First responders career camp hopes to inspire Indigenous girls this summer – CBC

Apr 17, 2022

Camp Courage aims to encourage girls to pursue careers in emergency services

This summer, a group of Indigenous girls will learn to stitch up wounds, work with police dogs and climb a 30-metre ladder as part of a first responder career camp in the Halifax area.

Camp Courage started as a way to encourage girls to consider careers in the emergency services field and this year, one camp is focusing on Indigenous teens.

Andrea Speranza, the camp’s founder, hopes that if more Indigenous people join the first responder fields, relations between police, paramedics and firefighters can improve between Indigenous communities.

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/indigenous-first-responder-recruitment-1.6418135