Peter Anderson

Background

About Peter Anderson

Peter Anderson has an international background in research and teaching in the fields of telecommunications, media, information systems and communication policy. During the past thirty five years he has participated in the design and implementation of electronic communication and information systems for disaster management in collaboration with the United Nations, scientific, government and non-government disaster management organizations and representatives and is frequently called upon to assist during disaster events. He is currently collaborating with Canadian federal, provincial and territorial agencies, local authorities and responders on new methods for improving intra and interagency communications for mission critical operations, public warning and situational awareness. Examples of projects include carrying out a comprehensive review of British Columbia’s West Coast tsunami notification arrangements and establishing Canada’s first in-field test facility for deployable public safety broadband network systems. He has delivered lectures, seminars, workshops and presentations at numerous conferences and professional events in Canada and abroad including China, Thailand, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Chile, Japan, Europe, Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the United States. He is the author of a number of publications and studies related to emergency communication policy, networking and planning. Professor Anderson also teaches accredited courses and supervises graduate research in communications policy and emergency communication.