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Resilient Rurals’ Rural Assist Program Outline

Rural Assist prepares and empowers members of our partner communities who may be especially vulnerable in severe weather due to health conditions, living conditions and other circumstances.

The program model is available to any community looking to better serve their vulnerable populations as intensifying climate change impacts put them at disproportionate risk.

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Resilient Rurals’ Guide to Community Cooling Centres

This guide provides a framework for policy-makers and frontline service providers in rural municipalities to develop effective community cooling centres as a response measure during periods of extreme heat and heat waves.

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Contest: Bruderheim Community Vulnerablity Survey

​Share your insights and personal experience on community connection, health and emergency preparedness for a chance to win ___________.

 

Agricultural Producer's
Survey

​Share your insights and personal experience on climate change impacts and agriculture in Canada.

 

Community Resilience Surveys

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Thank you to our residents, youth and staff for participating in our resilience surveys!

View the survey summary

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Would you like to initiate surveys for your community?

Register for Bruderheim's Rural Assist Program

Residents can now register themselves and their households to receive information and support tailored to their vulnerabilities during extreme weather. 

Contest: Bruderheim Community Vulnerablity Survey

​Share your insights and personal experience on community connection, health and emergency preparedness for a chance to win ___________.

 

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Project Assistant

Help us define what climate adaptation and resilience will mean for Alberta’s and Canada’s small and rural communities.

Research, strategize and implement a range of programs and plans for community resilience.

Learn from a network of leaders working in climate adaptation and municipal resilience.

Educate and prepare rural residents for climate impacts.
 

FUNDING PROVIDED BY:

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We are a part of the Adaptation Resilience Training (ART) Program, a new program for recent grads (2019, 2020 or 2021) to work full-time helping Albertans prepare for the impacts of climate change.

 

We extend huge thanks to the program sponsors: the program is a cost-shared initiative supported by Natural Resources Canada’s Building Regional Adaptation Capacity and Expertise (BRACE) Program and Alberta Environment and Parks. The program is administered by the University of Alberta's Sustainability Council and Associated Engineering.

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