Disaster Resilience Futures
How can communities better prepare and respond to natural hazards and disasters? In what ways can community science empower community members to build disaster resilient societies?
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Thanks to a $227,000 grant through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) Special Call on Innovative Approaches to Research in the Pandemic Context, Dr. Bala Nikku — the first TRU faculty member to receive NFRF Special Call funding as a principal investigator— can look at the power of community science and the important role of social work in natural hazards and disasters.
Making It Circular
The project, which encourages innovation and different ways of thinking about the circular economy and sustainable livelihoods, brings together six researchers from different disciplines and post-secondary institutions: Dr. Nicholas Lynch (Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland); Dr. Janice Rudkowski (Retail Management, Toronto Metropolitan University); Dr. Fatih Sekercioglu (Occupational and Public Health, Toronto Metropolitan University); Philip Robbins (Fine Arts, Langara College); Miranda Ting (Interactive Design, University of the Fraser Valley); and Dr. Bala Nikku (Social Work, Thompson Rivers University).
Visiting SriLankan scholar collaborates on disaster resilience projectnt Health Systems
Human Computer Interactions
Among the research projects being funded by the BC Ministry of Health is a study headed by TRU’s Bala Nikku that looks at whether new technologies are improving the resiliency of rural health-care practitioners. He has teamed up with Khalad Hassan from UBCO and Rahul Jain from UNBC.
