First Symposium on Crowd Management and Safety in Mass Gatherings

The Challenge of Mega-Events With the arrival of the 2026 FIFA World Cup™ in Toronto, the critical importance of crowd management and safety at mass gatherings has been thrust into the spotlight. Mega-events of this scale bring together staggering volumes of spectators, creating complex movement flows that demand seamless, multi-layered coordination across various public safety […]

Resilient Business Continuity Management System: Preparing for the unexpected

Business Continuity and Resilience Speaker Series Business continuity and resilience are essential for ensuring that organizations can sustain operations and recover swiftly from crises. Business continuity focuses on maintaining critical functions during and after a disaster, requiring detailed planning, risk assessment, and the implementation of response and recovery strategies. This involves creating and testing business […]

When the planned becomes the unplanned: strengthening business continuity amid a 72-hour Code Grey Loss of Network Infrastructure

Emergency Management in Hospitals and Healthcare – 2025 Emergency management (EM) is often taught in the context of community, provincial, national, and international emergencies. There is currently a gap in disaster and emergency management (DEM) education and training when transitioning from a generic and public emergency management context to a hospital and health care setting. […]

The Politics of Extreme Heat & Displacement in South Asia: A View from Urban Pakistan

One of the worse impacts of climate change is forced displacement. Climate change is fueling internal and international migration and refugee trends through the extreme weather events (e.g. abnormally heavy rainfall, prolonged droughts, heatwaves, and cyclones), sea level rise, water and food insecurity and associated conflicts. The United Nations General Assembly’s New York Declaration for […]

Reimagining ‘Community’ Engagement: Lessons from Climate-related Planned Relocation

Climate Change Displacement Dialogue Periodic climate-related migration caused by extreme weather events and newly uninhabitable territory is already occurring in Canada due to climate change impacts including coastal erosion, flooding, and wildfires. This dynamic will increase in coming years, resulting in sustained demand for federal, provincial, local, and Indigenous governments to provide humanitarian assistance and […]

Redefining Climate Frontiers: Migration, Displacement and Global Resilience

Climate Change Displacement Dialogue This lecture examines the evolving role of climate migration and displacement in shaping policy responses globally. Grounded in recent research, Yvonne Su will explore how climate-induced mobility is driving new frontiers in adaptation, governance and sustainable development. By drawing on key findings from case studies and policy analysis, this talk will […]

Water Resiliency and Water Outage Planning for Hospitals

Emergency Management In Hospitals & Health Care Emergency management (EM) is often taught in the context of community, provincial, national and international emergencies. There is currently a gap in disaster and emergency management (DEM) education and training when transitioning from a generic and public emergency management context to a hospital and health-care setting. Emergencies affect […]

Mass Evacuation and First Nations

Governance, Science & Technology of Mass Evacuations Speaker Series Mass Evacuation and First Nations Featuring: Tara K. McGee, professor, University of Alberta; Jennifer Jesty, emergency resiliency manager, Union of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq; Maia Foster-Sanchez, Stronger Together: Evacuation Partnerships; and Michelle Gervais, Stronger Together: Evacuation Partnerships. Moderated by Eric Kennedy, York University. Virtual Session 2 | […]

Destination resilience challenges facing African World Heritage sites: Applying Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation approaches to Tourism Planning and Management

Climate Change Emergencies & Cultural Heritage Speaker Series CIFAL York aims to mobilize existing knowledge and capacities in climate change and cultural heritage and develop some training and education. In particular, CIFAL York is partnering with other organizations and stakeholders at regional, provincial, national, and international levels to achieve this and create new and innovative […]