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Introduction
The Canadian Hazus User Group meets on the third Wednesday of
each month to share knowledge on natural hazard risk assessment and
the application of the Hazus loss estimation software in Canada.
Natural Resources Canada’s National-Scale Geohazard Risk Project of
the Public Safety Geoscience Program supports the forum. Today’s
meeting will be facilitated by Malaika Ulmi (malaika.ulmi@canada.ca).
The meeting materials are posted on www.hazuscanada.ca.
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Agenda
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Meet and greet as we connect
Training, resources and events
Round table
Presentation: Using Hazus Canada to Estimate Social Impact
Reduction During the June 2013 Alberta Floods – Ryan Reynolds, U
of Calgary
• Questions and Discussion
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Training
• EMI courses www.fema.gov/hazus-mh-training and at
www.training.fema.gov.
• Course flyer at www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/105722
• Esri online courses http://training.esri.com/ search for Hazus
COURSE
NUMBER
E0296
E0313
E0172
E0190
E0317
E0179
COURSE TITLE
Application of Hazus-MH for Risk Assessment
Basic Hazus-MH
Hazus-MH for Flood
ArcGIS for Emergency Managers
Comprehensive Data Management for Hazus-MH
Application of Hazus-MH for Disaster Operations
DATES
March 21-24, 2016
April 11-14, 2016
June 20-23, 2016
July 18-21, 2016
August 29-September 1, 2016
September 26-29, 2016
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Resources
• www.hazuscanada.ca: Order a copy of Hazus Canada 2.1, see
upcoming events, download and access resources including the
Hazus HotZone newsletter, get past and future meeting material,
find events, ask a Hazus question, and add content
• FEMA Hazus User Group calls on iTunes, search Hazus Community,
or join calls by requesting add from hazus@arcaspicio.com
• www.usehazus.com/canadianhug and LinkedIn for Canadian and US
HUG groups and resources
• Hazus solutions page: www.fema.gov/protecting-ourcommunities/hazus-help-desk-resource-and-solutions-page
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Resources
• Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction: www.iclr.org
• Global best practices: www.preventionweb.net/english and UN
ISDR www.unisdr.org
• HazNet, the magazine of the Canadian Risks and Hazards Network:
www.haznet.ca
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Resources
• US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine –
Resilience @ the Academies:
www.nationalacademies.org/topics/resilience/index.html
• Canada-US Enhanced Resiliency Experiment (CAUSE III) NE Scenario
After-Action Report:
www.crhnet.ca/sites/default/files/library/Joint%20CAUS%20CAUSE%20III%20EAST%20Report%20Final.pdf
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Resources
• Western University and Canadian Water Network
computerized tool for the development of intensityduration-frequency curves under climate change:
www.idf-cc-uwo.ca/
• White House summit on advancing earthquake
resilience:
www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/02/02/advancingearthquake-resilience
• East Coast Lab: Life at the Boundary (NZ):
www.eastcoastlab.org.nz
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Resources
• Applied Technology Council - events, projects, products, webinars:
www.atcouncil.org
• National Institute of Standards and Technology: www.nist.gov
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Events
• ICLR Friday Forum – Reducing Flood Risk in Toronto, February
19, 2016, 10:00-11:30 EST: www.iclr.org and
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6768446618387867393
• SFU Hazard Change Caused by Climate Change, Vancouver, BC,
February 22, 2016: http://cnhr.mhrisk.ca/index8.php
• Climate Leadership Conference, Seattle, WA, USA, March 8-10,
2016: www.climateleadershipconference.org
• Adaptation Canada 2016, Ottawa, ON, April 12-14, 2016,
www.adaptationcanada2016.ca
• Business Continuity Awareness Week, webinars, May 16-20, 2016,
http://bcaw.groupsite.com
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Events
• World Conference on Disaster Management, Toronto, ON, June 7-8,
2016, www.wcdm.org
• International Conference on Natural Hazards and Infrastructure,
June 28-30, 2016, http://iconhic2016.com/
• 41st Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop,
Broomfield, CO, July 10-13, 2016,
www.colorado.edu/hazards/workshop/current.html
• CRHNet Annual Symposium, Montreal, QC, November 23-25, 2016,
www.crhnet.ca/symposiums/crhnet-annual-symposium-2016
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Roundtable
• Introduce yourself
• Any news, projects, ideas, suggestions, upcoming presentations or
conferences of interest …
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Presentation:
Using Hazus Canada to Estimate Social Impact Reduction
During the June 2013 Alberta Floods – Ryan Reynolds, Dept.
of Geography, University of Calgary
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Next CanHUG meeting is March 16, 2016
See you then!
Please email if there is a speaker or topic you
would like featured in future.
malaika.ulmi@canada.ca
Thank you
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