24 March 2026: A journey sparked by lived experience: Emergency Manager Robert Cosma on Indigenous Leadership

“After being an evacuee and seeing how terrible it is… I made a life choice to see what I could do to make that better.”

19 March 2026: Trust did not disappear. It moved.

For crisis communication and emergency management teams, the work ahead is less about broadcasting louder messages and more about working with the trust that exists, not as we wish it did.

11 March 2026: Your Message is Clear. Reality is Less Cooperative: One message, many realities

Every communicator knows the feeling. You send out a message that made perfect sense in the room, and ten minutes later, someone says, “People are reading it three different ways.”

9 March 2026: In Celebration of Women

Every communicator knows the feeling. You send out a message that made perfect sense in the room, and ten minutes later, someone says, “People are reading it three different ways.”

4 March 2026: Walking Through Darkness

What the Ryan Shtuka Story Teaches Us About Communication, Community, and Courage.

4 March 2026: 150 Years on Call: Three Volunteer Fire Chiefs Reflect on Service, Community, and the Fires That Shaped a Town

Before pagers, before smartphones, before dispatch centers, Bridgewater firefighters relied on a simple but unmistakable signal: the siren.

29 January 2026: From Alerts to Symposiums: Canadian emergency management

In emergency management and crisis communication, the work rarely resets that cleanly. But 2026 is opening with something that feels different. Not louder or scarier. Clearer.

19 January 2026: What 2025’s wildfire season taught us

A quick look at key lessons — and some genuine bright spots. 2025 in Review: Heavy, complex… but not without progress. Introducing Daniel Watson.

17 December 2025: Changes to weather alerts, posting for pages on Facebook

Our latest in the Buy Canada Guide series. We encourage you to join the #ElbowsUp effort by sending a message through US big tech.

3 December 2025: DEMCON Reflections

Understanding “Impact” in Crisis and Emergency Communications

9 April 2025: Milestone year and inferno insights

We turn 10 and...

From Inferno to Insight. Effective communication can be the difference between order and disaster in the high-stakes world of wildfire chaos. 

19 March 2025: Emergency Preparedness

This is ramp-up time! When plans are updated, education is distributed, and seasonal forecasts draw attention. 

5 March 2025: #ElbowsUp

Our latest in the Buy Canada Guide series. We encourage you to join the #ElbowsUp effort by sending a message through US big tech.

17 Feb 2025: Buy Canada Guide

Our guide for how to achieve communications and marketing goals while avoiding US big tech

13 Feb 2025: Buying Canadian and Avoiding Big Tech 

- From community to algorithm
- Stay in Canada
- Success comes with strategy
- Upcoming presentations
- Top podcast episodes and episode previews

23 Jan 2025: Storied Voices production and 2025 presentations

- Take yer 24
- Storied Voices: From podcast to theatre character
- 2025 Presentation offerings
- 2024 Highlights

27 Nov 2024: Course Launch on CanadianTraining.ca

- Early bird discount for our first course - Job Interviews, Public Speaking, Media Spokesperson, Messaging and Presenting 
- The Trump era and the Swift Eras are showing how much media and communities have changed
- Video podcast now available