Advisory Groups and Committees
About: OAEM has Advisory Groups/Teams and Committees, which fall under different portfolios. All Advisory Groups/Teams and Committees are governed by a Terms of Reference, established by the Board. After every General Meeting of the Members, the association will post interest for contributing members. All members are appointed by the Board for a term of one year. Advisory Groups/Teams and Committees make recommendations via the Chair/Team Lead to the Board of Directors for further action or resolution.
OAEM Committees
Emergency Management Student Committee
Student Board Member: To be announced in Fall 2023
Student Committee Members: To be announced in Fall 2023
Contact: Charles-Antoine Duval, Director of Student Engagement at education@oaem.ca
Advisory Teams
First Nations Advisory Team (FNAT) - Wilbert Wesley, Lead
The FNAT's overall purpose is to:
Seek guidance from OAEM’s First Nations members as to how OAEM can support emergency management initiatives/programs in First Nations communities across Ontario
The First Nations Advisory Team will serve to increase engagement and representation of all Ontario First Nations communities; to establish a dialogue with indigenous peoples with respect to their emergency management needs and in setting emergency management priorities while respecting traditional knowledge
To facilitate outreach and promote ongoing dialogue with our First Nations members
Contact: FNAT@oaem.ca
Infrastructure Sector Advisory Groups
- Seek to influence the Province of Ontario to formally recognize Emergency Managers at post-secondary institutions
- Acquire provincial training for emergency managers at post-secondary institutions and the organizations they represent
- Foster the development of provincial emergency management standards applicable to post-secondary institutions
- Develop a resource library for PSI emergency management practitioners to access best practices, templates, contact information, etc.
- Identify trends impacting emergency management practitioners at PSIs
Technical Advisory Committees
Disaster Risk, Emergency Management and Humanitarian Actions Technical Advisory Committee: The CIFAL-York Disaster Risk, Emergency Management, and Humanitarian Actions Technical Advisory Committee (DEMTAC) is composed of academics and professionals to provide expert input, direction, and support towards various types of executive, leadership, and civil society training and knowledge sharing around disaster risk reduction and emergency management.
OAEM Committee Representative: Paula-Marie Jannetta, OAEM President
Steering Committees
The IMS Steering Committee (IMSSC) is the advisory body for the IMS program in Ontario. The IMSSC consists of a diverse group of stakeholders including First Nation communities and organizations, municipalities, provincial ministries, federal departments, nongovernmental organizations, agencies and associations and other stakeholder groups. As a collective, the IMSSC supports the Emergency Management Ontario (EMO) by providing advice and guidance on IMS program elements and materials based on the expertise brought forward within each stakeholder group. Emergency Management Ontario established the IMSSC to incorporate advice, recommendations, and support from members and associated stakeholder groups as part of continuously improving the IMS program in Ontario.