THE GLOBAL EXCHANGE PODCAST

March 02, 2025

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On this episode of #TheGlobalExchange, Colin Robertson sits down with Eva Cohen to discuss disaster response capacity in Canada, looking at Germany's Federal Agency for Technical Relief's model for a structured, volunteer-driven, and federally coordinated disaster response system.

Guests:

• Eva Cohen is the Founder & President of Civil Protection Youth Canada (CPYC)

Host:

• Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

Reading Recommendations:

• "A New Disaster Relief Approach for Canada: Citizen-Based Civil Protection" by Eva Cohen and Bettina Koschade

• Read more about the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) here!