SARSCENE 2025
• October 1-5, 2025 | Ottawa Ontario
• Centre Rogers Center Ottawa
The SARscene conference brings together Canada’s search and rescue community and provides an opportunity for participants to share knowledge, improve skills and abilities, learn about the latest technologies and services, and foster continued cooperation and interoperability across all levels of search and rescue and emergency management in Canada.
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Schedule
Sarscene 2025 runs October 1-5. Several sessions dedicated to guest speakers, presentations and discussions on a variety of topics related to search and rescue in Canada.
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Our Speakers
We’re thrilled to share our diverse line-up of speakers. Some you may know, and others you’ll be discovering for the first time here.
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Sponsors
Sarscene couldn’t be what it is without the dedication of our amazing partners and sponsors. Be sure to visit them at the conference and online.
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Registration
Don’t wait! Register now to ensure your place at Sarscene 2025! Tickets are limited.
October 1
Pre-conference Meetings
October 2
SAR Games
October 3-5
Sessions
October 3-4
Trade Show
Sarscene 2025
Our Speakers
Program & Speakers
- Lost Person Behavior – What New and Important
Dr. Robert Koester - Stronger Together: Cohesion of Police Agencies and SAR Volunteers in Canada
Dr. Lorna Ferguson - Helicopter Rescue Time Estimation in the Canadian North
Dr. Ronald Pelot - Navigating New Horizons: An Overview of SAR in the Central Mediterranean
Amber Sheasgreen - Effective Teams vs Herding Cats – Board and Volunteer Management
Mr. Don Blakely - “Building a Unified Future: The Sustainable Search and Rescue National Incident Data Management Project”
DeLea Mapstone / Graci Young - Search and Rescue in the Canadian Arctic
Brenda Panipakoocho / Angulalik Pedersen / Michael Cameron - SAR Distress Alerting Technology: Current status and emerging trends.
Mr. Gregory Surek - Presentation on New Search and Rescue Initiatives Fund & Introduction to Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+)
Caroline Duguay / Kirsten Roy / Steve Nason - Introduction to Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+)
Morgan Walker - Women in SAR: Understanding Challenges, Celebrating Strengths
Dr. Jelenic Brcic - National Avalanche Fatality Database
Gilles Valade - The current state of Drone Regulations and its relevance to First Responders in Canada
Gilbert McCauley - Evolving Through Experience: Case Analysis, Lessons Learned and Affecting Change in SAR at York Regional Police
Sgt. Ashleigh White - RCAF Update on SAR Assets
Lieutenant-Colonel Noel - Lessons Learned Through Program Development and Operational Deployments
Neil Peet - Canadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment (CIPSRT)
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