Establishing a Social Research Infrastructure for Hazards and Disaster Studies – Saskatchewan Canada

Establishing a Social Research Infrastructure for Hazards and Disaster Studies in Canada,” funded by the Canada Research Chairs Program (Award # CRC-2020-00128). This project aims to comprehensively asset map the existing hazards and disaster scholars, educational courses, modules, and programs at the post-secondary education organizations in Saskatchewan, Canada. Accordingly, data were collected from the official institution websites of two universities, four federated colleges, six affiliated colleges, one polytechnic, two Indigenous education, and eight regional colleges (https://www.saskatchewan.ca/residents/education-and-learning/universities-colleges-and-schools/post-secondary-institutions#universities), and 31 career colleges (https://www.saskatchewan.ca/residents/education-and-learning/universities-colleges-and-schools/career-colleges#list-of-registers-private-vocational-schools). These data include the information of (1) courses that focus on climate change, hazards, risks, and disasters, and (2) academic programs that are related to the topic of climate change, disasters, and other crises. The original data also indicate faculty members who have expertise in conducting hazard and disaster research. However, faculty members’ data (e.g., names, email addresses, and office telephone numbers) cannot be shared publicly due to privacy and ethical concerns. The users may use the courses and programs information included in this dataset to identify related faculty members. These data illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of hazards-and-disaster-specific post-secondary education resources in Saskatchewan, which might encourage hazards and disaster educators to understand the existing gaps and explore possible solutions. Researchers in Canada and internationally could use these data to navigate their potential research collaborators through related educational programs. Future students could use these data to search for hazards-and-disaster-related programs and courses, as well as contact potential faculty members in related departments. The general public could use the data to further search detailed information associated with the courses and programs they might be interested in as well as identify their community-based scholars through the courses and programs.

本项目旨在为加拿大灾害与风险研究构建社会研究基础设施，由加拿大研究主席计划（Canada Research Chairs Program）资助，资助编号为CRC-2020-00128。本项目的目标是全面盘点加拿大萨斯喀彻温省各高等教育机构内现有的灾害与风险研究学者、教育课程、教学模块及相关项目。据此，研究团队从两类机构的官方网站采集了相关数据：一是2所大学、4所联合学院、6所附属学院、1所理工学院、2所原住民教育机构以及8所地区学院（数据来源链接：https://www.saskatchewan.ca/residents/education-and-learning/universities-colleges-and-schools/post-secondary-institutions#universities）；二是31所职业学院（数据来源链接：https://www.saskatchewan.ca/residents/education-and-learning/universities-colleges-and-schools/career-colleges#list-of-registers-private-vocational-schools）。

本次采集的数据包含两部分：(1) 聚焦气候变化、灾害、风险与灾难的课程信息；(2) 与气候变化、灾难及其他危机主题相关的学术项目信息。原始数据还涵盖具备灾害与风险研究专长的教职员工信息，但出于隐私与伦理考量，教职员工的相关数据（如姓名、电子邮箱、办公电话号码等）无法公开共享。用户可借助本数据集收录的课程与项目信息，定位相关教职员工。

本数据集清晰展现了萨斯喀彻温省灾害与风险专项高等教育资源的优势与不足，可帮助灾害与风险教育工作者明晰现有研究缺口并探索可行解决方案。加拿大及国际范围内的研究人员可通过本数据集，依托相关教育项目对接潜在研究合作者。未来的学生可利用本数据集检索灾害与风险相关的项目与课程，同时联系相关院系的潜在教职员工。社会大众也可借助本数据集进一步查询其感兴趣的课程与项目的详细信息，并通过相关课程与项目识别所在社区的相关研究学者。