Two Individuals Honoured With DRI Canada's Student Award

This year, DRI Canada announced two winners of the Student Award and Scholarship, Louise Pick and Shubhparteek Singh.

Louise, who is studying for a Master of Art degree in Disaster and Emergency Management at Royal Roads University, won for an essay she wrote detailing her experiences as a front line emergency nurse during the Covid-19 pandemic and the 2021 British Columbia heat dome. 

Entitled “Is Anyone Listening? The Role of Communication in Disaster Recovery,” the essay details the disparities in how disasters affect different populations. Congratulations to Louise.

The other student award winner this year is Shubhparteek Singh, who is completing a post baccalaureate diploma in disaster management at the Justice Institute of British Columbia.

Shubhparteek has won this year’s student award for a capstone project that focuses on the challenges faced by non-governmental organizations in disaster response.

The project looked at the complexities involved in disaster management practices and ways to improve them. Congratulations to Shubhparteek.

The award also comes with a $2,000 scholarship and enrollment in a DRI Canada course.