Christina is a Business and Systems Analyst with Department of Municipal Relations supporting the business applications for the Office of the Fire Commissioner (OFC).
Christina has been an active member of Canada Task Force 4 for the past 14 years. Christina has deployed Internationally, locally and across Canada, most recently to PEI, providing planning, logistics and operational support.
Business Continuity Management (BCM) – Measuring Maturity – Presented by Kenton Friesen
One might think that measuring the maturity of business continuity is quite simple. Could it be as simple as decreasing the number of incidents that impact your organization? Could it be as simple as reducing your insurance premium for business interruption insurance with mitigation and preparedness? The answer is no; it is not that simple! This is because there are numerous dimensions to implementing a business continuity management (BCM) program, which includes governance, education, and awareness, understanding of the organization (e.g., BIAs), preparing the organization (e.g., action planning, exercises, etc.), responding to and recovering from disruptions, as well as learning from what has happened to improve for the future (i.e., lessons management, after-action debriefs, and after-action reviews). All of these work together to contribute to the maturity of business continuity.
Kenton suspects that business continuity has been in the spotlight due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the impacts of climate change. There is a tremendous opportunity to integrate our profession into organizations’ general management techniques and practices worldwide. Additionally, over the past ten years or so, the word “management” has been added to business continuity as part of its evolution from “business continuity planning” into “business continuity management,” or BCM for short. As such, BCM practitioners and professionals need to align and integrate with “management,” and in doing so, we must understand that “you cannot improve what you don’t’ measure” (Drucker, 2018).
Kenton Friesen
Kenton is a continuity, emergency, and risk management professional with experience identifying, applying, and managing corporate resiliency strategies. He is experienced with leading or facilitating cross-functional teams to increase organizational resilience, including the development of continuity/preparedness training programs, crisis communication and urgent mass notification systems, quality improvement, and client or stakeholder relations.
Over the past 20-plus years, Kenton has been a trusted resilience advisor to Great-West Lifeco, Canada Life, the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM), Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA), as well as the Dillon Consulting Limited and its clients.
Genesis and the progression of the INTERSECT program and the program-specific lessons learned coming out of the Freedom Convoy (and 2022 as a whole), (Presentation pdf)Kim Stuurop, City of Ottawa Police Service (INTERSECT)
Thank you to all that Attended and supported the event:Joe Krupnik
March 3, 2020
Topic 1: How transportation driver / labour shortages can impact BCM.
Outline: “If you got it, a truck brought it”.
Industry, service, and program providers are reliant on the transportation industry. Transportation services at the time of crisis can be a competitive environment and this can be aggravated by labour shortages.
How do you select a transportation partner that manages risks and maintains the labour capacity to deliver your services?
It you have your own fleet, tips on how to survive the driver shortage.
Presenters: Tim Lucko and Rick Geller
Tim Lucko: Tim is a founding partner of GL Transport Consulting with more than 35 years experience in safety and risk management.
Tim began his career with the Winnipeg Police Service where he developed the professionalism and skills required for safety risk management. He has held progressive rolls in transportation risk including enforcement, program risk management / assessment, and loss prevention auditing.
Tim has a commercial driver’s license and understands the “drivers’ seat” part of the transportation industry.
Rick Geller: Richard is the Director of Safety and Risk Management Services with more than 30 years in the insurance industry.
Rick began his career as a Loss Prevention Manager with a large national insurance firm. He has worked as a Risk Manager, Senior Advisor, Safety & Training Services Manager, National Manager, and Director. Further, as Vice President – Transportation Industry Leader at a major national risk consulting firm, he developed and oversaw the complete redesign of the company’s risk management survey process and reporting format to be more efficient, accurate, and user-friendly for clients. An engaging and persuasive leader and mentor, Richard is known for his ability to work with clients to benchmark their current practices to identify and track opportunities for risk improvement and increased profitability.
Topic 2:Business Recovery – Are you Ready?
Presenter: Debra Hannah, Canada Life
Debra works at Canada Life as a Senior Analyst in the Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program, Business Recovery. She has BCM oversight responsibilities that includes training & awareness, business impact analysis requirements gathering, business recovery planning, exercises, reporting and supporting the incident management process. Debra holds her certificate in Business Continuity Institute (CBCI) and is an Associate Member of Business Continuity Institute (AMBCI).
Topic 3: COVID-19 Panel Discussion
Wednesday, November 13th at CanadInns Polo Park Professional Development and AGM
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch
12:00 – 12:30 DRIE Central AGM
12:30 – 1:30 Presentation
1:30- 2:30 Presentation
2:30 – 2:45 Break and Networking
2:45 – 3:45 Presentation
3:45 – 4:00 DRIE Central
Presenters for this session:
Lisa Gilmour, Emergency Management Coordinator (EMC) with the City of Winnipeg’s – Office of Emergency Management (OEM)
Topic: Lessons learned from the asphalt plant fire from October 2018. Note that the fire occurred in one municipality but the smoke or plumb impacted a completely different municipality. Come learn how jurisdictional boundaries can be a challenge for emergency management professionals
Colin Welch, Chemtrade (formerly Canexus), Brandon
Colin is the Environment Health and Safety Regional Manager for Chemtrade Logistics (Eastern Canada). Colin oversees and manages the regions health and safety programs. Colin has been at the Brandon plant for 12 years and has been active in the site emergency planning and site ER team. Colin has a degree in Chemistry from the University of Winnipeg and a Masters of Science in Environmental Practice from Royal Roads.
Topic: Business Continuity and Risk Mitigation
Darryl Dowd, Vice President, Airport Operations along with Tara Hull, Director, Operations Compliance and Hitesh Patel, Operations Specialist (YWG Inc., A Winnipeg Airports Authority Company)
Topic: Emergency Planning and Business Continuity at Winnipeg Richardson Airport. Our presentation will cover the regulatory framework in which the airport operates, an overview of airport operations, case studies from recent full scale and tabletop exercises, and our plans to improve our operational resilience based on the outcomes of those exercises.
April 10 2019 Exercise theme After Action Review 101 with discussion on After Action Reports.
Kristina Gordon of the National Microbiology Lab brought the session regarding lessons learned / after action series: After Action Review 101. In this session, participants learned the steps to create their own framework for conducting after action reviews following an incident or exercise. Working in a small group with facilitator assistance, participants learned how to conduct after action debriefs, identify and organize observations as well as recommendations for improvement. At the end of the day, participants had the start of an after action review process which can be used to continue work on to deliver their organization.
Attendees joined for a full afternoon (lunch included) session on Exercise Delivery, followed by the DRIE Central AGM and two excellent door prizes were drawn at the end of the day.
Presenters shared their experience and the steps they took to run successful exercises and pitfalls to avoid.
Speakers:
Jay Ferens
Disaster Management, Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority
Starting with Lunch at 11:30, DRIE Central partnered with Kristina Gordon of the National Microbiology Lab to bring a full afternoon session on Exercise Design.
Lunch and Exercise, Location: Winnipeg Canad Inn, Polo Park
Presented by: Kristina Gordon, Emergency Preparedness and Response Officer, Public Health Agency of Canada.
This was the first workshop in the 2018 series Exercise Program Development and Design Overview.
Participants were provided an introduction to exercise program development and the 5 phase exercise cycle and received important basics of how to design emergency exercises.
In her captivating presentation style, Kristina skillfully covered topics including planning, designing, developing, conducting, evaluating and implementing improvement planning for an exercise.
November 15, 2017 Professional Development Session
Year in Review event. With DRIE Central AGM.
Agenda:
11:30- 12:30 Lunch
12:30 – 1:30 Churchill Rail Line Disruption, Panel discussion with EMO, WRHAand Manitoba Housing
1:40 – 2:00 DRIE Central AGM
2:05 – 2:50 Pulse Nightclub shooting, Mike Tutthill, Executive Director, Rainbow Resource Centre
3:05 – 4:15 Forest Fire Evacuee Response, Cailin Hodder and Alison Everitt (Canadian Red Cross)
Professional Development Session, Sept 20, 2017:
The September 20th Luncheon was held at Canad Inns HSC, 720 William Avenue, Winnipeg MB, Ambassador Room A, (By the Health Sciences Center).
Attendees joined this session for Networking and our exciting line up of speakers on security:
Agenda:
11:30- 12:45 Lunch
12:45 – 2:00 Brad Sparrow, City of Winnipeg Police on Active Shooters Preparedness
Workplace Safety – Active Shooter Incident
Presentation was based on the Run, Hide, Fight concept. Unfortunately, these types of incidents are happening more and we need to be prepared and have a plan in place to be able to react in the best possible way. Each workplace is unique and this presentation will make employees think of their work space and what they can do in that space to help themselves and others.
Constable Brad Sparrow, Crime Prevention Winnipeg Police Service
Currently in his 14th year with WPS, Brad has been in the Crime Prevention section for 3yrs. Prior to this he worked in General Patrol in Districts 2 & 6 , District Detectives and Operation Clean Sweep.
2:30 – 3:15 Ron Risley, City of Winnipeg Waste and Water,
Security Awareness in the Workplace
3:30 – 4:15 David Grayston, Director of Security, Manitoba Housing
TheMHRC Security Program
Professional Development Session May 17, 2017:
Location: CANAD INNS POLO PARK (AMBASSADOR ROOM L)
WEDNESDAY MAY 17, 2017
FOR THE FIRST OF THREE NEW FULL AFTERNOON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS
TOPIC FOR THIS SESSION – COMMUNICATION
Sponsored by:
JOIN US FOR LUNCH AT 1130AM|SESSION RUNS FROM 12 – 4PM
Agenda: 12 – 1 pm – Al Martinez, Senior Advisor – SME, Fusion Risk Management Title: The Influence of Social Media on a Crisis: First-Hand Case Studies 1:10 – 2:35 pm Public Communications Panel featuring the City of Brandon, Manitoba EMO, City of Steinbach 2:35 – 3:00 pm Refreshment Break 3:00 – 4:00 pm – Reg Fountain, Manager of Emergency Management and Continuity Planning, City of Regina Title: Communications During A Crisis – The Joint Information Centre in Action
Al Martinez, CBCP
Senior Advisor – SME Fusion Risk Management Al brings to Fusion more than 20 years of consulting and industry experience with Fortune 500 corporations, private industry, government organizations and not-for-profit groups spanning manufacturing, retail, financial services, insurance, aerospace, and telecommunications. Al focuses on business continuity planning, IT disaster recovery, crisis and incident management planning, enterprise risk management and assessing resiliency solutions for clients. He has served as Fusion’s senior advisor on a variety of engagements. Prior to joining Fusion, Al served as Assistant Vice President for Nuveen Investments responsible for managing the business continuity and IT disaster recovery programs and their recovery strategies. He previously served as Global Business Resilience Manager for General Mills where he was responsible for managing business continuity and crisis management for over one hundred business entities. During his career, Al has worked for Computer Sciences Corporation, Sears Roebuck and Company, and PwC. Al holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Illinois and an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago. Recognition and Accomplishments: Certified Business Continuity Professional – Disaster Recovery Institute International Strategic Decision and Risk Management Certificate – Stanford University
Mr. Reg Fountain, CD, MA DEM, CEM, ABCP Mr. Reg Fountain is presently the Manager of Emergency Management and Continuity Planning for the City of Regina. Prior to moving to Regina, he held a similar position with the University of British Columbia (UBC) where he led the development of an Emergency Management Strategy, incorporating a mass care plan capable of providing emergency shelter, food and medical treatment to the approximately 100,000 faculty, staff, students and other residents of the UBC Point Grey campus area. In a previous position, Mr. Fountain, as a member of Public Safety Canada, led the efforts to develop federal-level plans dealing with threats posed by Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive incidents and the Canada-United States mutual assistance plans to provide cross-border support in the event of major natural or human-induced disasters in either country. Mr. Fountain served in the Canadian Army for over 30 years, with his last tours being with Canada Command, now Canadian Joint Operations Command located in Ottawa and the Bi-National Planning Group which was located at Headquarters, U.S. Northern Command. Mr. Fountain’s focus was on the strategic and operational-level planning and command and control necessary for the provision of military assistance to the civil authorities. In this role, he led the Canada Command team which developed the plan for Canadian military support to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. Mr. Fountain is a graduate of Royal Roads University with a Master’s degree in Disaster and Emergency Management and is accredited as a Certified Emergency Manager and Business Continuity Planner.
~INCLUDED IN MEMBERSHIP~
$50 FOR NON-MEMBERS
DRIE CENTRAL 17th ANNUAL WORKSHOP AND CONFERENCE October 19 & 20, 2016 Fort Gibraltar, 866 Rue Saint Joseph, Winnipeg MB Workshop and Conference flier
Annual WORKSHOP October 19 ———————————- This workshop provided guidance and insight on common Business Continuity challenges presented by local practitioners with the background and experience to know what works.
Lunch and Learn: Behind the Scenes Refugee Response
Date: September 21, 2016 11:30 to 12:00 PM Luncheon 12:00 to 1:30 PM Presentation
Presenters: RED CROSS, MANITOBA EMERGENCY MEASURES ORGANIZATION, WINNIPEG REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY
In fall of 2015, Canada announced it would welcome 25,000 Syrian Refugees in the next few months. Emergency Management Organizations across the country were activated to assist in the logistics of facilitating this challenging task. Lunch and learn participants joined DRIE Central as a panel discussed the process, anticipated and unanticipated challenges and all the behind the scenes details of the Refugee Response. Guests included members of the Red Cross who assisted both internationally and domestically, the Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization and Public Health representatives Event PDF! Location: Fort Gibraltar (Partners Room, 2nd floor of the La Maison Du Bourgeois) 866 St. Joseph Street in St. Boniface.
Date: June 22, 2016. Lunch and Learn Time: 11:30 to 12:00 PM Luncheon 12:00 to 1:00 PM Presentation
Presentation: Geographical Information Systems, Mapping Disasters, By: Manitoba Hydro and Manitoba Health
Understanding the geography of a situation is critical to any emergency management or disaster recovery planning and response. In today’s world, there are many digital mapping tools available. This presentation provided us a look into two of the models used here in Manitoba: Manitoba Hydro and Manitoba Health, their benefits, uses and future opportunities. Event Poster June 22, 2016
Location: Fort Gibraltar (Partners Room, 2nd floor of the La Maison Du Bourgeois) 866 St. Joseph Street in St. Boniface.
PRESENTATION: “STORM SPOTTING” Date: Wednesday May 11, 2016, Lunch and Learn, Extended time Time: 11:30 to 12:00 Luncheon,12:00 to 3:00
In this excellent extended session, we learned what to do when storm clouds threaten, how to protect yourself and your property from severe weather. Natalie Hasell, Environment Canada’s Warning Preparedness Meteorologist for “Storm Spotter” provided ther training to help us learn what to expect from severe weather, including how to report and prepare for it. We learned about the structure of storms, the types of clouds to watch for and what Environment Canada’s severe weather watches and warnings mean. Natalie will focused on thunderstorm safety and how to recognize severe thunderstorms and related phenomena. We gained storm readiness in time for the summer thunderstorm season.
Date: March 23, 2016Lunch and Learn: Downtown safety and the efforts of the Downtown Biz Safety Department. Time: 11:30 to 12:00 Luncheon, 12:00 to 1:00 Presentation
Poster: DRIE Lunch March 2016.pdf Location: Fort Gibraltar (Partners Room, 2nd floor of the La Maison Du Bourgeois), 866 St. Joseph Street in St. Boniface.
PRESENTATION: Amanda Chalmers and Shawn Matthews from Downtown Biz presented on downtown safety and the efforts of the Downtown Biz Safety Department. This will include discussion on collaborating with other partners, including WPS and other BIZ groups and the early stages of a Downtown BIZ Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan.
2015 DRIE Workshop, Networking reception & Annual Conference:
Location: Fort Gibraltar (Partners Room, 2nd floor of the La Maison Du Bourgeois), 866 St. Joseph Street in St. Boniface. St. Joseph runs north off Provencher Blvd between Taché Avenue and Langevin Street. For a MAP to Fort Gibraltar, please click HERE
Presenter: Peggy Neal Information Specialist Entrepreneurship Manitoba, Business Services Division, Member of the Board of Directors, ARMA
By attending this presentation we learned how to:
Include records as part of a business continuity or disaster recovery plan; including measuring the probability of risks and their impact on the organization
Prioritize risks, assigning a value to records based on the business function they support and tracking the progress of strategies for mitigating risks to records in the organization.
March 18, 2015 “Ebola: Preparedness and Response”<pdf document> Location: Fort Gibraltar
Presenters: Garth Tohms, Volunteer -Canadian Red Cross Robert Munroe, Manitoba Health Office of Disaster Management
The current outbreak of Ebola in West Africa infected over 20,000 people, resulting in nearly 9,000 deaths- of whom 500 were health care workers. The unprecedented world-wide effort to control the outbreak and provide resources to diagnose and treat Ebola patients continues. Garth Tohms (A.K.A. “Garth the Plumber”) who will shared experiences from his month-long deployment to Sierra Leone as a volunteer with the Canadian Red Cross. We also learned about how Manitoba has prepared for Ebola, should a case ever present in our province and discussed how you can help your company/organizations prepare for Public Health emergencies.
City of Winnipeg Frozen Water Pipes Emergency Response
Presenters: Randy Hull, City of Winnipeg Emergency Coordinator and Constance Menzies of Chocolatier, Constance Popp
Date: Wednesday November 5th, 2014 Time: 11:30 to 12:00 Luncheon, 12:00 to 1:00 Presentation
Location: Fort Gibraltar (Partners Room, 2nd floor of the La Maison Du Bourgeois), 866 St. Joseph Street in St. Boniface. St. Joseph runs north off Provencher Blvd between Taché Avenue and Langevin Street. For a MAP to Fort Gibraltar, please click HERE.
Details: 2013-14 was one of the City of Winnipeg’s longest, coldest winters on record. With it came frost that permeated the ground to depths far deeper than usual, resulting in frozen water pipes to hundreds of homes and businesses. Attendees of this presentation:
Heard about lessons learned and challenges experienced by the City of Winnipeg as they managed the frozen water pipe emergency
Learned about the event through the perspective of an impacted business and how operations were maintained despite the frozen water pipe disruption
Shared in discussion on how practitioners can help their organizations prepare, should a similar event occurs again in the near future
Business Impact Assessment Workshop (click for pdf) – October 22 (register) This workshop taught the fundamentals and processes of BIA and how it contributes to successful Business Continuity Management. The intent of the workshop is to be interactive and provide the content that would be both useful for a novice as well as a seasoned practitioner. Presented byBrian Miller, Vanguard Emergency Management Consulting2014 DRIE Central 15th Annual Conference
Business Impact Assessment Workshop (click for pdf) – October 22 This workshop will teach the fundamentals and processes of BIA and how it contributes to successful Business Continuity Management. The intent of the workshop is to be interactive and provide the content that would be both useful for a novice as well as a seasoned practitioner. Presented byBrian Miller, Vanguard Emergency Management ConsultingSocial Media Use in Crisis Communications
The use of social media in crisis/emergency communications offers opportunities to instantly connect with your organization’s internal and external stakeholders and facilitate situational awareness during response and recovery. Natalie Aitken, Detective Sargeant of Winnipeg Police Service’s Public Information Unit will share the impact social media use has had for the Winnipeg Police Service, their use of different social media platforms (website, Twitter and YouTube) and analytics software and discuss the resources required to sustain and manage an effective social media presence.
Date: March 19, 2014 Time: 11:30 to 12:00 lunch 12:00 to 1:00 presentation Location: Fort Gibraltar (Partners Room, 2nd floor of the La Maison Du Bourgeois), 866 St. Joseph Street in St. Boniface. St. Joseph runs north off Provencher Blvd between Taché Avenue and Langevin Street. For a MAP to Fort Gibraltar, please click HERE.
‘BUILDING A CRISIS COMMUNICATION PLAN THAT SUPPORTS YOUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE’
This fast-paced and interactive workshop is focused on the group of people who will provide your organization with leadership during an emergency, including communication professionals, public affairs staff, emergency managers, and business continuity professional. Participants will work with a crisis communication planning template, and understand how to use the template to develop a crisis communication plan that will support and drive your organization’s overall response to an emergency.
Networking Reception – November 28, 5 to 7 PM
Networking opportunities for one-on-one conversations with the DRIE Executive Team, sponsors, fellow members, and especially to meet new members and friends.
Conference – November 29
Luncheon Presentations:
2013 Luncheon Topics
DRIE 2013 Central Fall Luncheon: Crisis Communications
Workshop Description: Crisis strikes without warning; is subject to change without notice, and cannot be contained in isolation. In the midst of a crisis, ordinary day-to-day decisions present extraordinary risks. Modern communications take place in a global village, in a glass house where no event occurs in isolation, where what one person does and says today may affect the rest of the organization tomorrow, shareholders and customers in the days and weeks following. In a crisis, leaders must take action and make decisions without knowing all the facts, all the potential ramifications, or what actions and reactions are occurring elsewhere that will impact on what they do. Yet failure to act or hesitation carries equal or greater risk.
Workshop participants learned: • How to identify potential crises you and your organization might have to face • What qualifies a situation as a crisis and what crisis situations have in common • Steps to developing a crisis plan, and what elements it should include • How to use a crisis plan effectively • How to identify people with the knowledge and confidence to act • What training and processes prepare people and organizations to respond to crisis in an appropriate timely manner
Presenter: Linda Lee, L Squared Communications
DRIE Central Professional Development Meeting/Luncheon
May 22, 2013
Location: Norwood Hotel (Tache Room)112 Marion Street
Presentation Description
On October 2, 2012 grassland fires whipped through the Rural Municipality of Stuartburn, resulting in evacuations of residents and destroying 4 homes in the town of Vita. Later that same week, thousands of residents in the same area were without power due to an ice storm. Thick ice and fallen trees blown over by wind and heavy weight of snow brought down power lines.
This presentation will offer an overview of how these two separate and yet connected disaster events were managed from three different perspectives: that of the Emergency Measures Coordinator in the region, Emergency Social Services and Manitoba Hydro. Participants will gain insight into the realities of executing community level and corporate emergency/service continuity plans, where things went well and where improvements can be made.
Jodi Pluchinski, Director Emergency Social Services, MB Family Services and Labour
Richard Hollands, Corporate Emergency Response Coordinator, Manitoba Hydro
March 21, 2013, DRIE Central Professional Development Meeting/Luncheon Norwood Hotel (Tache Room) Workplace Violence/Active shooter response planning.
Presentation Description
Recent and tragic active shooter events have galvanized community organizations, government services and business’ resolve to put in place or re-visit plans to respond and recover from such attacks. The focus of this session will be the planning elements needed for an effective Workplace Violence Prevention program. This will include considerations for Response Team composition, necessary training, and identified accountabilities. A variety of helpful resources will also be shared.
Speaker: Jacques Gagne, BA CPP LSM
Regional Manager, Security Services & Special Projects
Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (2003 to present)
Jacques is an ASIS Int’l – Board Certified (CPP) Security Management Professional, specializing in Healthcare and Corporate security. In his role with the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority he provides leadership and direction with respect to security & safety. He adopted AUS/NZ Healthcare Security Standards (AS-4485-1) as baseline security standards from which evolved policies, procedures and guidelines for the program. Jacques implements holistic security solutions and manages a protection team including security staff and 80+ “contract” personnel. Within the team he promotes leadership, problem solving, and creates opportunities for an exchange of information and solutions. He specializes in conducting threat assessments and mitigation strategies, as well as design security & counter-measure solutions. Prior to his role with the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority he was with the RCMP and the Canadian Military (Regular & Reserve Army).
October 25th, 2012 – ISACA and DRIE joint luncheon “Current Trends, Opportunities and Risks in IT Disaster Recovery”
September 14, 2012 Daryl Giese, the Manager for the Western Area Performance Centre at Canada Post. Daryl’s discussed Canada Post’s BCP program and the recent involvement in the floods in Manitoba and BC as well as the actions taken in the Slave Lake AB fire in 2011.
On Wednesday, April 25, 2012, Danny Blair presented: Preparing for Extremes: Climate Change in the Prairies. Climate change in the prairies is largely associated with rising average temperatures. However, another important expectation is that our climate will become even more variable than it already is. This has significant implications regarding the frequency and intensity of heat waves, droughts, flooding, and other types of extreme weather and, of course, this in turns has implications for those involved in disaster preparedness.
Friday, March 9, 2012 – Steve Topping, Executive Director, Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation spoke on the Manitoba Flood of 2011.
September 26, 2011 – Tracey Danowski, Assistant Deputy Minister, Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation, spoke on the provincial government response to the recent postal disruption.
June 23, 2011 – Michael Dudley, Research Associate, Institute of Urban Studies at the University of Winnipeg presented on from Crisis to Resilience. How many recent natural disasters that have befallen metropolitan areas in the past several years (forest fires, floods and earthquakes) aren’t so much “natural” but are instead the result of (or exacerbated by) poor planning decisions in the past, such as building on flood plains and other vulnerable locations, but that our “psychology of previous investment” prevents us from altering our building patterns? As well, our rigid, centralized “big pipes” approach to city building, infrastructure and commodities makes our cities vulnerable to shocks and system breakdowns, such as those associated with energy prices and availability. The presentation will argue for the incorporation of resilience principles in urban planning, which in many ways will mean a return to historical practices and forms.
February 25, 2011 – Paul Kentziger, Mary Genyk and Gord Novoselnik provided a panel discussion on the topic of developing and executing BCP/DR exercises. This is an excellent opportunity to consult with the experts on ways to initiate or improve your organization’s BCP/DR exercises.
2010 Conference
Pre-Conference Workshop, AGM and Conference – November 4-5, 2010.
September 15, 2010 – On Sunday, February 4th, 2007, the City of Winnipeg Fire and Paramedic Service lost two veteran Captains – Harold Lessard and Tom Nicholls – in a tragic house fire. Three others were severely injured when the fire rapidly spread through the house. The loss of these two husbands, fathers and members of our community cannot be measured. Mr. Alex Forrest, President of the United Fire Fighters of Winnipeg – Local 867 has been centrally involved in the immediate and long-term support to the UFFW members who have struggled with the trauma of losing two of their members. Mr. Forrest discussed the recovery steps and supports that have been put in place to support Winnipeg’s fire fighters.
May 5, 2010 – Deo Nawmira from Mennonite Central Committee in Winnipeg was recently deployed to Haiti as part of the international earthquake relief efforts. Mr. Nawmira shared with us his experience in one of the largest disaster recovery efforts in recent history, and lessons learned from his involvement.
February 3, 2010 – Paul Robinson (Risk Management Specialist at Manitoba Public Insurance) In February 2007 the Manitoba Public Insurance Claim Centre in Portage La Prairie experienced a fire in the office space ceiling which caused structural and smoke damage and resulted in the temporary closure of the office. Paul’s presentation will cover the fire and the response to is aftermath including activities related to business resumption and insurance.
2009 Conference
Pre-Conference Workshop, AGM and Conference – October 8 -9, 2009.
September 18, 2009 – Kristina Gordon from the National Microbiology Lab talked about their activities during the H1N1 outbreak this spring. They were at the centre of numerous international-level operations. She will also speak about their Emergency Operation Centre activation and what they were doing through the crisis.
June 19, 2009 – Jeremy Angus, Planning Officer for Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization (EMO) spoke about the inclusion of education and training in the Government of Manitoba’s BCP Program. Manitoba EMO has worked in partnership to develop an on-line training offering for provincial employees that is going to be made available as part of DRI Canada’s course offerings.
February 27, 2009 – Lois Nickel, Director of Region Relations & Programs for Mennonite Disaster Service shared information about the Disaster Recovery Studies program at the Canadian Mennonite University, including:
Hesston College program summary – pre CMU
CMU and MDS partnering – how did this come about? Process to get there?
Outline of the program – what do students study? Specific courses, rest of their degree – how it fits.
Objectives of the program for students, for CMU, for MDS, for the wider community
September 12 – Dr. Jones’ presentation on “Social Hierarchy and Public Relief during Winnipeg’s 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic” provided a unique historical perspective on what actually happened in Winnipeg the last time we faced a pandemic influenza emergency. Dr. Jones’ book is titled Influenza 1918: Disease, Death, and Struggle in Winnipeg (Dr. Esyllt Jones, University of Manitoba)
June 4 – Response and Recovery to the flood at Andrew Mynarski School in February 2007. (Brent Kolton and Herb Schaan, Winnipeg School Division Number 1)
April 22 – Response and events following the security incident at the University of Winnipeg in September 2007. (David Mauro, University of Winnipeg)
