Past Events

2009/2010 Luncheon Topics

• May 5, 2010 - Deo Nawmira from Mennonite Central Committee in Winnipeg was recently deployed to Haiti as part of the international earthquake relief efforts. Mr. Nawmira shared with us his experience in one of the largest disaster recovery efforts in recent history, and lessons learned from his involvement.
• February 3, 2010 - Paul Robinson (Risk Management Specialist at Manitoba Public Insurance) In February 2007 the Manitoba Public Insurance Claim Centre in Portage La Prairie experienced a fire in the office space ceiling which caused structural and smoke damage and resulted in the temporary closure of the office. Paul’s presentation will cover the fire and the response to is aftermath including activities related to business resumption and insurance.

2009 Conference

• Pre-Conference Workshop, AGM and Conference - October 8 -9, 2009.
• Annual General Meeting Presentation (PDF, 133KB)
• Conference Brochure (PDF, 320KB)

2008/2009 Luncheon Topics

• September 18, 2009 - Kristina Gordon from the National Microbiology Lab talked about their activities during the H1N1 outbreak this spring. They were at the centre of numerous international-level operations. She will also speak about their Emergency Operation Centre activation and what they were doing through the crisis.
• June 19, 2009 - Jeremy Angus, Planning Officer for Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization (EMO) spoke about the inclusion of education and training in the Government of Manitoba’s BCP Program. Manitoba EMO has worked in partnership to develop an on-line training offering for provincial employees that is going to be made available as part of DRI Canada’s course offerings.
• February 27, 2009 - Lois Nickel, Director of Region Relations & Programs for Mennonite Disaster Service shared information about the Disaster Recovery Studies program at the Canadian Mennonite University, including:
  • Hesston College program summary – pre CMU
  • CMU and MDS partnering – how did this come about? Process to get there?
  • Outline of the program – what do students study? Specific courses, rest of their degree – how it fits.
  • Objectives of the program for students, for CMU, for MDS, for the wider community
  • Where will it go from here?

2008 Conference

• Annual General Meeting Presentation (PDF, 69KB)
• 2008 AGM Meeting Minutes (PDF, 45KB)
• Conference Brochure (PDF, 303KB)

• Anyone Hungry Yet? (PDF, 276KB) Debora Durnin-Richards
• New CSA Z1600 Standard on Emergency Management and Business Continuity (PDF, 501KB) John Lindsay
• Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery: Trends and Directions (PDF, 2.18MB) Stephen Piggott

2007/2008 Luncheon Topics

• September 12 - Dr. Jones' presentation on "Social Hierarchy and Public Relief during Winnipeg's 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic" provided a unique historical perspective on what actually happened in Winnipeg the last time we faced a pandemic influenza emergency. Dr. Jones' book is titled Influenza 1918: Disease, Death, and Struggle in Winnipeg
  (Dr. Esyllt Jones, University of Manitoba)
• June 4 - Response and Recovery to the flood at Andrew Mynarski School in February 2007.
  (Brent Kolton and Herb Schaan, Winnipeg School Division Number 1)
• April 22 - Response and events following the security incident at the University of Winnipeg in September 2007.
  (David Mauro, University of Winnipeg)
• February 22 - Tornado Recovery Lessons Learned (PDF, 1,660 KB)
  (Lee Spencer, Emergency Measures Organization)

2007 Workshop and Conference

• Business Impact Analysis Workshop facilitated by Chuck Lovallo, DRI Canada - Thursday, October 18, 2007
• Workshop Overview (PDF, 29KB)
• BIA Workshop Presentation (PDF, 58KB)
• BIA Data Collection Forms (MS Excel, 70KB)
• BIA Instructions (PDF, 78KB)
• Why a Business Continuity Professional?(PDF, 292KB)
• AGM and Conference - Friday, October 19, 2007
• Annual General Meeting Presentation (PDF, 252KB)
• 2007 AGM Meeting Minutes
• Conference Theme - FLOOD OF THE CENTURY, 10 YEARS AFTER Conference Brochure (PDF, 601KB)

2006/2007 Luncheon Topics

• June 8 - University of Manitoba Emergency Management Program, how does BCP fit in? (PDF, 1,264 KB)
  (Kenton Friesen, University of Manitoba)
• April 13 - A BCP Tale: From Theory to Practice (PDF, 146 KB)
  (Gord Novoselnik, MTS Allstream)
• February 8 - Interac Outage-Observation from a BCP Perspective
  (Joe Krupnik, MTS Allstream)

2005/2006 Luncheon Topics

• February 16 - Manitoba Hydro Ice Mitigation
  (Darrell Cockerill)
• April 13 - Winnipeg Airports Authority Emergency Preparedness
  (Glenn Poole)
• June 8 - MTS Allstream IT Security
  (Paul Gregoire)