Fire Service Women Ontario

COnFerenCe 2013

OntariO Fire COllege1495 Muskoka road north, gravenhurst, On P1P 1r8

www.fswo.ca

november 1st to 3rd, 2013

A Note from Our President

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i am pleased and privileged to welcome delegates and special guests to the 2013 Fire Service Women Ontario Conference and Annual General meeting. I have had the privilege to serve in a leadership role for Fire Service Women Ontario over the past two years, and have seen many progressive steps forward for this

young and growing organization. Thank you to our member-ship for bestowing your confidence and for pledging your sup-port and guidance to the Board of Directors as we move this valuable organization forward together. The strength of our organization is based in the network of dedicated profession-als from the many aspects of fire services across Ontario, and the many talents and perspectives they bring to the table.

I would like to acknowledge the support of the Office of the Fire Marshal for hosting this year’s conference at the Ontario Fire College, and to the representatives from the Ontario As-sociation of Fire Chiefs, Ontario Professional Fire Fighters As-sociation, Fire Fighters Association of Ontario for their sup-port and guidance.

Diversity in the fire service is not an issue exclusive to one or-ganization. Together, I am confident that the same collective energy and passion that drives our efforts to help making On-tario a safer place to live, will also serve us well in cultivating today’s and tomorrow’s generation of diverse fire service pro-fessionals and organizations together.

Enjoy the conference and consider taking an active role in FSWO by offering your time and talents to the various initia-tives and activities we undertake throughout the year.

Sincerely,

Carol-Lynn Chambers, President

Greetings from the Fire Marshal

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Greetings from the Fire Chief

Gravenhurst Fire Department, 190 -1 Harvie Street, Gravenhurst, ON P1P 1H3

Phone: 705-687-3414 Fax: 705-687-5725

OFFICE OF THE FIRE CHIEF

October 30, 2013

Fire Service Women Ontario

On behalf of our community and of all of the members of the Gravenhurst Fire Department, I’m delighted to extend a warm welcome to the executive and all of the delegates, instructors and guests of the Fire Service Women Ontario 3rd Annual Conference and General Meeting.

Diversity in the fire service is important to every community in Ontario and the work that the FSWO does to promote a greater understanding of this issue is equally important. Developing the knowledge and skills that will keep firefighters safe from the adverse affects of our work environment is critical to each one of us and importantly, our families. To that end, I wish each and every attendee a weekend full of learning and great memories.

Please accept my best wishes for an enjoyable and educational stay here in Muskoka!

Larry Brassard, CMMIII, CFEI Director of Fire and Emergency Services/Fire Chief

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Central Lounge Open at 16:30

Welcome Dinner - 18:00 – 18:45Main Building Dining Room

OrDer Of CeremOnies - 19:00 Auditorium

Dress: Dress uniform, Business attire

Piper and Dignitaries Procession

O Canada (all)

Welcome and Opening remarksCarol-Lynn Chambers, President FSWO

Dignitaries’ remarks

Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency ManagementFire Marshal Tadeusz (Ted) Wieclawek

Ontario Professional Fire Fighters AssociationAnn Bryan, Human Relations Committee

Fire Fighting in Canada Laura King, Editor

Video Collage – Year in review

---19:50 Break---

20:00 Keynote speaker introduction - Karen Simpson, Director FSWO

Keynote speaker Barbara Annis

20:45 Keynote speaker Thank You - Louise Hine-Schmidt, Vice-President FSWO20:50 Announcements for saturday – Allison Vickerd, Director FSWO

20:55 Closing messages – Carol-Lynn Chambers, President FSWO

Lounge – networking

Ontario Association of Fire ChiefsDeputy Chief Debbie Higgins, Director

Fire Fighters Association of OntarioChief Dave Carruthers, President

Gravenhurst Fire DepartmentChief Larry Brassard

Ontario Fire College, 1495 Muskoka road north, gravenhurst

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C O n F e r e n C e S C h e d u l e

11:00 registration Conference Room in Main Building opens

12:00 Lunch served in the Dining Hall

13:00 HOT Classes: Firefighter SurvivalFirefighter BasicsFire Scene AssessmentSolar PanelsForcible Entry

15:00 HOT Classes: Power Saws and Roof VentilationHazMat

18:00 Dinner Served in the Dining Hall

19:00 Opening Ceremonies (see Opening Ceremonies schedule, page 5)

Central Lounge will be open for refreshments beginning at 16:30

07:00 Breakfast served in the Dining Hall registration - Conference Room in Main Building

08:00 HOT Classes:

Workshops:

Firefighter SurvivalFirefighter BasicsFire Scene AssessmentSolar PanelsForcible Entry

Sexism in the Fire Service; When I Doubt MyselfGender Socialization & Its Role in the Fire ServiceStrength and Conditioning for a Long Career

Friday, nOveMBer 1, 2013

Saturday, nOveMBer 2, 2013

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08:00 Breakfast served in the Dining Hall

09:00 Annual General meeting & elections - Auditorium A/BPlease see agenda for detailsTo be followed by brief meeting of new Board of Directors

Sunday, nOveMBer 3, 2013

10:00 HOT Classes:

Workshops:

Power Saws and Roof VentilationHazMat

Work With MeConfidence in Enforcement and InvestigationCircle of Fire

12:00 Lunch Served in the Dining Hall

13:00 Workshops: Gender Socialization & It’s Role in the Fire ServiceWomen’s Health Care and Presumptive LegislationLeadership and Inclusion

15:00 Workshops: Sexism in the Fire Service; When I Doubt MyselfConfidence in Enforcement and InvestigationStrength and Conditioning for a Long Career Circle of Fire

18:00 Diva fun night and Dinner at Boston Pizza

Diva International Inc. is thrilled to be sponsoring the Fire Service Women Ontario “Diva Fun Night”! Join us, Saturday night for a Diva Style night filled with great food, trivia, DivaCup giveaways and more! Learn more about The DivaCup by visiting our booth throughout the conference and don’t forget to bring out the Diva in you for Saturday night!

Bus will leave from College and make a stop at Howard JohnsonThe Marriott is located adjacent to Boston Pizza

23:45 Bus returning to Howard Johnson and Ontario Fire College

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Our Speakers

B arbara Annis, founder and CeO of Barbara Annis & Associates, Inc., is a world renowned expert on Inclusive

Leadership, Cultural and Gender Intelligence advocating the value and practice of this new type of Leadership in Fortune 500 compa-nies and numerous organizations worldwide. BAA’s 51 associates have pioneered a trans-formational shift in cultural attitudes across the globe on the importance of gender unity to organizational success. Over the past twenty years, Barbara Annis & Associates has facili-tated over 8,000 corporate workshops, key-notes, and executive coaching sessions and has introduced breakthrough research on the practice and benefits of gender diversity and inclusiveness leadership.

Barbara’s first book, Same Words, Different Language, offers ground-breaking insights and proven methods for breaking through gender barriers. Her newest book, Leadership and the Sexes, reveals the latest in brain-be-havior research on gender differences.

Her upcoming book to be released in the fall 2013, Cracking the Code on Gender Equality: The Gender-Intelligent Organization, co-authored with Dr. Keith Merron, is the culmi-nation of 25 years of gender-based research and global practice that uniquely applies cutting-edge brain-based research to the workplace. It will offer leaders the mindset and systemic changes needed to transform their organizations, bridge the gap between men and women at all levels of management, and in the process, create more inclusive and productive organizations.

BarBara anniS Work With Me: The

Blind Spots Between

Men and Women

at Work

Keynote Address

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Colin grieve

Work History: Firefighter in the City of Hamilton from 1987 to present | Police Officer in the City of Guelph from 1980 to 1987education: Graduated from Mohawk College with a diploma certificate in the 3 year Architectural Technologist Program 1976 to 1979 | Graduated from Ontario Police College 1981 | Graduated from the CLC workers compensation program 1999 | Completed the Canadian Labour College, labour studies program 2001 |

Graduated from the Occupational Environmental Health program McMaster University 2002 | Attended many other seminars and symposiums across North America on Occupational Disease and Health and Wellness over the last 15 Years.Boards and Committees: Chair of the newly formed Prevention Council of Ontario. Under the Ministry of Labour. Order in Council Appointment. Mandated to implement the recommenda-tions of the Dean report | Member of the Board of Directors for OHCOW (Ontario Health Clinics for Ontario Workers) | Labour Member of the RAC (Research Advisory Council) a research grant-ing council inside the WSIB (Workplace Safety and Insurance Board) which grants over 3.5 mil-lion dollars annually in research dollars in Ontario for workplace change. | Member of the Ham-ilton OHEP (Occupational Health Evaluation Program) | Co-Chair of the Ontario Professional Firefighters Association’s Occupational Disease Committee | Chair of the Hamilton Professional Firefighters Association’s WSIB and Return to Work Committee.

Between July 9th & 12th, 1997, the largest Poly Vinyl Chloride fire in North America took place in the City of Hamilton: the infamous Plastimet fire. I attended this fire & saw the immediate health effects it took on the 294 Firefighters who attended this fire. This was this fire that lead me into advocating for sick and ill Firefighters and their families in Hamilton and a few years later working for OPFFA advocating for sick and ill Firefighters in the Province of Ontario. This work I continue today.

Jennifer Chisholm

Jennifer currently in the fifth year of her PhD in Women’s Studies and Feminist Re-search at Western University. Her research is focused on pregnancy and motherhood, discussing the impact of the technology of 3D ultrasound on women’s experiences with pregnancy. In addition to her research, Jen teaches undergraduate courses in Women’s Studies, including Introduction to Women’s Studies; Gender, Justice and Change.

Jona OlssonSexism in the Fire Service: When I Doubt Myself and OthersLeadership and Inclusion

Jona is the Director of Cultural Bridges to Justice and Chief of Latir Volun-teer Fire Department in Norther New Mexico, and a member of the IAFC Hu-man Relations Committee. She was named 2012 Volunteer Chief of the Year by Fire Chief Magazine, Pierce Manufacturing and the International Association

of Fire Chiefs. Her passion for justice, plus her experience as college faculty, trade union-ist, social justice activist, emergency responder, and Fire and EMS Chief have informed and inspired her presentations to departments and brigades in the US and UK. To provide the highest quality customer service, Chief Olsson believes our responders must be competent, passionate AND DIVERSE.

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nancy Macdonald duncan Confidence in Enforcement and Investigations

Nancy is a Program Specialist – Prosecutions with the Office of the Fire Marshal. Prior to working for the OFM, Nancy had over ten years experience as a Prosecu-tor with the Niagara Falls Region in addition to working for a private law firm in St. Catherines for close to fifteen years. Coming to the OFM, she brought both legal training and experience having prosecuted more Fire Code violations than any other

prosecutor in Ontario. Adding to her hands-on experience and training, Nancy left the OFM for one year and was employed as Chief Fire Prevention Officer with the City of St. Catherines. In June of 2012, Nancy returned to the OFM and in addition to providing ongoing advice and assistance to the fire services regarding enforcement of the Fire Code, she has co-facilitated the new Fire Safety and Enforcement Technical Guidelines across the province with Jana Gillis,Instructor at the Fire College.

Karen Simpson Circle of Fire

Karen Simpson is currently a first-class Professional Firefighter with the Cha-tham-Kent Fire Department. She is in her ninth year with the CKFD, having served two years as a representative on her department’s Health and Safety Com-mittee. Karen is in her first year at the University of Windsor Law School working towards her Juris Doctor degree. In 2003, Karen attended Navarro College Fire

Academy in Texas where she achieved the NFPA’s standards for Fire Fighting – Levels I and II. She is the International Trustee for i-Women and is a certified coach for women in fire and emergency services, assisting those in a variety of workplace conflicts.

Maria Mountain

Maria has a Masters in Science in Kinesiology from the University of Western Ontario and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. Maria trains ath-letes of all levels to achieve their maximum potential. Canada’s 2010 Olympic Gold Medallist in Ice Dancing, Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue are among her clientele.

Jana gillis Confidence in Enforcement and Investigations

Jana is an instructor at the Ontario Fire College, coordinating and delivering courses and semi-nars for the Fire Prevention Officers’ Diploma program. Prior to joining the Office of the Fire Marshal in 2005, she was a member of the St. Catherines Fire Services, Fire Prevention Division, conducting fire inspections, fire investigations and public education. Jana is a certified Fire Pre-vention Officer, Training Officer and Public Fire and Life Safety Educator.

Jennifer PernfussCircle of Fire

Jennifer earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Waterloo and a Bachelor of Law from the University of Windsor. Jennifer’s career has focused exclusively on relationship issues and the prevention and elimination of workplace discrimination, harassment and conflict. She received extensive training in media-tion and negotiation at Pepperdine University School of Law, Institute for Dispute

Resolution in California; CDR Associates training in “Mediating Employee Relations Disputes” in Boulder, Colorado. She is a certified Life and Leadership Coach and an Organizational and Relation-ship Systems Coach. Jennifer has been retained by organizations in Canada and the United States as a facilitator, mediator, trainer, coach and consultant.

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Our Sponsors

Ontario Fire CollegeParris Publicationsdiva internationalBell Public SafetyenbridgeSafedesign apparel ltdPriority dispatch CorporationdarCh Fire incBoston Pizza gravenhurstCanadian Safety SupplyaJ Stone Company ltd.Snagger toolsnovack’s uniform groupSapphire events inc.Ottawa Fire Serviceshamilton Fire departmenttoronto Fire Servicesgravenhurst Fire departmentvaughan Fire rescue Services

The Board of Directors of Fire Service Women Ontario would like to thank the Ontario Fire College staff and all who have made this Conference possible, with special gratitude to the HOT Class instructors, who have volunteered their expertise. We owe you a debt of gratitude and sincerely appreciate your efforts.

Hosted by the Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency ManagementthanK yOu!

Mission Statement

The object of fire service Women Ontario is to encourage, promote and advocate for women in the fire service and shall include, but not be limited to;

1. Inspiring positive change in the Fire Service;2. Encouraging the development of a diverse workforce in the Fire Services based

on core values;3. Actively developing potential within the Fire Service through effective

networking and support;4. Recognition of the role models and mentors at all levels within the Fire Service;5. Fostering supportive, professional and personal relationships and networks

among women in the Fire Service.

Fire Service Women Ontario 2902 Haughton StreetOttawa, ON K2B 6Z5

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