York Emergency Mitigation, Engagement, Response, and Governance Institute
(Y-EMERGE)
Y-EMERGE will transform the way the societies understand, conceptualize, analyze, manage, and govern crises, disasters, and emergencies.
YEMERGE MISSIONS
Transformative & Interdisciplinary
Y-EMERGE will transform the way the societies understand, conceptualize, analyze, manage, and govern crises, disasters, and emergencies. YEMERGE will foster interdisciplinary collaborations & real-world and need-driven research.
Partnership & Community Engagement
YEMERGE embraces growing close partnerships with practitioners, communities, industrial and government organizations and community engagement.
Knowledge Mobilization & Mentoring
YEMERGE intensifies knowledge mobilization in disaster risk and emergency management. YEMERGE supports trainees and early career scholars in disaster and emergency research & foster evidence-based training.
YEMERGE RESEARCH THEMES
Social, Phycological, and Behavioural (SPB) Dimensions of Disaster Risk & Emergency Management
Ecological, Biological, Physical, and Engineering (EBPE) Dimensions of Disaster & Emergency
Disaster Risk & Emergency Governance, Policy, Evidence, and Ethics (GPE)
Digital Tools & Platforms (DTP) for Disaster Risk & Emergency Management
Community Engagement & Inclusive Research (CEIR) for Disaster Risk & Emergency Management
Emergency Support & Rapid Response (ESRR)
Training, Education & Mentorship (TEM)
YEMERGE RESEARCH & RESEARCHERS ON THE NEWS
YEMERGE DIRECOR'S MESSAGE
Professor Jianhong Wu
"Y-EMERGE is created to leverage and furthering York University’s institutional capacity and its global collaborative network to develop and coordinate transformative and integrative research; foster strong networks of researchers, trainees, and practitioners; develop a robust agenda for funding research and practice; and advance disaster and emergency knowledge translation activities to meet the urgent need to transform thinking, policy, and practice in disaster and emergencies for a more resilient and healthy communities in Canada and globally."