Partners for Action (P4A) is pleased to share our research, communication, and partnership highlights with the release of our 2020 Annual Report (PDF). Read highlights of our activities from the past year and whats ahead for Partners for Action in 2021.
Read the results of P4A’s 2020 national survey on Canadians’ opinions on flood risk. Support for property buyouts is mixed and Canadians remain dangerously unaware of their own flood risk.
The report outlines a series of research activities conducted by P4A to promote flood risk awareness and actions to reduce vulnerability and build safer and more resilient communities across Canada.
Managed retreat through property buyouts is widely regarded as an effective disaster risk reduction strategy. Designing property buyout programs involves several key policy considerations, which ideally balance efficiency, social acceptability and political feasibility.
Partners for Action (P4A) is pleased to share our research, communication, and partnership highlights with the release of our 2019 Annual Report (PDF).
Partners for Action was awarded a research grant from Max Bell Foundation to explore effective property buyout programs. Partners for Action is leading an applied research project on managed retreat from high-risk flood areas through property buyouts that move people out of harm’s way.
New funding promises enhanced collaboration between government, industry, researchers and Canadians to improve flood resilience across the country.
Rural flooding occurs across Canada causing serious impacts on communities and creating the need for expenses to repair damages and to create defenses for future events. Projects and efforts following serious floods in recent years have greatly increased rural communities’ resiliency to flooding. Compared to city centres, rural areas tend to be remote and do not have the same financial or social capital available. As such, methods used in cities to mitigate floods cannot be applied to rural areas as these communities are unique and have their own needs and governance structures.
Partners for Action (P4A) is pleased to welcome Jason Thistlethwaite as Associate Director. Jason is Assistant Professor in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED) at the University of Waterloo, and a Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI).