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2. 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 The meeting materials are posted on

3. Agenda Meet and greet as we connect Training, resources and events
Round table
Presentation: Lower Mainland Flood Management Strategy – Steve Litke
Questions and Discussion

4. Hazus Training
EMI courses at Questions to
Hazus online course flyer and handouts at
Esri online courses search for Hazus

5. Resources
Order a copy of Hazus Canada, see upcoming events, download resources and 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
and LinkedIn for Canadian and US HUG groups and resources
Hazus solutions page:

6. Resources
Global best practices: UN ISDR and
Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction:
Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities initiative:
Canadian Risk and Hazards Network
HazNet, the magazine of the Canadian Risks and Hazards Network:

7. Resources
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers new website to promote more resilient communities through use of the latest standards and criteria, building codes, and recent climate science: usace.army.mil/Missions/Sustainability/BuildingResilience.aspx
EPA Community-Based Water Resilience Tool:
C.D. Howe Institute report on systemic financial risk from earthquakes in Canada:

8. Resources
New report offers guidance on disaster recovery, rebuilding and resilience after disasters, ‘After Great Disasters: How Six Countries Managed Community Recovery’:
UNDP Climate Information and Early Warning Systems Communication Toolkit:
FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Planning Program resources:

9. Events
Liveable Cities Forum, Halifax, NS, September 12-14, 2016,
3rd Community Resilience Panel, Fort Collins, CO, September 21-22, 2016,
World Water-Tech North America, Toronto, ON, October 18-20, 2016,
Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity Conference, Vancouver, BC, November 7-10, 2016,
Hazus Users Conference, Charleston, SC, November 7-9, 2016,

10. Events
CRHNet Annual Symposium, Montreal, QC, November 23-25, 2016,
Disaster Risk Reduction, Response, and Sustainable Reconstruction: Capacity Building for Equitable Planning and Development, Boston, MA, November 8, 2018,
CatIQ’s Canadian Catastrophe Conference (C4), Toronto, ON, February 1-3, 2017,
Fifth Regional Platform for the Americas, Montreal, QC, March 7-9, 2017,

11. Roundtable Introduce yourself
Any news, projects, ideas, suggestions, upcoming presentations or conferences of interest …

12. Lower Mainland Flood Management Strategy
Presentation:
Lower Mainland Flood Management Strategy
Steve Litke

13. Wednesday, September 21, 2016 malaika.ulmi@canada.ca
Next CanHUG meeting is
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
See you then!
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