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Lol wrong time time of the month maybeWomen-In-Firefighting organization holds a woman-only conference where they do a controlled burn experiment to show off how they can handle themselves and don't need men. They don't allow any men to be present as a display of female empowerment. It burns out of control and turns into a massive forest fire that's still currently burning. Media neglects to mention any of this.
As one of only a handful of female type 1 incident commanders in North America, and the only one in Parks Canada, Park works passionately to raise awareness of gender and diversity issues within the federal agency and the broader wildland fire community.
“I've had lots of candid conversations with women that are really struggling, that face misogyny, sexism, discrimination, unfortunately harassment and assault, who want to leave the service,” said Park, who has been with Parks Canada for 21 years and has been Banff’s fire and vegetation specialist since 2011.
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Women's fire conference in Banff aims to break down barriers in male-dominated industry
"I've had lots of candid conversations with women that are really struggling, that face misogyny, sexism, discrimination, unfortunately harassment and assault, who want to leave the service."www.rmoutlook.com
Media coverage of the out of control burn left out that one key detail
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How a fire went from ‘prescribed burn’ to out of control in an instant near Banff
Some residents were evacuated and horses had to be quickly relocated as winds changed direction and pushed the fire out of the control areavancouversun.com