JJ is the manager for emergency preparedness – projects and planning for Nova Scotia Health. He also has worked as an advanced care paramedic, paramedic educator, and as a sessional instructor teaching emergency management principles for the Healthcare Administration program at Cape Breton University. His Master of Education is in progress and he is working toward the CEM designation.

Carolyn is a special project lead with Emergency/Disaster Management at Alberta Health Services (AHS). In her role, Carolyn develops emergency response plans that are utilized across AHS’ hospitals, clinics, and corporate sites. Carolyn is also AHS’ CBRN/HazMat First Receiver Program coordinator. During high-impact events, including the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfires and the COVID-19 response, Carolyn was deployed to support AHS’ major incident response. Her roles included; planning section chief, liaison officer, and project manager for Operations Public Health Branch. Prior to her current role, Carolyn worked as an advanced care paramedic and firefighter. She is a graduate of Charles Sturt University’s Masters in Emergency Management program. Carolyn is a long-standing member IAEM and holds her Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) certification. She also serves on the IAEM-Canada Core Competency Working Group, and the IAEM-USA Healthcare Caucus. Follow her on LinkedIn.

Michael is the fire chief of the Kennebecasis Valley Fire Department in Rothesay, New Brunswick and also serves as the director of the newly formed Kennebecasis Valley EMO, which is the joint EMO for the towns of Rothesay and Quispamsis.  Developing this organization has required the development of new risk assessments, business continuity plans and response/recovery procedures for the KV EMO.  Michael has been involved in emergency medical services (EMS) and the fire service since 1997 and holds the professional designation of Executive Chief Fire Officer with the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs (CAFC).  In addition to being a new member of the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) and  the IAEM-Canada Professional Development Committee, he is a long-time member of the CAFC and has served on several committees including the Leadership Committee, Fire Prevention Committee and the ECFO Council.  Michael has a Bachelor of Integrated Studies and Master of Education both from the University of New Brunswick and has also completed the Diploma in Emergency Health Services Management from Dalhousie University.  He is currently in the process of achieving the Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) designation from the IAEM.

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Lorri Laface is a Certified Emergency Manager (IAEM) and Deputy Director of Emergency Management with the City of Airdrie, Alberta. In her role with Airdrie, she manages the City’s overall Municipal Emergency Management Program and has developed and coordinates its Business Continuity Plans. As an ICS Canada instructor, she delivers the City’s emergency management training, instructing ICS 100-400 courses for emergency services personnel.

Recently completing her Masters in Disaster and Emergency Management with Royal Roads University, Lorri has a passion for learning and expanding her knowledge in the field. With a background in community services and social planning, the human aspects of disaster are of special interest to her. Volunteering as a disaster specialist with Canada Task Force 2, one of six federal “all hazard” disaster response teams, Lorri spends a lot of time training and preparing for deployment to large-scale incidents. She has had the opportunity to fill key emergency coordination and incident management roles in the 2013 Southern Alberta Floods, the 2016 Ft. McMurray Wildfire, the 2018 Saint John Floods, the 2019 Chuckegg Creek Wildfire, 2020 COVID-19, and the 2021 Yukon Flood Response.

Pierre Legault is a licensed professional engineer in the US and Canada with 34 years working with hazardous materials, petroleum systems design, emergency planning and response implementation. I am trained on ISO 14001 EMS and by the Federal Emergency Management College in incident command system, response and agrochemical emergencies. I am trench safety, confined space, working from heights and HAZWOPER certified. I am a member of IAEM and NFPA. I have been providing planning and training hazardous materials to clients since the 1990s. I currently have my own consulting firm providing numerous services to clients, including environmental emergency training and planning across Canada. I have worked with and served with 13 different federal agencies. I regularly create and help implement environmental emergency response plans across Canada. I participated in the response for the 1998 Ice Storm in Ontario, 2004 Hurricane Katrina and 2013 Hurricane Sandy clean up efforts. A more resilient and informed community, makes for a stronger safer community. Pierre holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Ottawa University. Mr. Legault recently joined the IAEM-Canada Professional Development Committee.

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Rick is a Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) who works for Nova Scotia Health as an Emergency Preparedness Manager. An experienced and focused emergency and operations management professional with qualifications and experience from the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the United Kingdom, and recently Canada, specifically Nova Scotia. Experience with business continuity planning including COVID-19 mitigation measures across a military garrison with a population of approximately 10,000 military, civilian, contract personnel and service families. A background in both civilian and military maritime and transport logistics, training design and coordination, who has acquired extensive experience within diverse logistics environments. Follow him on LinkedIn.

Mariyam Syed is an Emergency Management and Business Continuity professional. As part of her job, Mariyam has worked on creating plans, resources, training materials and exercises for an organization; as well as exploring how the organization relates to its key partners and stakeholders before, during and after emergency events. She has a passion for continuous improvement and evaluation in emergency management.

She has been involved in response and recovery efforts for numerous emergency events, highlights include: the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic, 2013 Southern Alberta Floods, 2016 Fort McMurray Wildfire, and the 2020 COVID-19 Response. She was recognized by the Alberta Provincial Operations Center with the 2019 Tim Kirk Exemplary Performance Award for her work in the development of a government wide exercise series that explored the business continuity impacts of an influenza pandemic. Follow her on LinkedIn.

Greg is the Emergency Management Coordinator with the Ottawa Police Service. He is part of the City of Ottawa’s Emergency Management Plan Advisory Committee and a certified EMAP assessor. During his almost 20 years of policing, he has been engaged in many emergency responses varying from Convoy, Covid-19, to tornadoes and floods.   He is a member of the OPS Emergency Services Unit which has mandates for Public Order, Search and Rescue, and CBRNE support. He is a member of the Ontario TF-4, a medium response USAR team.  In 2012 Greg spent a year in Haiti with the UN MINUSTAH mission training Haitian Police officers. In 2010 he was selected to attend the Vancouver Winter Olympics, where he worked in protecting the Athletes village.
Greg has completed the Algonquin College Emergency Management program, the JIBC Emergency Management Exercise Design associate certificate, and DRII’s ABCP designation.  As an ICS instructor, he delivers emergency management training to the Police and City employees. He is looking to complete his CEM.

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