Although there may be no reason for alarm, it certainly is a good idea to be aware of what’s going on and to create a basic plan that will prepare your organization for the event of an outbreak.  Proper sneezing and hand-washing techniques, sickness policy, up-to-date contact information of staff and volunteers, teleworking preparedness, payroll capability all need to be thought out.

Please email us if you have any practical and important links we can use here to assist Canadian nonprofits and charities.

Tools & Resources:

- FluWatch: Weekly Update & Maps

- Everything You Need to Know about H1N1 *NEW*

- New H1N1 Preparedness Guide (Public Health Canada)

- Harvard Business Ideacast: Is Your Business Ready for H1N1?

- Director Alert for Not-for-profit Organizations: Pandemic Preparation and Response - Questions for Directors to Ask

- PowerPoint slides from our H1N1 webinar

- Read what participants had to say about our webinar

What's Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada Doing?

Telework Policy

Employee Absence Due to Pandemic

Pandemic Form

What's YMCA GTA Doing?

Notice to Members

Cover Your Cough

Fitting Instructions for Masks

First Communication

Hand Sanitizing

Hand Washing

Important Message

H1N1 Notice

Swine Flu FAQ

YMCA Business Continuity Program

YMCA Business Continuity Response

Pandemic Workgroup Action Notes

YMCA H1N1 GTA Update

Notice to Parents

H1N1 Pandemic Checklist

YMCA H1N1 Response

What's Habitat for Humanity Doing? (Samples)

Important Message

Notice About H1N1

Two Sides of the Debate:

Are fears of swine flu being overblown?  It depends on who you ask...

Swine Flu Pandemic Overblown: Medical Officer (www.theglobeandmail.com) Canada

Swine Flu Will Strike Canadians This Fall: Minister (www.nationalpost.com) Canada

More Tools & Resources:

Director Alert for Not-for-profit Organizations: Pandemic Preparation and Response - Questions for Directors to Ask

Director Alert for Not-for-profit Organizations: Pandemic Preparation and Response - Questions for Directors to Ask

Disaster Planning, Emergency Preparedness & Business Continuity: Create Your Own Plan (Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York) USA

Provincial Guidelines for Schools

Ready for Crisis: Health Emergencies and the Voluntary Sector (www.readyforcrisis.ca) Canada

Useful Checklists for Small- and Medium-sized Organizations (www.pandemicbusinesstoolkit.ca) Canada

Job Task Template - Making Sure Critical Tasks Keep Getting Done Canada

Business Emergency Sample Plan (www.ready.gov) USA

H1N1 Information from Public Health Canada (www.fightflu.ca) Canada

H1N1 information from U.S. Government (www.pandemicflu.gov) USA

Excellent article written for nonprofits during avian flu (nonprofitrisk.org)

USA Employer and employee guidance from U.S. government (www.pandemicflu.gov) USA

Teleworking preparedness (www.wi-fiplanet.com) USA

Non-Profit Sector Mitigation, Preparedness, Relief and Recovery Planning for Pandemics and Disasters (voluntarysector.mb.ca) Canada

Getting Started on Business Continuity Planning for an Influenza Pandemic (www.ottawa.ca) Canada

Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness (www.ccep.ca) Canada