The 2013 CANADIAN

DIsAsTer and humANITArIAN respoNse

TrAININg progrAm
may 8-19, 2013
at the university of Toronto
Information from j.kopelow@utoronto.ca / www.ghd-si.utoronto.ca
Simulation Exercise at the KoIfer Scientifc Reserve at Jokers Hill www.ksr.utoronto.ca
REGISTRATION FEE* $2150 CDN ACCOMMODATIONS $40-60 PER NIGHT
* Please submit your application to: Reservations from conferences.stmikes@utoronto.ca
elaynafremes@utoronto.ca by 5PM on Thursday, March 7, 2013 Details from www.utoronto.ca/stmikes/
Accepted applicants will be invited to register at www.uofttix.ca
A standarized approach to training for humanitarian response;
developed, organized and instructed by Canadian expertise from the global humanitarian sector.
progrAm oBJeCTIVes
The 2013 Canadian Disaster and Humanitarian Response Training Program will provide interest-
ed medical students, residents, public health students, other graduate-level students with relevant
backgrounds, mid-career professionals and humanitarian workers with the globally-recognized
competencies relevant to humanitarian work. The program will include both in-classroom learning
as well as participation in a 3-day Field Simulation at the KoIfer Scientifc Reserve. Content Ior
this program will be inIormed by expert practitioners and organizations working in the feld.
Course pArTICIpANTs WILL gAIN
Competency-based essentials in humanitarian response practice recognized by NGOs,
Canadian universities and government as the standard Ior proIessional-level humanitarian
training
Solid foundation to build a career in international humanitarian research and/or practice
Opportunity to become part of the humanitarian sector community
progrAm Themes WILL INCLuDe
History of humanitarism Leadership Budgeting and reporting
Management Evolution of the Key issues in
Security and Protection humanitarian community humanitarian crises
Cross-cutting issues Livelihoods Standards in the eld
Human Rights Shelter Rapid Assessment
Mental health Water and sanitation Ethics
Media Humanitarian Technologies/ Humanitarian research methods
Communicable disease Crisis Mapping Civil-military relations
Environmental crises Food aid/Food security Emergency nutrition
Monitoring and evaluation Gender Based Violence Refugee Protection
sImuLATIoN
e Simulation Exercise part of the program is designed to simulate a complex humanitarian emer-
gency that involves understanding cultural context, war, natural disaster and forced migration of
the local population in addition to other challenges injected to add stress to the participants. Par-
ticipants are in the simulation for 72 hours, working in multidisciplinary teams to perform a series
of assessments on the ctional populations. Teams must nd ways to solve dynamic and complicat-
ed problems including security incidents, disease outbreaks, child soldiers, environmental shocks,
limited resources, supply issues and populations on the move. Participants apply their skills in all
areas specic to humanitarian response including: health, water and sanitation, food, shelter and
protection. ey also use principles of triage and of humanitarian action, coordinate the emergency,
run meetings, apply globally-recognized standards to meet shelter, water, sanitation and nutritional
needs, enumerate populations and calculate important health indicators that translate into numbers
needed to treat and the dollars needed to do so. ey draw on knowledge in international human-
itarian law, negotiation, population sampling, information management, and crisis mapping along
with other technologies specically used in humanitarian emergencies. Teams establish their own
compound, eat military rations, dra situation reports and evacuation plans, respond to militia
strikes and kidnapping, practice landmine safety and provide media interviews on camera. At the
end of the simulation teams submit and present a nal proposal for their intended project to assist
the aected population to the UN and other donors. Individual performance is assessed using an
CCHT-created competency-based evaluation tool.
This program is organized and instructed by
leadership of the following organizations
Centre for Excellence in Emergency Preparedness
Romo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative
Dalhousie University
Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University
Humanitarian Academy of Harvard
Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Response Group
Humanitarian Healthcare Ethics Institute
Humanitarian Training Initiative
Humber College
McGill University
Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders Canada
Universite de Montreal
University of Ottawa
Universit du Qubec Montral
University of Toronto
York University
and Policy Action Group on
Emergency Response (PAGER)
2013 Canadian Disaster and Humanitarian Training Program Leadership Team
Kirsten Johnson
Program Director, Canadian Consortium for Humanitarian Training (CCHT)
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Director, Humanitarian Studies Initiative, McGill University
Afliated Faculty, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University
and Partner, Humanitarian Training Initiative
Judy Kopelow, Administrative Director, CCHT
Director, Strategic Initiatives, Global Health Division,
Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Administrative Director, Global Health Education Initiative, PGME DLSPH,
University of Toronto
Lead, Strategic Initiatives, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michaels Hospital,
University of Toronto
Elayna Fremes, Administrative Coordinator, CCHT
Project Ofcer, Strategic Initiatives, Global Health Division
Administrative Assistant, Global Health Division, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Administrative Coordinator, Global Health Education Initiative, PGME-DLSPH,
University of Toronto
2013 CANADIAN
DIsAsTer and humANITArIAN respoNse TrAININg progrAm