Disaster resilience is the ability to survive and thrive in the face of uncertainty. It is already a key dimension of Indigenous communities and the cornerstone of effective emergency management across all phases of a disaster from preparedness through response and recovery.
There is much to learn about resilience from Indigenous communities. Their resilience is one of Canada’s biggest assets. At the same time, the emergency planning capacity of Indigenous communities is often constrained by a lack of resources and access to user-friendly risk mitigation planning tools and processes.
Aboriginal Disaster Reliance Planning (ADRP) and the Rural Disaster Resilience Project (RDRP) are designed to promote the transformational capacity of Indigenous communities by encouraging them to enhance their community and disaster resilience.
Projects
Aboriginal Disaster Resilience Planning (ADRP)
Disasters can and do happen. First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities have been affected by hurricanes, wildfires, water contamination and an assortment of other hazards. Culture, language, livelihood options and Traditional Knowledge have flourished in some areas, while other communities have faced numerous challenges.
What makes the difference? Why are some communities more resilient to disasters and change? How can communities survive and prosper? The Aboriginal Disaster Resilience Planning (ADRP) Guide contains a summary of all of the steps and a checklist to complete once each activity has taken place to assist in navigating the planning process.
The ADRP site will be restructured and taken down in February 2021. The ADRP and RDRP sites are merged and will be re-launched in March 2021 as CDRP - The Community Disaster Resiliency Planning.
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Rural Disaster Resilience Project (RDRP)
The goal of this Rural Disaster Resilience research project is to develop and pilot a participatory, community-centred 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.
The RDRP site is being restructured and NO LONGER available. It is being merged with the ADRP site and will be re-launched in March 2021 as CDRP - The Community Disaster Resiliency Planning.