Royal Roads University

Transforming federal emergency management: a new agenda for Canada

Abstract Canada’s emergency governance model no longer aligns with a risk environment shaped by accelerating climate change and increasingly complex multi-hazard events. Recent federal/provincial/territorial strategies acknowledge these growing pressures but have not materially r...

From the COVID‐19 Pandemic to Crises: Lessons for Canadian Climate Governance

Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic was the most significant governance stress test in recent Canadian history, revealing both the capacities and constraints of Canadian public administration under acute uncertainty. This article examines Canada's pandemic response as a diagnostic cas...

Opportunities for pathways approaches for adapting to complex climate change risks

Adaptation planning is increasingly challenged under conditions of complex climate change risks, which are characterized by the dynamic interactions between compounding hazards, cascading impacts, governance failures, and multiple drivers of vulnerabilities, producing non-linear...