In early September 2001, Jack Lindsay, associate professor in the Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies program at BU, taught one of the first-ever classes focused on disasters in the country. There were no other comparable offerings in Canada, and just a handful around the world. A week later, the field changed forever.
Read more about disaster studies in Canada at University Affairs.
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