Jack Lindsay

Jack Lindsay is an Associate Professor in the Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies (ADES) department at Brandon University where he combines 30 years of research and applied experience in emergency management. Jack worked in New Zealand for six years, first as a hazard analyst in Wellington and then managing the Auckland City Council emergency management program. He returned to Canada, joining Manitoba Health as a disaster management specialist from 1999 to 2005. He began teaching part time at Brandon University in 2001, joined the ADES department full time in 2005 and received tenure in 2009. He received the degree of Master of City Planning from the University of Manitoba in 1993 with a research focus on urban planning and emergency management. Jack contributes to the disaster management profession through research publications and at numerous conferences as both an organizer and speaker. He has served as a member of the Canadian Standards Association Technical Committee on Emergency and Continuity Management and the American Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council. At BU he has served two terms on Senate and as ADES department chair from 2005 to 2010 and since July 2015. He is also a member and current chair of the Brandon Planning Commission.