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