SUMMARY - Indigenous Communities and Emergency Preparedness
Indigenous communities across Canada face disproportionate exposure to emergenciesāfrom wildfires that force mass evacuations to floods that destroy homes and infrastructure to public health crises that strain already-limited services. These emergencies are becoming more frequent and severe as climate change accelerates, yet emergency management systems have often failed Indigenous communities. Understanding why, and how Indigenous-led approaches might do better, is essential as Canada adapts to an era of intensifying disasters.