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Title:

Giving Voice to Cultural Safety of Indigenous Wildland Firefighters in Canada

Agreement Number:

FIRENFC-20

Agreement Value:

$52,150.00

Agreement Date:

Feb 1, 2021 - Jul 31, 2021

Description:

The objective of this project is to use three data collection methods to increase understanding of occupational resiliency in relation to Indigenous wildland firefighters, and to promote cultural safety using the experiences of Indigenous firefighters across Canada.

Organization:

Natural Resources Canada

Expected Results:

This Project will improve understanding of how to promote cultural safety, which includes employee well-being and motivation, Indigenous healing and helping, person-environment fit, and workplace relationships. Findings from this Project will also benefit wildland fire management agencies who employ Indigenous firefighters by increasing their understanding about how Indigenous wildland firefighters experience and perceive the health and safety on the fire line.

Location:

NORTH SAANICH, British Columbia, CA V8L 3Z3

Reference Number:

115-2020-2021-Q4-10203

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Aboriginal recipient

Additional Information:

Grant or contribution awarded and spanning more than one fiscal year.

Recipient's Operating Name:

TURTLE ISLAND CONSULTING SERVICES INC.

Recipient's Legal Name:

TURTLE ISLAND CONSULTING SERVICES INC.

Program:

Wildland Fire Resilience

Program Purpose:

The purpose is to increase the resiliency of Canadian communities to the risks and impacts of natural disasters, and to undertake and implement risk reduction analyses and actions. To ensure that wildfire response agencies are integrated with each other in order to implement an effective wildland fire response program, and, to increase the wildfire knowledge of agencies, communities and individuals, in order to create a culture of wildfire safety and to empower the public to understand risk.