Regina Lunch & Learn - September 11, 2025

The DRI Canada Board of Directors is pleased to host a professional development event in Regina, SK on September 11, 2025.

Your Program is More Than a Plan, Robert Brown

Continuity Professionals do more than write plans. Our greatest impacts come from helping our organizations think about risk, and building resiliency into daily functions. This presentation will look at types of risk within organizations, and how a program can adapt to the unique set of circumstances presented by an organizations activities and structure.

Robert (Bob) Brown is an expert Emergency Management and Business Continuity (EMBC) professional with a deep background in planning and health systems. Currently a Specialist in Emergency Management and Business Continuity with SaskPower, Bob began his career as a research scientist interested in neural mechanisms of addiction. Bob moved from primary research to managing health programs with the Government of Canada which was his first introduction to EMBC planning. He worked with Alberta Health Services, and the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency prior to his current role. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Regina and lectures on brain physiology. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Toronto, a Doctor of Philosophy from Memorial University of Newfoundland, and two Post-Doctoral diplomas from University of California at Los Angeles. He holds a CEM from the International Association of Emergency Managers and an ABCP designation from Disaster Recovery Institute.

Modernize your BC with Criticality Scoring, Garth Tucker

The Challenge

Not all systems, functions, resources, and processes within an organization are of equal importance. Some functions are critical to daily operations, while others may have a lesser impact if disrupted during a low usage period, but become high impact at certain times, e.g. Payroll. Its function is critical two or three times a month in most organizations. This means, if an outage occurs during an off-pay week, it’s not a great inconvenience, but if an outage occurs during a payroll run, its pretty critical, especially to those living paycheque to paycheque. RTO is both good and not so good for building resilience when viewed through that lens.

Garth is a seasoned resilience professional with more than 25 years of experience. He has successfully developed and managed numerous programs, as well as led and responded to many crises over the course of his career.

The Cybercrime Landscape – Awareness, Challenges & Implications

Cybercrime is a borderless form of criminality that requires a global response in order to achieve meaningful reductions and reduce the growing costly and disruptive impacts on victims. This presentation will examine the dynamics of cybercriminality, current trends on the threat landscape and how law enforcement agencies domestically and internationally are positioning their fight against cybercrime through an increased integration of effort characterized by enhanced public and private sector partnerships.

James Gulak is a Special Projects Officer with the National Cybercrime Coordination Centre (NC3) – a designated National Police Service within the RCMP having a mandate to exercise leadership in Canada’s law enforcement community to synchronize operational activities aimed a reducing cybercrime. Prior to joining NC3, James spent almost 20 years working with, first the Department of National Defence and then Public Safety Canada, both at national headquarters in Ottawa and in the Saskatchewan and Prairie/NWT regions. During this time, James worked in a variety of areas relating to the security and defence relationship in Canada, emergency management, intelligence, national and cyber security – with a specialized focus on critical infrastructure resilience.

ICS is not CPR

We invite you to examine the evolution of the Incident Command System (ICS) from its origins in California during the 1970s to its current state in 2024. This presentation will address some of the challenges to effectively implementing ICS that organizations have faced over the decades and offer some options for consideration.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about, or rethink, the use of ICS and improve your organizational response strategies.

Ray has over 40 years of experience in Emergency Management, covering tactical, operational, and strategic response levels. While working as a paramedic, Ray was deeply moved by news reports of the post-earthquake devastation in Armenia. He took the initiative to organize the logistics needed to land a team of medics and firefighters behind the iron curtain within five days. This pivotal moment sparked his enduring interest in emergency management.

Ray later joined the City of Saskatoon Fire Department, specializing in medical HAZMAT and heavy rescue, and eventually became the City of Saskatoon’s Director of Emergency Management. In this role, he led several interorganizational and interjurisdictional change management initiatives, resulting in the widespread adoption of the Incident Command System, the design and implementation of an emergency operation center, and a new interagency Mobile Command Unit. Ray then joined the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency, where he became the Chief of Emergency Management. During his tenure, he developed new provincial standards for fire departments, a standardized auto extrication program, and a new governance model for the provincial Emergency Operations Center. Ray also established the Intelligence Situational Awareness Team (ISAT) and set up the Government of Saskatchewan’s business continuity framework. Although recently retired, Ray remains active and passionate about using effective policy and governance to enhance public safety.

Details

Doubletree by Hilton

Date: September 11, 2025

Time: 11:00 - 2:00

Cost:

$20 certified professionals
$59 non-DRIC professionals