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Strengthening National Search and Rescue Leadership – Coast to Coast to Coast

This past weekend in Toronto, SARVAC’s Humanitarian Workforce Program (HWF) proudly hosted its "Train the Trainer" event! The workshop’s mission? To empower champions within each Provincial/Territorial (P/T) Association to amplify SARVAC’s HWF program. These champions...

How can GSAR volunteers in Canada contribute to disaster relief?

We’re thrilled to share the recent completion of our Full-Scale Exercise “Effective Impact 2024,” held on October 5th in Constance Bay, Ottawa! This one-day event brought together over 100 GSAR volunteers to simulate disaster relief in response to a powerful hurricane...

Full Scale Exercise (FSX): Effective Impact 2024 Observer/VIP Program

We are thrilled to announce our upcoming Full-Scale Exercise (FSX) "Effective Impact 2024," set to take place on Saturday, October 5, 2024! Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDSTLocation: Community Centres City of Ottawa, Constance Buckham’s Bay, 262 Len Purcell Drive,...

Attention Search and Rescue (SAR) Volunteers!

Your dedication and bravery in air, ground, and marine operations are invaluable. But we know that the mental health challenges that are faced are significant and often unrecognized. That’s why we’re reaching out for your help. A research team from the University of...

Welcome Home all GSAR Volunteers deployed to Labrador as part of the Humanitarian Workforce Program (HWF)

We are thrilled to welcome back all GSAR volunteers who were deployed to Labrador as part of the Search and Rescue Volunteer Association of Canada, Humanitarian Workforce Program (HWF). Your dedicated support followed the mobilization of volunteers from Newfoundland...

Ontario Search and Rescue Volunteer Association

Ontario is Canada's most populous province, with roughly 40% of the country's population at approximately 13,550,900 and has a total area of 1,076,395 square kilometers. Established in 1992, the Ontario Search and Rescue Volunteer Association (OSARVA), is the...

Search and Rescue Manitoba

Search and Rescue Manitoba The Province of Manitoba has an area of 649,947 square kilometers, with an amazing 101,591 square kilometers of water surface with a population of 1,265,015 with 789,000 living in the Capital City of Winnipeg. The Search and Rescue Manitoba...

Nunavut SAR

Nunavut is Canada's newest Territory, having been officially separated from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999.  With a population of approximately 32,000, it is the largest of the Province or Territory in Canada. Major communities in the Territory include the...

SAR Alberta

As the provincial association for search and rescue teams, the Search and Rescue Association of Alberta’s (SAR Alberta) mission is to represent, advocate for, and support the Volunteer Search and Rescue teams in Alberta through facilitation and guidance. SAR Alberta is a non-profit organization comprised of 38 teams in 6 regions supported by over 1380 unpaid professionals.

Yukon SAR

  Yukon Search and Rescue is a non-profit organization consisting of 120 members from the communities of Beaver Creek, Carcross, Carmacks, Dawson City, Faro, Haines Junction and Whitehorse.  Yukon SAR groups specialize in Ground and Water SAR. Yukon SAR typically...

SARVAC Prevention Program Receives Facelift

The "Hug a Tree and Survive" is a program designed to teach children how not to get lost and what to do if they are. It has been in use in Canada for almost 20 years and more than a quarter million children have been taught to ‘Hug a Tree’. Production on an updated...

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