Published · September 2026
The Institutional Architecture of Canadian Emergency Management: Why Coordination Keeps Failing
Canada does not lack emergency-management institutions. This paper argues that recurring coordination failures arise from misalignment between formal authority, operational capacity, and public legitimacy. Using Political Architecture Assessment, it examines how these forms of authority can be aligned across federal, provincial, territorial, municipal, Indigenous, and community actors before crisis strikes.
Suggested citation: Bagura, S., Tsamenyi, E., & Ofosu-Atuahene, B. (2026). The institutional architecture of Canadian emergency management: Why coordination keeps failing (Working Paper 2, Political Architecture Assessment Series). Akyeame Statecraft Inc.