Bonnie Lewin
Bonnie was employed with The City of Calgary for 31 years in a variety of roles. Her career started in youth probation prior to 10 years with Calgary Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) as the Emergency Social Services (ESS) Planner. In 2005 she began her emergency management training in a variety of ESS leadership positions. CEMA provided her the opportunity to create a municipal ESS program and obtain an Associate Business Continuity Professional designation from the Disaster Recovery Institute (DRI).
She supported Calgarians during the 2005 Calgary Flood, 2007 Calgary Suncourt Apartment Fire, 2007 Calgary Homeless Shelter Response, 2007 Calgary Lakeview Apartment Fire, 2013 Southern Alberta Flood, 2014 Calgary Downtown Power Outage, 2016 Alberta Wildfire, 2018 Calgary Inglewood Apartment Fire, 2023 Northern Alberta Wildfires, and 2023 NWT Wildfires.
Bonnie was the Chair of the Emergency Social Services Network of Alberta (ESSNA) and is the co-founder of the Social Work and Disaster (SWAD) Network. She is a Master Trainer for the Alberta Health Services (AHS) Psychological First Aid (PFA) program and has presented at numerous conferences about the importance of building relationships with community partners prior to a disaster. Her postgraduate research identified the work social workers and social service professionals provided during the Alberta 2016 Wildfires.
Bonnie now works with Napier Emergency Consulting providing ESS training to an array of communities, businesses and First Nation communities.
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