Disaster Response and Emergency Management Symposium NORTH

Built for the North.
Ready for What’s Next.

From wildfires, flooding and ice-jam events to permafrost-related infrastructure failure and compounding climate impacts, northern communities must respond and recover under conditions unlike anywhere else in the country.

DREMS North addresses these realities head-on, equipping EM leaders with practical, DFAA-aligned playbooks for evacuation, continuity, and recovery. Bringing together territorial and Indigenous governments, healthcare leaders, critical infrastructure operators, insurers, and emergency management professionals, the symposium focuses on strengthening coordination, embedding Indigenous partnership as an operational capability, and translating lessons from recent crises into actionable strategies. Attendees will leave better prepared to make faster decisions, protect funding access, and deliver resilient response and recovery in the face of increasingly complex emergencies.