There are benefits to considering how you wear your personal health and wellness, at work and at home. We will explore tips and tools for connecting you to your wellness during challenging times. We never know when crisis and disaster will strike. Being emotionally and physically healthy promotes positive coping skills and healthy habits to support recovery and restoration.

Bio: With privilege and respect, I reside and work on the traditional, unceded homeland of the Kwikwetlem, Tsleil-Waututh, Squamish, Katzie, Kwantlen and Sto:lo Peoples. I extend my gratitude for their protection and stewardship of the land.

26 years ago, I formed my company, Strategic Business Risks Inc. (SBRI). One of the services SBRI delivers is customized operational emergency planning, preparedness and response tools for training and response. I have the pleasure of working with communities and businesses nationally and internationally to build internal critical incident stress management (CISM) peer support teams. My efforts are dedicated to coaching and guiding the work around emergency planning and responding to critical incidents, disaster response and community recovery.

For the past 25 years I have been an instructor at the Justice Institute teaching in the Emergency Management Division, Centre for Counselling and Community Safety as well as Law Enforcement Studies.

In addition to my professional endeavors, I am committed to ongoing education and research in the field of public safety and emergency management.