Indigenous Elders’ Experiences, Vulnerabilities and Coping during Hazard Evacuation: The Case of the 2011 Sandy Lake First Nation Wildfire Evacuation

Using a qualitative community-based research approach, this study employed in-depth interviews and a focus group discussion to examine Indigenous Elders’ experiences, vulnerabilities and coping during the 2011 wildfire evacuation of Sandy Lake First Nation. Before evacuees left Sandy Lake, a lack of emergency hazard evacuation preparedness at the community level posed challenges to the Elder evacuees. Once evacuees arrived in a host community,...