During the Trillium Resolve Disaster Exercise that is currently taking place this week, the Ontario Zone Disaster Management team has had the opportunity to pilot a new concept for the rapid deployment of relief supplies to disaster areas. Using ...
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This week in Ontario, the Canadian Red Cross is participating in an emergency training exercise called the Trillium Resolve. The Trillium Resolve is a disaster response exercise that simulates severe weather events to test the province’s ability ...
September 8 is World First Aid Day and the Canadian Red Cross is calling on all Canadians to ensure they have the skills needed to save lives when an emergency happens. This call to action is especially important in light of recent polling that s...
Last week, Canadian Red Cross First Aid Instructor Deb Demaine and Canadian Red Cross Summer Student Katie Holahan led a combined CPR/AED and Emergency Preparedness course for participants at Sherkston Shores in Sherkston, Ontario. The Sherkston co...
Guest entry by Gwen Eamer, National Office Media Advisor Red Crossers from across the country have gathered outside Toronto this week to train as Emergency Response Unit (ERU) delegates. Trainees have been put through a variety of high-stress simu...
[slideshow] For today’s Photo of the Day, I’m sharing a slideshow to introduce you to the newest batch of Canadian Red Cross delegates. Delegates are highly trained professionals who are deployed internationally on behalf of the Canadian Red Cross...
This week, the Canadian Red Cross is holding an intensive training course for specialists who have been recently been accepted for work as international aid workers for the Red Cross. The training, called IMPACT -- short for International Mobilizatio...
Some of our volunteers have been with us since they were young. Let me introduce you to Bernadette Maheandiran from Toronto. She’s one of them. Bernadette started teaching youth about humanitarian issues when she was 15 years-old. Now 27 and a la...