On this episode of Emergency Preparedness in Canada (EPIC) Podcast, we explore the great toilet paper shortage of 2020. What led to it? Why did people react so strongly to scarcity? Is there anything we can learn regarding crisis communications from this case study?

To find out, we chat with Dr. Vincent Covello, an expert on crisis communication theory and practice.

All this and more on this episode of EPIC Podcast: Current, Relevant, Canadian

Episode Links:https://centreforcrisiscommunications.com/https://www.orau.gov/cdcynergy/erc/content/activeinformation/resources/Covello_message_mapping.pdfhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7849510/https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0234232 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165178121003590https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33514049/https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/12/health/toilet-paper-hoarding-personality-wellness/index.html

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