Research

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It’s All About You: Building Capacity in Cyber Security (2011)
This report identifies and provides ideas on building the kind of knowledge and understanding that we require to effectively contribute to our own personal digital security as well as that of organizations and nation-states.

The Threat of a Changing Climate: The Emergency and Business Continuity Managers' Perspective (2009)
This briefing examines the threat of climate change and natural hazards and suggests actions to help organizations confront this threat.

Effective Crisis Leadership: The Qualities of Successful Leaders (2009)
This briefing examines the criteria that contribute to outstanding leadership as discussed at The Conference Board of Canada’s Council on Emergency Management. 

Building Resilience: Being Fair in an Emergency Response (2009)
In a security or public safety crisis, those managing the response must ensure all stakeholders are treated fairly. Four principles have been identified to guide decisions on what is fair.

Building Resilience: Leadership and Accountability (2008)
This report focuses on ways to establish effective leadership during emergencies. It acknowledges that crises are becoming increasingly complex, requiring responses from many organizations beyond conventional first responders.

A Resilient Canada: Governance for National Security and Public Safety (2007)
This report outlines six key principles Canadian public and private sector organizations need to focus on to ensure they can respond effectively to national security and public safety incidents.

Reaching a Tipping Point: Effects of Post-9/11 Border Security on Canada's Trade and Investment (2007)
This report presents an extensive analysis of the cumulative effects of post-9/11 border security policies on Canada-U.S. trade volumes, costs and benefits.

Is Just-In-Case Replacing Just-In-Time? How Cross-Border Trading Behaviour Has Changed Since 9/11 (2007)
This briefing examines how the post-9/11 border security environment has changed the way Canadian companies trade with the U.S.

Tough Times in the Big Easy: Lessons From a Catastrophe (2007)
This report describes the factors that led to the collapse of good governance in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, and outlines lessons Canada’s private and public sectors can learn from the disaster.

A State of Unpreparedness: Canadian Organizations' Readiness for a Pandemic (2006)
This report describes the risk of avian influenza virus H5N1 becoming a worldwide influenza pandemic, points out how most organizations are not prepared for the workplace disruption that a pandemic would could cause, and advises on how to protect employees and enable business continuity if such a pandemic arises.

Facing the Risks - Global Security Trends and Canada (2006)
Over the next 15 years the world will grow increasingly complex, increasing opportunities but also creating new security risks. This report outlines potential risks and suggests approaches for addressing them.

In Search of a New Equilibrium in the Canada-U.S. Relationship (2005)
The need for a new equilibrium in bilateral relations with the United States has been widely recognized. The report highlights four areas that Canada should focus on: border security, Canada's role in American strategy, access to the U.S. market, and our relationship with the United States.

The Economic Impact of SARS (2003)
The Conference Board’s Canadian Tourism Research Institute (CTRI) has analyzed the impact of SARS on all aspects of business and leisure travel for both Toronto and Canada as a whole. In addition, using its economic model for Toronto, the Conference Board has estimated the losses from SARS on Toronto’s GDP, including induced effects.

Shedding Light on Power Solutions (2003)
The August 14, 2003 blackout was a disaster waiting to happen. This briefing looks at its underlying causes, and examines how a clear, consistent and comprehensive electricity policy could prevent future problems in the electricity sector.

In the Shadow of C-8 and 9/11: The Canadian Financial Services Sector in 2001 (2002)
Financial institutions underpin most economic activity. Almost all businesses and individuals use financial institutions to varying degrees, and well functioning money and capital markets are key to financing economic growth. How did the financial sector fare in 2001?

Implications of the Terrorist Attack for the Canadian Economy (2001)
This is an initial assessment of the economic fallout from the recent terrorist attack in the United States and its impact to the North American economy.

The Federal Budget and Smart Border Declaration: A Good First Step to Balancing Security and Trade (2001)
To some, the measures dealing with security and trade at the border may appear to be a hasty response to September 11, 2001. The reality is that, as more and more trade moves between Canada and the United States, the way security risks are assessed while ensuring a fluid flow of people and goods across the border has needed significant overhauling for several years.

Border Choices: Balancing the Need for Security and Trade (2001)
With heightened concern about the effects of increased security on trade, three policy options emerge: Enhance border efficiency, rethink the traditional border management and closely co-ordinate or perhaps even harmonize, security and related policies.

When Disaster Strikes, Are You Prepared? (1999)
While disasters come in many forms, some caused by nature and some by human activity, our response to them is similar: we need to have plans in place and be ready to act when they strike.