Presentations and Events
As an experienced and highly sought-after speaker, Lilia has presented, facilitated, and organized dozens of academic, professional, and public events focusing on climate resilience and disaster risk reduction. Selected events are presented below.
August 2024 Connecting food security and emergency preparedness: Lessons from British Columbia, Canada – Lincoln University, New Zealand
October 2023 Invited speaker, Reduction of risk for community preparedness in emergencies – North American Leadership Summit Emergency Management Conference, San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, Mexico
October 2023 Adaptation Futures, Tiohtià:ke (Montreal): Session organizer and chair,”Indigenous anti-displacement manifestoes: Community strategies of resilience and resistance”; Invited panelist: “Shaping the Future of Nature-based Solutions for Adaptation”
Feb. 2023 Centering on Equity in Emergency Management – Keynote address, Bordering on Disaster Conference
Nov 2022 Saskatchewan First Nations Emergency Management Forum – Engaging youth in emergency management with Sheena Charles (Stanley Mission), Rachel Stewart (Montreal Lake), and Michelle Vandevord (Muskoday First Nation) (invited presentation)
Sept. 2022 Invited presentation with Chief Patrick Michell, Kanaka Bar Indian Band. Loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change. Danish Institute for International Studies.
July 2022 Co-organizer – Transforming Emergency Response in First Nations and Métis Communities in the times of COVID-19, through Gender and Cultural Safety workshop. Elk Ridge, Saskatchewan
July 2022 Lived Experience of Extreme Heat: What We Heard and Opportunities for Improvement with Kerri Klein for BCNPHA
June 2022 Invited keynote – “Implementing Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction” – BC First Nations Emergency Management Forum (Organized by First Nations Leadership Council).
June 2022 Invited presentation, Indigenous Led Nature Based Solutions to the Climate Crisis: Insights from Canada, with Brennan Vogel, Kerry-Ann Charles-Norris & Gordon McBean, Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS)
May 2022 Invited presentation 2022 Heat Dome and Equity Impacts – Province of BC Climate Action Secretariat Ideas Series.
March 2022 Invited presentation with Prof. Alessandra Jerolleman “Social and environmental considerations for relocation planning” for BC Association of Emergency Managers
Feb. 2022 Empowering global and local Indigenous capacities in emergency management and disaster risk reduction – with Prof. Simon Lambert, International Indigenous Health Research and Training Centre
2020-2022 Founder and organizer, Nation to Nation Learning: Preparing Our Home Sharing Circles for Indigenous communities
October 2021 Co-facilitator and co-presenter (with Stephanie Papik), Southwest Regional Forum – Culture and emergency management. Chippewas of the Thames First Nation.
October 2021 Yumagulova, L, Yellow-Old Woman Munro, D, Dicken, E., Long-term effects of evacuations on First Nations communities: Lessons learned for public health responses (Invited presentation). Public Health 2021.
July 2021 Invited speaker, Indigenous Value Mapping. United Nations High Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2021 SDGs Learning, Training and Practice – Integrating recovery planning from COVID-19, building resilience, and strengthening policy coherence towards the SDGs., New York, United States
June 2021 Panelist, Building resilience in Indigenous communities, Building Climate Resilient Communities session at the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS)
May 2021, Invited speaker, “Workable and replicable emerging S&T based solutions, and potential framework for integrating Indigenous knowledge/experiences”, Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals
February 2021 Indigenous Community Climate Preparedness Series; Invited co-panelist with Chief Patrick Michell, Kanaka Bar Indian Band, Fraser Basin Council
February 2021 Keynote address: “Indigenous community resilience” with Casey Gabriel, Lil’wat Nation. First Nations Emergency Management Conference, Ontario.
2018-2020 Preparing Our Home Indigenous gatherings organizer (a gathering for Indigenous youth, Elders, and senior risk management professionals from across Turtle Island). Event video (the interviews, recording, and video creation).
November 2020 Panel organizer, Caring Communities, National Disaster Risk Reduction Roundtable (with Michelle Vandevord, Saskatchewan First Nation Emergency Management, President, Aboriginal Firefighters Association of Canada; Devin Naveau (Mattagami First Nation) and Casey Gabriel (Lil’wat Nation).
November 2020 Ocean Literacy Stories from the Pacific Region, Classrooms to Communities Conference (With Prof David Zandvliet).
March 2020 Invited panelist “Take-Aways for Success in Science Outreach and Communication” ASEC/PSEC Joint Evaluation Meeting for Outreach Opportunities at Federal Science Enterprise Sites, Pacific Science Enterprise Centre and Oceanwise.
February 2020 Amber MacLean-Hawes (the Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq), Devin Naveau (Mattagami First Nation), Casey Gabriel (Lil’wat Nation), and Lilia Yumagulova (organizer): “Building Resilience in Indigenous communities: Youth Stepping Up to Lead Before the Storm”. Adaptation Canada 2020.
November 2019 Gabriel, C., Bernice, S., and Yumagulova, L, “Community Resilience Curriculum at the Xetólacw Community School”, First Nations Education Steering Committee’s 25th Annual Indigenous Education Conference, Vancouver.
July 2019 Yumagulova, L, and Vertinsky, I. “Transforming institutional architectures: The role of learning and innovation in ‘shadow spaces’ for climate resilience” International Public Management Network conference on Innovative Governance, Paris, France
March 2019 Darlene Yellow Old Woman Munro (Siksika Nation), Alanna Syliboy (Sipekne’katik First Nation), and Lilia Yumagulova (organizer): “Indigenous child health in emergencies and disasters: Community perspectives”, 8th International Meeting on Indigenous Child Health, Calgary, Alberta
September 2018 Yumagulova, L, and Vertinsky, I. (Invited presentation) “The policy, politics and practice of managing risk and resilience in Metro Vancouver region, British Columbia, Canada” The 2018 International Public Management Network (IPMN) Conference, Norway
May 2016 Chelleri, Grafakos, et al “Synergies and trade-offs in managing urban resilience” 7th Global forum on urban resilience and adaptation in Bonn, Germany.
May 2016 Keynote address, Planning for Catastrophic Risks, Council of Emergency Management, Conference Board of Canada, Vancouver, BC
Feb. 2015 Organizer, Public event “Towards regional resilience in the Pacific Northwest”, Crisis Resilience Alliance/University of British Columbia
Sept. 2015 Yumagulova L. and Vertinsky, I ‘Climate change adaptation responses in Metro Vancouver regional area.’ Invited presentation at 10th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Nov. 2015 Organizer: 2015 CRHNet Student Forum “Youth, Young Professionals and DRR: pathways for meaningful engagement under Sendai Framework”, Calgary, Canada
March 2012 Invited presentation, “Planning for Resilience in Canada”, Presentation at the Centre for Risk and Community Safety, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
Oct. 2011, Organizer and presenter, Workshop on “Resilience across governance scales” at the Canadian Risks and Hazards Network Annual Symposium, Ottawa.
Nov. 2011. Invited presentation, “How does specific resilience to natural hazards contribute to resilience in the face of climate change?”, International Workshop on Urban Resilience, Barcelona,
March 2011. Panel organiser, Resilience 2011, Phoenix, Arizona “Creativity, Crisis and Conflict: what role does resilience play in policy?”,
August 2010. Workshop organizer, “Change, Policy and Resilience”, The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Germany,
March 2010 Symposium Lead co-organizer, “Planning for Resilience” Vancouver.
May 2010 Workshop organizer “Ideas for Change: Creativity in Managing Socio-ecological Systems”, Trudeau Foundation.
