Leadership

• A Fire Service For All: Exploring Ways to Further Diversity and Inclusivity for Women in the Canadian Fire Industry Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs (2020)

  This report synthesizes the findings from the September 13, 2019 joint meeting of the Alberta Fire, Emergency Management and Wildfire Management Women (A FEW Women), and the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs (CAFC) Women Fire Chiefs and Company Officers Network of Canada.

• Building a Diverse and Inclusive Public Service: Final Report of the Joint Union/Management Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion Government of Canada (2018)

  This report meets the project’s mandate to define diversity and inclusion in the public service, establish the case for diversity and inclusion, and recommend a framework and action plan.

• City of Toronto Human Rights and Anti-Harassment/Discrimination - Complaint Procedures City of Toronto (2018)

  This link describes procedures so that complaints of discrimination and harassment can be reported and resolved internally and are intended as an alternate dispute resolution. This document seeks to a) assist employees and service recipients in exercising their rights where they believe that they have experienced harassment/discrimination and b) to prevent, correct and remedy situations of discrimination or harassment and not to be punitive, although discipline may result.

• Driving Diversity and Inclusion - the Role for Chairs and CEOs Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance (2019)

  This article explains findings that emphasize the critical role that leaders play in driving diversity and inclusion (D&I) in the workplace, specifically in terms of creating inclusive environments where everyone can thrive. Included are three sets of takeaways, detailing how leaders can drive progress on the agenda.

• Many Faces, One Purpose, A Manager’s Handbook on Women in Firefighting Department of Homeland Security (1999)

  This book was developed to help the fire service leader manage the changing fire service workforce as it becomes progressively more inclusive of larger numbers of women in all ranks. It offers guidance and suggestions from people with experience and expertise, and provides choices and options more often than single “right” answers.

• Sexual Harassment in the Workplace - How Companies Can Prepare, Prevent, Respond, and Transform Their Culture Daley, Travis, Shaffer

  This paper describes four important actions organizations can take to create safe and fair workplaces: Prepare, Prevent, Respond, and Transform.

• The Wildfire Within: Firefighter Perspectives on Gender and Leadership in Wildland Fire Rachel Reimer, Royal Roads University (2018)

  This project employed a feminist appreciative approach to Action Research to facilitate a conversation about gender and leadership within the British Columbia Wildfire Service (BCWS).

• Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the President of the Treasury Board (2011)

  This site describes the values and expected behaviors that guide public servants in all activities related to their professional duties.