The Centre for Community Disaster Research (CCDR) would not exist without the generous support of our funders. Through their support of the Centre, its staff, and its work, these organizations are taking a leading role in generating knowledge and fostering collaborations that will help to mitigate vulnerability to disasters while fostering community resilience in communities already affected by a catastrophic event. The CCDR gratefully acknowledges the support of:

• City of Calgary
• SSHRC, Aid to Small Universities Program
• Calgary Foundation, New Initiatives Program
• Institute for Environmental Sustainability at MRU
• Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)
• Alberta Innovates; Health Solutions

The CCDR also receives generous in-kind, administrative, and design support from:

• Mount Royal University, Faculty of Arts
• Mount Royal University, Academic Development Centre

Finally, the CCDR would like to acknowledge the help of many dedicated individuals whose hard work and collegial guidance have been vital to the Centre’s creation:

• Suman Panta, Office of Research, Scholarship and Community Engagement, Mount Royal University
• Jennifer Pettit, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Mount Royal University
• Tom Buchanan, Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Mount Royal University
• Lori Peek, Director, Natural Hazards Center
  
• James R. Elliott, Professor of Sociology, Rice University