Introduction to Canadian Emergency Management—CONVERGE Extreme Events Research Check Sheets Series

This check sheet provides researchers with information about the roles and responsibilities of emergency management entities in Canada. The brief overview of Canadian jurisdictional organization helps readers understand how these entities interact in the context of emergency management. About the CONVERGE Extreme Events Research Check Sheets Series: The National Science Foundation-supported CONVERGE facility at the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado Boulder has developed a series of short, graphical check sheets that are meant to be used as researchers design their studies, prepare to enter the field, conduct field research, and exit the field. The series offers best practices for extreme events research and includes check sheets that are free to the research community. More information is available at: https://converge.colorado.edu/resources/check-sheets.