John Rainford

John Rainford is the Director of The Warning Project. He is the former Director, Emergency and Risk Communications for Health Canada and Global Project Lead, Risk Communication Capacity Building for the World Health Organization.

Articles by this author

Science & Tech

A better system for active-shooter alerts on campuses

by John Rainford February 4, 2019

Media & culture

Hard work ahead on new emergency alert system

by Joshua Greenberg, John Rainford May 2, 2018

A teachable moment in the Hawaii false alarm

by John Rainford, Joshua Greenberg January 23, 2018

Hurricane Matthew and the problem of communicating fear

by Joshua Greenberg, John Rainford October 12, 2016

Uncertainty management: communicating the Zika risk

by Joshua Greenberg, John Rainford January 28, 2016

Risk Communication Preparedness: MERS CoV and The Stigma Dilemma

by John Rainford July 8, 2015

Taking off the gloves

by John Rainford, Joshua Greenberg July 6, 2015

The hardline strategy on vaccine hesitancy

by John Rainford June 4, 2015

Podcasts by this author

Podcast

Communicating the Zika risk

with John Rainford February 9, 2016