Indigenous Leadership in Structural Firefighting: Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders in British Columbia
The objective of this project is to utilize best practices in Indigenous leadership development to aid in examining the state of First Nations structural firefighting leadership capacity in BC – specifically as it relates to managing and leading occupational health and safety program and service delivery in First Nations-led structural fire departments.
This project will utilize a mixed methods approach consisting of qualitative interviews followed by a customized quantitative survey, and supplemented by a literature review on Indigenous leadership and structural fire management and supervision.
| Principal Investigators: | Brent Langlois (First Nations Emergency Services Society – FNESS) |
| Co-investigators: | Natasha Caverley (Turtle Island Consulting Services Inc.), John Barton Cunningham (University of Victoria, School of Public Administration), James MacGregor (University of Victoria, School of Public Administration) |
| Funding Awarded: | $49,000* (Innovation) |
* In partnership with New Brunswick.
2021-04-22 20:42:33