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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: Climate Change Hazards and Information Portal – Neil Comer, Risk Sciences International
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
E0172
Hazus for Flood
June 12-15, 2017
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
QuakeSmart resource for businesses, organizations and communities:
NIST Resilience:
SFU Centre for Natural Hazard Research:
New UNISDR report on national disaster risk assessments:
AGI Critical Issues webinars:
Assoc. of State Floodplain Managers’s practitioners’ guide:

8. Articles
Currents, Muddy Waters: Defining the 100-Year Flood:
NYT, When Rising Seas Transform Risk Into Certainty:
G & M, Canadians are in the dark about flood risk:

9. Events
Australian & NZ Disaster and Emergency Management Conference, May 22-23, 2017, Queensland, Australia,
Multi-hazard Early Warning Conference, May 22-23, 2017, Cancun, Mexico,
Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, May 22-26, 2017, Cancun, Mexico,
Fourth International Congress on Risks, May 23-26, 2017, Coimbra, Portugal,

10. Events
ICLR Forecast of 2017 Hurricane Season Webinar, May 30, 2017,
CWRA 2017, June 5-7, 2017, Lethbridge, AB,
Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, July 9-12, 2017, Broomfield, CO,
ShakeOut 2017, October 19, 2017,

11. Events
Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity Conference, October 31-November 2, 2017, Vancouver, BC,
CRHNet Symposium, October 25-27, 2017, Halifax, NS,
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,

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

13. Climate Change Hazards Information Portal
Presentation:
Climate Change Hazards Information Portal
Neil Comer
Risk Science International

14. Wednesday, June 21, 2017 malaika.ulmi@canada.ca
Next CanHUG meeting is
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
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