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Home Joint Infrastructure Interdependencies Research ProgramPSEPC and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), have joined forces for an academic research program to investigate infrastructure interdependencies. The Joint Infrastructure Interdependencies Research Program (JIIRP) is part of ongoing national efforts to secure and protect Canada's critical infrastructure. Infrastructure interdependenciesMajor infrastructures such as hydro and water utilities, communications, banking and transportation networks and hospitals have many complex interaction points and depend critically on each other to function properly. The interdependencies issue has only recently been widely recognized and experts are still grappling with the severity of the problem and ways to solve it. Increasing knowledgeJIIRP will produce new science-based knowledge and practices to better assess, manage and mitigate risks to Canadians from failures related to critical infrastructure interdependencies. The following new programs were launched in 2005:
PartnersThe projects have also received some $650,000 in additional financial support and $1 million in-kind assistance from a diverse group of private- and public-sector partners, such as municipalities, industrial associations, infrastructure operators and corporations. They are:
SymposiumIn November 2005, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada hosted the first annual symposium of the Joint Infrastructure Interdependencies Research Program (JIIRP). The objective of the Symposium was to present high-level summaries of the purpose, scope, timetable and status of the six research projects that make up JIIRP. A detailed summary of the symposium and the researchers’ presentations are available below: Note: These documents are only available in PDF Presentations
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