Falling off the Agenda: Pandemic Planning and How Windsor-Essex Performs in Provincial Comparison
Standing
Graduate (Masters)
Type of Proposal
Oral Research Presentation
Faculty
Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Faculty Sponsor
Dr. Lydia Miljan
Proposal
In the fall of 2020, we undertook Mitacs funded research with the intention of creating a knowledge base of best practices for the design and implementation of emergency plans for local government. To do so we employed a mixed methods approach examining municipal emergency planning documents in place prior to the Covid-19 pandemic to assesses their effectiveness in dealing with the specific Covid-19 situation. Ultimately, we ended up assessing Ontario’s governmental institutions and organizations and noting where their failings and successes were in comparison to the prior SARS Commission pandemic planning indicators. While we went into our research focussed on the municipal level of public health organization, we couldn’t escape how interconnected our Canadian political and administrative systems were with authority distributed through federal, provincial and local levels of influence. Primary focus will revolve around Ontario’s public health organization acknowledging that there are currently thirty-four public health units in Ontario: twenty of which are independent of local municipal government; seven which are regional health departments; and seven which are health units tied in to single-tier or other municipal administration. This presentation will summarize our basic research findings and employ a local lens to showcase how Windsor-Essex preparedness and current pandemic response measures up respective to the provincial average.
Availability
I have class online until 2:30 on Monday and Tuesday/March 29 and 30 but my availability is open on March 30 and April 1.
Special Considerations
I'm assuming given the online environment at present that the oral presentation allows for an online PowerPoint presentation to supplement the oral discussion component - such is how i wish to structure my research presentation, if possible, if I am incorrect and my presentation expectations would place me in a different category, please identify such within said for consideration as appropriate. Thank you.
Falling off the Agenda: Pandemic Planning and How Windsor-Essex Performs in Provincial Comparison
In the fall of 2020, we undertook Mitacs funded research with the intention of creating a knowledge base of best practices for the design and implementation of emergency plans for local government. To do so we employed a mixed methods approach examining municipal emergency planning documents in place prior to the Covid-19 pandemic to assesses their effectiveness in dealing with the specific Covid-19 situation. Ultimately, we ended up assessing Ontario’s governmental institutions and organizations and noting where their failings and successes were in comparison to the prior SARS Commission pandemic planning indicators. While we went into our research focussed on the municipal level of public health organization, we couldn’t escape how interconnected our Canadian political and administrative systems were with authority distributed through federal, provincial and local levels of influence. Primary focus will revolve around Ontario’s public health organization acknowledging that there are currently thirty-four public health units in Ontario: twenty of which are independent of local municipal government; seven which are regional health departments; and seven which are health units tied in to single-tier or other municipal administration. This presentation will summarize our basic research findings and employ a local lens to showcase how Windsor-Essex preparedness and current pandemic response measures up respective to the provincial average.