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Tech Talk: Crisis communications in Trillium Resolve exercise

Posted October 22, 2012 by Global Administrator

Last week, the Canadian Red Cross participated in a disaster response exercise called Trillium Resolve in order to test and improve Ontario's emergency response programs. The Red Cross participated in the exercise by opening shelters and assisting "v...

Stories of friendship from Slave Lake to Nova Scotia

Posted October 22, 2012 by Global Administrator

Recently, we heard of  two touching stories of friendship and support from Slave Lake that have emerged, all the way in Nova Scotia! This fall, Marilyn Greenwood, a Canadian Red Cross disaster response volunteer from Alberta travelled to Nova ...

New London sanitation exhibit to get people talking about poo

Posted October 19, 2012 by Global Administrator

Admit it—talk around the dinner table at your house most likely never turns to what happens in the privacy of the washroom. The folks at the London School of Hygiene @ Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) are trying to change that with a new exhibition. It’s ...

Photo of the Day: Striving towards a world free of bullying

Posted October 19, 2012 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

Guest post by James Park, Assistant Communications Coordinator in BC Youth facilitators, from left to right: John Shad, Harpreet Sidhu, Kate MacMurphy from our very own RespectED Violence and Abuse Prevention program in British Columbia, are celebra...

Social Media Team at the Red Cross field hospital: #CRCeru

Posted October 19, 2012 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

[slideshow] This week Red Cross aid workers from across the country are meeting in Ontario for an intensive training exercise. Each of the 35 aid workers  - delegates as they are known in the Red Cross movement - are part of a larger roster of spe...

Photos from Trillium Resolve disaster training exercise

Posted October 18, 2012 by Global Administrator

[slideshow] The Canadian Red Cross is currently participating in Trillium Resolve, a disaster training exercise in Ontario that simulates severe weather events to test the province’s emergency response teams. Yesterday, after fictitious tornadoes...

Photo of the Day: Red Cross test sea cans at Trillium Resolve

Posted October 18, 2012 by Global Administrator

During the Trillium Resolve Disaster Exercise that is currently taking place this week, the Ontario Zone Disaster Management team has had the opportunity to pilot a new concept for the rapid deployment of relief supplies to disaster areas. Using ...

Trillium Resolve Disaster Training Exercise

Posted October 17, 2012 by Global Administrator

This week in Ontario, the Canadian Red Cross is participating in an emergency training exercise called the Trillium Resolve. The Trillium Resolve is a disaster response exercise that simulates severe weather events to test the province’s ability ...

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