Teachers' Experiences of the Fort McMurray Wildfire: A Story of Surviving the Beast

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dc.contributor.advisorMcCaffrey, Graham
dc.contributor.authorTurcato, Whitney Cameron
dc.contributor.committeememberMoules, Nancy J.
dc.contributor.committeememberEstefan, Andrew
dc.contributor.committeememberKawalilak, Colleen
dc.date2018-11
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-24T14:19:31Z
dc.date.available2018-07-24T14:19:31Z
dc.date.issued2018-07-12
dc.description.abstractThere are groups of professionals who experience emergency evacuations differently from others due to their public service roles. These groups of professionals (teachers, nurses, social workers, physicians, healthcare aides and more) are responsible for the safety and wellbeing of others during an emergency evacuation. Due to an increased amount of responsibility and lack of control over when and with whom they evacuate, emergency evacuations affect these public service communities differently than others in the larger community. In this philosophical hermeneutic inquiry, four high school teachers were interviewed following the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire evacuation in order to expand our understanding of the experience of these professionals during times of crisis. Findings exposed the duality of roles that these communities are faced with in times of crisis as well as the importance of story and story telling in the recovery of individual and community. This research offers new insights into the effects of disasters and emergency evacuations on these public service communities and allows mental health nurses and emergency management professionals to improve their understanding of appropriate interventions following disasters.en_US
dc.identifier.citationTurcato, W. C. (2018). Teachers' experiences of the Fort McMurray wildfire: A story of surviving the beast (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32662en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/32662
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/107480
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.facultyNursing
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectemergency evacuation
dc.subjectwildfire
dc.subjecthermeneutics
dc.subjectmental health nursing
dc.subject.classificationEducationen_US
dc.subject.classificationMental Healthen_US
dc.subject.classificationNursingen_US
dc.titleTeachers' Experiences of the Fort McMurray Wildfire: A Story of Surviving the Beast
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineNursing
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Nursing (MN)
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