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App: Evacuation Canada

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Mission Statement

Natural disaster prevalence has been on the rise in Canada in recent decades. From ice storms to wildfires or floods, disasters can disrupt lives, threaten safety, and cause tremendous anxiety. They also can bring communities closer. Evacuation Canada is a one-stop hub designed for Canadians dealing with natural disasters. Our mission is threefold:

  1. Help individuals navigate to safety, around various natural disasters and environmental hazards. We do this by combining the official sources Canadians know and trust, and by displaying crowd-sourced data from Canadians, for Canadians. These citizen-supported, open-source datasets help build resilient responses to natural disasters.
  2. Respond to emergencies with unity and kindness is key to sustainable and resilient community-building. We connect those in need of emergency housing with those in their area that are able to provide shelter in hard times.
  3. Provide easy access to important government resources, to inform those facing environmental hazards on government recommendations during the emergency.

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Team Members

Sherry Chen: I am a second year Masters student studying the effects of changing water levels on the wetland water quality of coastal wetlands in the Great Lakes. I am also working on an atlas for the coastal wetlands in Georgian Bay. I enjoy cooking and going on hikes.

Emma Sherwood: I am a second year Masters student at McMaster University. My research involves mapping peat smouldering vulnerability based on ecohydrological properties using machine learning. In my spare time, I play quidditch (a full contact, mixed gender sport) with a community team in Toronto.

Daniel Van Veghel: I am a first year Masters student in the School of Earth, Environment and Society's Transportation Research Lab. I am currently studying the effects of dedicated cycling infrastructure on inducing demand of bike share ridership in Hamilton. In my spare time, I am a member of McMaster's varsity curling team.