Community engagement is imperative for effective approaches to enhance community safety and well-being (CSWB). Input from individuals with local, lived experience is key to ensuring any community strategy can effectively address local challenges and enhance the lives of residents. At the same time, the process through which community members are consulted can (and should) vary, depending on multiple factors. CMNCP’s Practitioner Guide on Community Consultations is intended as a resource for communities seeking to collect local feedback to inform CSWB plans, or other efforts requiring resident input. Based on evidence, best-practice, and experience working with community members, the Guide provides recommendations on which community groups to engage (e.g., equity-deserving groups, local stakeholders, etc.), along with several process-related considerations when planning community consultations. Along with an overview of the document, webinar participants will hear about the experience and learnings of several practitioners who have previously conducted community consultations as part of their CSWB plan development process.

TIME AND DATE

Wednesday, September 14^th, 2022

10:30 am – 12:00 pm PDT / 11:30 am – 1:00 pm MDT / 12:30 – 2:00 pm CDT / 1:30 – 3:00 pm EDT / 2:30 – 4:00 pm ADT

COST

Free.

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Cities and their inhabitants are highly vulnerable to safety risks associated with climate change due to their high population density along with their large volume of government services and economic and social infrastructure. Additionally, many smaller, northern, and rural communities will struggle with climate change-related community safety challenges as they disproportionately experience its effects. Unfortunately, most local adaptation efforts have overlooked the need for approaches to prevent and address community safety challenges related to climate change.

In the third session of this series, hosted by Felix Munger, join us to learn more about the intersections between climate change and gender identities within Canada. The Canadian Women's Foundation has found gender-based violence increases during climate induced crises and aims to understand other impacts on women and gender diverse individuals such as housing, food security and migration. This session will discuss these challenges within Canada and include discussions with:

• Ann Decter, Senior Director of Community Initiatives and Policy at the Canadian Women’s Foundation
• Karen Campbell, Director of Community Initiatives & Policy at the Canadian Women’s Foundation

DATE & TIME

November 30, 2022 at 10:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM MT / 12:00 PM CT / 1:00 PM ET / 2:00 PM AT

COST

Free.

For more information and to register, please visit our event page. 

Cities and their inhabitants are highly vulnerable to safety risks associated with climate change due to their high population density along with their large volume of government services and economic and social infrastructure. Additionally, many smaller, northern, and rural communities will struggle with climate change-related community safety challenges as they disproportionately experience its effects. Unfortunately, most local adaptation efforts have excluded community safety practitioners and experts in their development, and therefore overlook the need for approaches to prevent and address community safety challenges related to climate change.

In the first 90-minute session of this series, join Roxanne Springer and Felix Munger to learn more about this emerging field, including an overview of the research/evidence to date on the link between climate change and community safety. Additional sessions will be announced at a later date.

DATE & TIME

May 4, 2022 at 7:30 PT/ 8:30 MT / 9:30 CT / 10:30 ET / 11:30 AT

Webinar video will be added soon.

Join Glenn Milner, Engineering and Climate Risk Lead​, from the Climate Risk Institute on a discussion about Climate Change Adaptation Planning and the integration of community safety. ​

​For information to come soon.