Emergency Management in Indigenous communities

Overview

Climate-related disasters and emergencies are becoming more severe, frequent, and damaging. Indigenous communities are disproportionately impacted by emergencies due to legacies of colonialism and forced displacement, their remote and coastal locations and limited access to emergency services and resources for implementing disaster risk reduction and emergency management (EM) among other considerations. 

The federal government is committed to working with Indigenous Peoples to better understand the distinct risks they face and to develop an emergency management approach that is inclusive, equitable, and accessible to all peoples residing in Canada.

Indigenous Emergency Management Capabilities Inventory

In May 2017, Federal / Provincial / Territorial (FPT) Ministers agreed to work collaboratively with Indigenous representatives to develop an inventory of emergency management capabilities in Indigenous communities across Canada. The Indigenous Emergency Management Capabilities Inventory was co-led by Public Safety Canada and the Assembly of First Nations. Data collection for the inventory was conducted from 2018 to 2019.

All data collected from AFN-represented Indigenous communities were transferred to the AFN and are no longer held by Public Safety Canada.

Public Safety Canada maintains project data collected from Indigenous communities that participated and which are not represented by the Assembly of First Nations.

Resources

• Indigenous Services Canada
  
• Emergency Management Assistance Program

Date modified:

2024-11-13