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2. Introduction
The Canadian Hazus User Group meets monthly 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: Flood Damage Guidelines – Nicky Hastings, Geological Survey of Canada, NRCan
Questions and Discussion

4. Hazus Training
EMI courses at Questions to
Hazus online course flyer and handouts at
Esri online courses search for Hazus
FEMA regional HUGs
COURSE #
COURSE TITLE
DATES
E0170
Hazus for Hurricane
July 24-27, 2017
E0296
Application of Hazus for Risk Assessment
August 14-17, 2017
E0179
Application of Hazus for Disaster Operations
September 11-14, 2017
E0317
Comprehensive Data Management for Hazus
September

5. Resources
Order a copy of Hazus Canada, see upcoming events, download resources and meeting material, ask a risk assessment 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
All things Hazus:

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:
Resilient America (NASEM): ResilientAmerica.nas.edu

7. Resources NIST Resilience: www.nist.gov/topics/resilience
New UNISDR report on national disaster risk assessments:
Natural Hazard Mitigation DRR Ambassador Curriculum Plan:
Naturally Resilient Communities, tool and case studies for solutions to flooding challenges:

8. Articles
PSC, EM Framework for Canada, 3rd Edition:
G & M, Insurers must do more to educate Canadians about flood risk:
The Pew Charitable Trusts, It Pays to Prepare for Natural Disasters:
Popular Science: Climate change will mean more rain for some – and none for others:

9. Events
AGI Webinar: Planning for Coastal Storm and Erosion Hazards, July 6, 1:30 EDT,
Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, July 9-12, 2017, Broomfield, CO,
QuakeCORE Annual Meeting, September 3-6, 2017, Taupo, NZ,
Liveable Cities Forum, September 18-20, 2017,Victoria, BC,

10. Events ShakeOut 2017, October 19, 2017, www.shakeout.org
National Disaster Resilience Conference, FLASH, October 25-27, 2017, Atlanta, GA,
CRHNet Symposium, October 25-27, 2017, Halifax, NS,
Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity Conference, October 31-November 2, 2017, Vancouver, BC,

11. Events
65th Annual International Association of Emergency Managers Conference, November 10-15, Long Beach, CA,
7th International Conference on Building Resilience: Using Scientific Knowledge to inform policy and practice in disaster risk reduction, November 27-29, 2017, Bangkok, Thailand,
2018 Understanding Risk Forum, Mexico City, Mexico, May 2018,

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

13. Flood Damage Guidelines
Presentation:
Flood Damage Guidelines
Nicky Hastings
Geological Survey of Canada, NRCan

14. Wednesday, September 20, 2017 malaika.ulmi@canada.ca
Next CanHUG meeting is
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
See you then!
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