ABC (aware british columbia)

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ABC is an education tool for teachers in British Columbia to teach youth in grades 4/5 about natural disasters in our region. The system that exists is extremely outdated and now more than ever we are seeing natural disasters. Locally here in BC we see thousands of wildfires each and every year. The only thing that is indicated to us how in risk we are is a meter system that can be changed on road sides and parks. There is one form of practice in school systems currently and that is earthquake drills and fire drills, however there is no explanations as to why we practice these things.

The opportunity here is to implement a disaster awareness campaign, which will include an educational program and kit. Ultimately the leading educators in this program will be the school teachers as it will primarily take place in the school curriculum. Currently our system is focused around the Canadian Government website, and is extremely text heavy. ABC will make it universal for the students and the teacher and eliminating boundaries of technology. It is user friendly  including icons and imagery, and activities but still remains resourceful and educational.

Thesis Project at Emily Carr University of Art and Design