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October 18, 2023DRRN Fall workshop held in partnership with BC Ministry and UW
On September 14-15, the UBC Disaster Resilience Research Network (DRRN) held a Fall workshop aimed at strengthening our existing network and planning for the future.
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October 18, 2023DRRN receives funding from BC Ministry to advance research and policy on disaster resilience
The UBC Disaster Resilience Research Network (DRRN) is proud to be able to share our ongoing support from BC’s new Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness (EMCR).
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September 28, 2023External News | JIBC seeking instructors
The Justice Institute of BC (JIBC) has multiple opportunities to teach, both in person and online, in their Emergency Management Division. They are currently looking for instructors for their Bachelor in Emergency and Security Management and Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Disaster Management programs.
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September 1, 2023DRRN in the news
In recent weeks, DRRN member Dwayne Tannant, who is based at UBC-Okanagan, has been featured by the media for h
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August 19, 2023Statement on the Central Okanagan wildfires
Since yesterday, UBC-Okanagan and much of the Kelowna area have been under evacuation orders due to encroaching wildfires. While the full scale of damage is not yet known, the Disaster Resilience Research Network (DRRN) is following the situation and hopeful that the efforts of firefighters will contain the fires and limit the destruction.
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August 14, 2023Apply to be the Disaster Resilience Student Engagement Coordinator!
UBC’s Disaster Resilience Research Network (DRRN) is seeking one highly motivated UBC graduate student for the Student Engagement Coordinator
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May 24, 2023Recent publications on assessing and reducing seismic risk
DRRN co-lead Carlos Molina Hutt has co-authored several articles with members of his research team at U
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May 22, 2023New publication on corruption, labour, agency, and governance in post-earthquake Nepal
DRRN co-lead Sara Shneiderman has published an article in the journal Public Anthropologist titled "On the Subject of Corruptio
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May 12, 2023
New publication on colonialism, law, and Indigenous jurisdiction in disasters
DRRN member Jocelyn Stacey has co-authored an article with Emma Feltes (Anthropology, Cornell) and the Tŝilhqot’in National Government in the
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April 5, 2023
New publication on satisfaction in post-earthquake recovery in Nepal
DRRN co-lead Sara Shneiderman has co-authored an article with Ratna K.
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February 13, 2023
New publication on long-term disaster recovery
DRRN member Ethan Raker published an article in Population and Environment titled "Disasters and subjective asse
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January 24, 2023Welcome, Disaster Resilience Graduate Fellows!
UBC's Disaster Resilience Research Network (DRRN) is happy to welcome Taylor Legere and Charlotte Milne, who will work with the network throughout 2023 as a part of the inaugural Disaster Resilience Graduate Fellowship.
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October 19, 2022External News | Resilience Pathways Report now available
Resilience Pathways Report: Co-creating New Knowledge for Understanding Risk and Resilience
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October 19, 2022Network member Fuyubi Nakamura awarded Michael M. Ames Prize for Innovative Museum Anthropology
Dr. Fuyubi Nakamura has won the American Anthropological Association (AAA) Council of Museum Anthropology’s 2022 Michael M. Ames Prize for Innovative Museum Anthropology.
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September 2, 20222022-23 Research Seminar Series
Throughout the academic year, the Disaster Resilience Research Network (DRRN) will be holding biweekly research seminars for network members.
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September 2, 2022Apply for the Disaster Resilience Graduate Fellowship! [CLOSED]
UBC’s new Disaster Resilience Research Network (DRRN) is seeking two highly motivated UBC graduate students for its inaugural Disaster Resilience Graduate Fellowship. The fellows will support the DRRN by analyzing the state of disaster research in British Columbia.
