Jennifer Keir (University of Ottawa), Joy MacDermid (Western University), and Chris Ross (Montreal Firefighters Association) attended the inaugural State of the Science National Firefighter Cancer Symposium 2019 in Miami, Florida on June 10-11. Joy presented a poster entitled, "Development and Read More
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Rob D’Amico recognized with 2019 Festitalia Italian Heritage Award of Distinction in the Emergency Services
Congratulations to Secretary Rob D'Amico (Hamilton Professional Fire Fighters Association) for receiving the 2019 Festitalia Italian Heritage Award of Distinction in the Emergency Services. "This award recognizes individuals who put their lives at risk to ensure public safety and/or those Read More
Fire Service Women Ontario awarded Status of Women Canada funding
Congratulations to Fire Service Women Ontario for receiving federal funding for a 3-year project that aims to increase gender diversity in the fire service. "We are thankful for the support from the Government of Canada. There is a critical lack Read More
FIREWELL Research Champions: Why research is important [Video]
The FIREWELL Research Champion series profile our firefighter collaborators and their critical contributions to our research on firefighter health and wellbeing: Firefighter Amanda Brazil, Cross Roads Fire Department, PEI Firefighter Regan Bolduc, Thunder Bay Fire Rescue, ON First Responder Robin Read More
FIREWELL trainee receives Excellence in Oral Presentation Award
Congratulations to Shannon Killip (PhD trainee) for receiving the Excellence in Oral Presentation Award for her presentation at the McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences Research Plenary. Shannon's presentation, Differences in disability management outcomes in first responders compared to high Read More
The Dispatch: May 2019
The May issue of The Dispatch is now available. In this issue: -home fire safety -disability management -musculoskeletal disorders and mental health -smoke exposure To read newsletter: click here To view newsletter archive: click here Subscribe to The Dispatch below Read More
Robin Campbell presenting at Worth Living Mental Health Conference
Robin Campbell (PhD candidate, Dalhousie University) will be a panelist at the Worth Living Mental Health Conference in Halifax on May 31, 2019. For more info on the conference: click here Read More
Trainee presents FIREWELL research at McMaster’s FHS Research Plenary
Shannon Killip (Rehabilitation Sciences PhD trainee, supervisor: Dr. Joy MacDermid) presented her FIREWELL research at the McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences Plenary Session. Killip S. Differences in disability management outcomes in first responders compared to high and low physical Read More
Dr. Amanda Brazil receives PhD in education from UPEI
Congratulations to Dr. Amanda Brazil who received her PhD in education from the University of Prince Edward Island on May 10 2019. Dr. Brazil’s PhD research was titled, "Everyone goes home: Exploring the implicit learning of critical incidents in the Read More
FIREWELL trainee awarded CIHR Summer Studentship
Congratulations to undergraduate, Noah Carr-Pries, who was awarded the CIHR Undergraduate Summer Studentship for his project titled, "Assessment of Facilitators, Barriers and Preferences for Safe Exercise Routines in Firefighters: An Injury Prevention Investigation." Noah will conduct his research project under Read More
In the Media: Dr. MacDermid’s resiliency training research in Vancouver and PEI firefighters featured on Western News
Dr. Joy MacDermid (Western University) was interviewed on the Western News about her new CIHR-funded study on mental health resiliency training in Vancouver and Prince Edward Island (PEI) firefighters. This research is conducted in partnership with Vancouver Fire & Rescue Read More
The Dispatch: April 2019
The April issue of The Dispatch is now available. In this issue: -trauma exposures, firefighter fitness; healthy and safety issues faced by women firefighters; and cancer rates. To read newsletter: click here To view newsletter archive: click here Subscribe to Read More
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