Risk Course
Fall 2024 MPA Course: Crises and Disasters
This fall, a Master’s of Public Administration course hosted at the MacEachen Institute will bring together experts from different sectors and leaders from all orders of government to explore different dimensions of risk governance with future policymakers. The course, Crises and Disasters, is co-taught by the MacEachen Institute’s Scholarly Director Dr. Kevin Quigley and former Nova Scotia premier Darrell Dexter.
Course Speakers
Week One: Epidemiology and the Pandemic
September 10, 2024 | Rational Theory
Dr. Robert Van Der Meer
Professor, Management Science | University of Strathclyde
Dr. Tiffany Fitzpatrick
Epidemiologist | Public Health Ontario
Dr. Jennifer Payne
Professor, Epidemiology | ϳԹ
Week Two: Communication and the Pandemic
September 17, 2024 | Psychology of Risk
Dr. Gaynor Watson-Creed
Associate Dean of Serving and Engaging Society | ϳԹ
Dr. Terry Flynn
Associate Professor, Communications Management | McMaster University
Week Three: Industrial Failure
September 24, 2024 | Systems Theory
Speakers:
Bruce Campbell
Author, The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster: Public Betrayal, Justice Denied
Ronald Pelot
Professor, Industrial Engineering | ϳԹ
Vernon Theriault
Author, Westray: My Journey from Darkness to Light
Week Four: Identities and Communities
October 1, 2024 | Anthropological Approaches to Risk
Speakers:
Jennifer Spinney
Assistant Professor, Disaster Anthropology | York University
Caroline McDonald-Harker
Associate Professor, Sociology; Director of the | Mount Royal University
Week Five: Cyber Security
October 8, 2024 | Risk Regulation Regimes
Speakers:
Stephanie Carvin
Associate Professor, International Affairs | Carleton University
Srinivas Sampalli
Professor, Computer Science | ϳԹ
Week Six: Road Risk
October 15, 2024 | Risk Regulation Regimes
Speakers:
Darrell Dexter
Honourary Distinguished Fellow, MacEachen Institute | Former Premier of Nova Scotia
Week Seven: Mass Evacuations
October 22, 2024 | IRGC Framework
Speakers:
Coby Duerr
Deputy Chief | Calgary Emergency Management Agency