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Canada's Role
Vulnerable Populations
Community Social Work
Disasters and Preventative Measures
Canadian Natural Disasters
100
This group is the main body responsible for coordinating Canadian responses to natural disasters within Canada.
Who is Public Safety Canada?
100
These populations are considered to be at a higher risk of devastation during natural disasters (name one).
Who are (a) women and children; (b) racial and ethnic minorities; (c) the poverty stricken.
100
This form of social work is often used as a method of intervention to help communities after a disaster.
What is group work?
100
Collecting emergency supplies, structural modifications, having disaster insurance, and having an evacuation plan are examples of this phase of the natural disaster response strategy?
What is the preparation phase?
100
This was the site of Canada's most deadliest natural disaster in history.
Where is Newfoundland?
200
This Act sets out leadership roles and responsibilities of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
What is the Emergency Management Act.
200
The U.S. Government's lack of support for vulnerable populations during Hurricane Katrina is best illustrated by these contributing factors (name one).
What are (a) delayed disaster response; (b)Lack of inclusive protective and proactive strategies ; (c) Lack of comprehensive and inclusive disaster response plans
200
These duties are performed by social workers IMMEDIATELY following a natural disaster (name one).
What is rescue survivors, conduct funerals, provide first aid, searching out or creating shelters and transportation, collecting or distributing food, seeking out vulnerable populations, grief counselling, implementing disaster policy.
200
This phase is important for disseminating information to the public.
What is the warning phase?
200
The most major easternbound tornado in Canadian history touched down on August 6, 1879, earning this nickname by the predominantly French speaking citizens of the New Brunswick town.
What is the Bouctouche Tornado?
300
This system provides a standard alerting capability to warn the public of imminent hazards to life through such means as radio, cable television, satellite television, email and SMS text services.
What is the National Public Alerting System?
300
These factors are among many which underlie the issues behind vulnerable populations being most at risk of devastation during natural disasters (name one).
What is (a) structural oppression; (b) lack of inclusive political policies; (c) lack of community awareness of disasters for high risk populations; (d) economic stability of a region
300
Restoring businesses and community buildings, advocating for funding and services and creating a sense of community are done after this phase of disaster relief has subsided.
What is the initial responses stage?
300
This amount of money would be saved in response efforts if only one dollar was spent on preventative measures for natural disaster preparedness.
What is seven dollars?
300
Canada's largest earthquake, recorded at a magnitude of 8.1, felt by Washington, Oregon, Alberta, Alaska and the Yukon originated on this island situated in the Pacific North Coast of British Columbia.
Where is the Queen Charlotte Islands?
400
As part of Emergency Management Training, this school is used as a training centre to develop skills in emergency management preparedness.
What is the Canadian Emergency Management College?
400
These are examples of how social workers can make positive changes for vulnerable populations facing the threat of natural disasters (name at least one).
What are (a) education and awareness initiatives (b) advocate for strategic policy changes (c) Bottom-up community organizing
400
These predictors are essential for a community to have a successful/efficient response period following a natural disaster (name two).
What are a strong community consensus, sufficient financial support, members of community having a voice in rebuilding, and effective leadership.
400
One of these three conditions must be simultaneously in place to meet the definition of a natural disaster.
What is either (a) causes a lot of damage (b) hazardous phenomenon occurs by nature or (c) people live in hazardous places.
400
In September 2013, researchers at the University of Houston discovered the largest single volcano on Earth, equal in size to the state of New Mexico called Tamu Massif and located in what geographical location?
Where is under water about 1,600 kilometres east off the coast of Japan.