A free webcast series focusing on disaster, emergency management and community resilience will be run by Charles Darwin University’s Northern Institute starting this week.
The webcast series, named “Don’t Panic”, will draw on the Northern Institute’s research expertise to provide useful facts and perspectives from experts in the emergency management, risk and resilience, mitigation, response and recovery fields.
The first webcast will be held tomorrow (Thursday, 26 March), and features Deakin University’s Gerard Finnigan.
Mr Finnigan, an IKEA Foundation Humanitarian Leadership Scholar, will present an analysis of the critical challenges for the global health and disaster risk reduction sectors in the face of unprecedented humanitarian demand.
Director of the Northern Institute and Dean of the College of Indigenous Futures, Arts and Society, Professor Ruth Wallace said the webcast series would deliver relevant and accessible information to community members amid the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“At a time of much uncertainty, these seminars aim to provide factual perspectives and information from key experts,” Professor Wallace said.
“Our aim is to keep our community informed, reassured and prepared. We hope the webcasts will help to answer people’s questions, deliver the facts and provide relevant information to help our communities remain resilient at this challenging time,” she said.
The webcasts will be held weekly, starting on Thursday, 26 March from 10.30am to 11.30am (ACDT), and are available to anyone in Australia with access to the internet.
