Program and Speakers
Third Disaster Forensic and Lessons Learned Seminar: Elliot Lake Mall Collapse
Program
0900 – 0930 OPENING SESSION
Introduction:
Dr. Ali Asgary, Graduate Program Director, Disaster & Emergency Management Program, York University
Welcome Speech:
Dr.Peggy Ng, Director, School of Administrative Studies, York University
Video Clip:
Video Clip:
Elliot Lake Mall Collapse Disaster Timeline
0930 – 1030 SESSION 1
Chair:
Dr. Walter Perchal, Disaster & Emergency Management Program, York University
Speakers:
Joe Scanlon, Professor Emeritus and Director of the Emergency Communications Research Unit, Carlton University
Topic: Why don’t we learn from disasters?
Dr. Alex Ferworn, Graduate Program Director–Computer Science, Ryerson University
Topic: Structural Collapse: Why Buildings Fail?
1030 – 1045 COFFEE BREAK
1045 – 1215 SESSION 2
Chair:
Dr. Ken McBey, Disaster & Emergency Management Program, York University
Speakers:
Dr. Mark Schwartz, Area Coordinator of the Law, Governance, and Ethics Area at the School of Administrative Studies, York University
Topic: Ethical issues raised after the Elliot Lake Mall Collapse
Laura King, Editor, Fire Fighting in Canada and Canadian Firefighter and EMS Quarterly Magazines
Topic: How tweet it is, or is it? A journalist’s perspective on Elliot Lake and the role of the media in critical messaging about disaster response
Eva Cohen, THW (German Federal Agency for Technical Relief) Liaison Officer in Canada
Topic: Teamwork for people in need; A National Volunteer Disaster Relief Organization
Question and Answer Session
1215 – 1330 LUNCH BREAK
1330-1430 SESSION 3
Chair:
David Baumken , Adjunct Professor, Disaster & Emergency Management Program, York University
Chad Brown, Board of Director, Ontario Association of Emergency Managers (OAEM)
Speakers:
Roy Manias, Director, Security and Life Safety, The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited
Bob Riddell – CPP, Director, Security & Life Safety, The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Ltd.
Topic: Emergency Management in the Shopping Mall: Case of June Eaton Center Shooting
David Sulston, Director, Security at Oxford Properties
Topic: Emergency Planning in the Shopping Center Environment: Case of Oxford Properties
Question and Answer Session
Coffee Break
1445-1545 SESSION 4
Chair:
Franklin McDonald, Visiting Professor, Disaster & Emergency Management Program, York University
Speakers:
Jeremy Paulus, Emergency Management and Security Specialist, Infrastructure Ontario
Topic: Facility Emergency Management for Ontario Government Properties
Basia Schreuders, Co-Chair, International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM-Canada)
Topic: IAEM position paper on Elliot Lake Mall Collapse
Question and Answer Session
1545 – 1630 CLOSING SESSION
Moderators:
Franklin McDonald, Visiting Professor, Disaster & Emergency Management Program, York University
Dr. Ken McBey, Disaster & Emergency Management Program, York University
Panelists:
Chad Brown, Board of Director, Ontario Association of Emergency Managers (OAEM)
Bob Riddell – CPP, Director, Security & Life Safety, The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Ltd.
Dr. Alex Ferworn, Graduate Program Director–Computer Science, Ryerson University
Dr. Walter Perchal, Disaster & Emergency Management Program, York University
David Baumken , Adjunct Professor, Disaster & Emergency Management Program, York University
