Ontario Emergency Preparedness Week to kick off at Durham College on May 6 Posted on May 2, 2014 at 4:24 pm. Event will showcase student-created videos and website designed to highlight emergency tips Oshawa, Ont. – The Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services will kick off Ontario Emergency Preparedness Week at Durham College (DC) on Tuesday, May 6. Ted Wieclawek, Ontario Fire Marshal and Chief of Emergency Management (OFMEM) will be joined by (DC) students from a variety of programs in the college’s School of Media, Art & Design (MAD) who have been working with the ministry on a number of video projects since January. The event will showcase six student videos, selected from more than 40 student submissions, created by students in the college’s Contemporary Web Design, Contemporary Media Production and Multimedia Design (now titled Interactive Media Design) programs. The videos promote emergency preparedness topics including weather radio, nuclear preparations and campus preparedness. Students in the Contemporary Web Design program have also developed a mobile-friendly website highlighting key features of OFMEM’s emergency preparedness portal. A number of emergency and fire officials from the Durham Region will also be on-hand for the kick-off event. Who: Ted Wieclawek, Fire Marshal and Chief, OFMEM Greg Murphy, dean, School of MAD Warren Leonard, director, Durham Emergency Management Office Jim Coles, director, Emergency Management and Fire Protection, Ontario Power Generation Rebecca Victor, second-year student, Contemporary Media Production program Durham College faculty, staff and students When: May 6 Welcome: 10 a.m. Remarks and student videos: 10:10 a.m. Where: Durham College Oshawa campus Student Services building 2000 Simcoe Street North Parking: Enter off Simcoe Street North and proceed to Founders Lot 1. For more information contact: Michelle Roebuck Communications and Marketing 905.721.2000 ext. 2197 michelle.roebuck@durhamcollege.ca SHARE:
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