The year in photo

This collection of photos chronicles the work of the Red Cross in Canada and around the world this past year. There are fun photos of volunteers and staff hard at work, pictures that tell a tale of destruction from tornadoes, flooding and earthquakes, and images that are full of hope. Thank you to all the photographers (amateur and professional) who have helped illustrate our stories this year.

• Spiders forced into trees by severe flooding in Pakistan weave impressive webs. Photo by Russell Watkins/DFID.
• Canadian Red Cross Secretery General, Conrad Sauvé, visits the cholera treatment centre in Haiti.
• In Niagara Region, participants learn CPR on the beach.
• A Canadian Red Cross volunteer surveys the damage caused by a tornado in Goderich, Ontario. Photo by Johan Hallberg-Campbell.
• Red Cross personnel working in Slave Lake, Alberta pose with the Stanley Cup.
• The Canadian Red Cross takes part in a technical exchange with the Chinese Red Cross to promote water safety and reduce drownings.
• Red Cross volunteers bring supplies to the northern Ontario community of Attawapiskat. Photo by Johan Hallberg-Campbell
• Staff at the Canadian Red Cross in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia celebrate National Lifejacket Day.
• Children affected by the crisis in the Horn of Africa.
• Canadian Red Cross volunteers play the role of casualties in a mock disaster exercise in Nova Scotia.
• Winnipeg band The Treble perform across the city over 24 hours to raise funds for the Horn of Africa.
• The Red Cross shelter team uses boats to bring supplies to the building site in the Jacmel region of Haiti.
• The Japanese Red Cross distributes emergency supplies to people affected by the earthquake and tsunami. Photo: Japanese Red Cross Society.
• People affected by severe flooding receive emergency supplies from the Thai Red Cross. Photo by Félix Genêt Laframboise/IFRC.

Spiders forced into trees by severe flooding in Pakistan weave impressive webs. Photo by Russell Watkins/DFID.

Canadian Red Cross Secretery General, Conrad Sauvé, visits the cholera treatment centre in Haiti.

In Niagara Region, participants learn CPR on the beach.

A Canadian Red Cross volunteer surveys the damage caused by a tornado in Goderich, Ontario. Photo by Johan Hallberg-Campbell.

Red Cross personnel working in Slave Lake, Alberta pose with the Stanley Cup.

The Canadian Red Cross takes part in a technical exchange with the Chinese Red Cross to promote water safety and reduce drownings.

Red Cross volunteers bring supplies to the northern Ontario community of Attawapiskat. Photo by Johan Hallberg-Campbell

Staff at the Canadian Red Cross in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia celebrate National Lifejacket Day.

Children affected by the crisis in the Horn of Africa.

Canadian Red Cross volunteers play the role of casualties in a mock disaster exercise in Nova Scotia.

Winnipeg band The Treble perform across the city over 24 hours to raise funds for the Horn of Africa.

The Red Cross shelter team uses boats to bring supplies to the building site in the Jacmel region of Haiti.

The Japanese Red Cross distributes emergency supplies to people affected by the earthquake and tsunami. Photo: Japanese Red Cross Society.

People affected by severe flooding receive emergency supplies from the Thai Red Cross. Photo by Félix Genêt Laframboise/IFRC.