Community Government Learning and Development Courses

This course is intended as a learning tool to assist communities by providing a basic understanding of emergency management concepts including principles and terminology. It will also form the basis for all emergency management training.

Start Date: Start any time

End Date: Go at your own pace

Course Type: Online self-directed

Location: Online

This course will not only help you to better understand what is expected of you as a Bylaw Officer, it will also provide you with the basic information you will need to be successful at facing the challenges of the position.

Start Date: Start any time
End Date: Go at your own pace
Course Type: Online self-directed
Location: Online

ICS 100 is an awareness level training course. Incident Command System 100 training is intended for all personnel assuming any position within an organization employing ICS. It introduces students to ICS and provides the foundation for higher level ICS learning including ICS principles, history, terminology and organizational structure.

Please note this course is only for NWT Community Government Staff.

Start Date: Start any time
End Date: Go at your own pace
Type: online self-directed
Location: Online

This 1/2 hour webinar, lead by Mitchell Roland, Manager Bylaw Enforcement for the City of Yellowknife, covers the following topics: acts and legislation, common enforcement scenarios, enforcement policy, and case studies.

Start Date: Start anytime

Duration: 30 minutes

Course type: pre-recorded webinar video

Location: Online

This hour-long webinar sees MACA's Chris Hewitt and ENR's Amber Simpson and Westly Steed help communities understand the relationship between wildfire preparedness and community land use planning and development. The Firesmart program can help community governments in the NWT stay safe from encroaching forest fires. They link your community's preparedness using FireSmart practices and your integration with community land use and development planning.

Start Date: Start anytime

Duration: one hour

Course type: webinar recording

Location: online

The evacuation of a community or any area impacted by an emergency is a very serious undertaking. Evacuating residents, while ensuring their safety, can impact their well being. Evacuations require detailed planning and a high degree of cooperation and coordination between partners to ensure the safety and security of residents and reduce the impact of an emergency event.

This latest MACA webinar supports the establishment of a framework for the evacuation, hosting and safe return of evacuees by the Northwest Territories emergency management system when a community evacuation is required. Topics of discussion include: warning of the potential need to evacuation and preparations, evacuation of persons from hazardous areas, hosting of evacuees during the evacuation period and, the safe return of evacuees.

Start Date: Watch the video any time you wish

Duration: 1 hour but take as long as you like

Course Type: Pre-Recorded Webinar

Location: Online