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Join us for a powerful live virtual workshop with international speaker and fire chief jona olsson, streaming directly from her home in New Mexico.
Throughout their careers, many women in the fire service have overcome external barriers, biases, and challenges. Yet the lasting impact of those experiences can sometimes lead even the most capable leaders to question their own abilities. This engaging and thought-provoking session explores how internalized sexism can affect confidence, decision-making, leadership, and support for other women in the profession.
Participants will gain practical strategies to challenge self-doubt, strengthen confidence, and lead with authenticity and conviction. This workshop provides a supportive environment for honest conversation, personal growth, and meaningful connection.
Women-only session
About the Presenter:
jona olsson is the Fire & EMS Chief of the Latir Volunteer Fire Department in northern New Mexico and Director of Cultural Bridges to Justice. Combining her passions for emergency service and social justice, she delivers leadership and diversity programs to fire service organizations across North America, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
Fire Service Women Ontario (FSWO), in partnership with Ottawa Fire Services , is proud to offer a free, in-person Resilient Minds training session on June 17, 2026.
This one-day training opportunity is open to anyone working in the fire service and is designed to provide practical tools that support mental readiness, resilience, and peer support in high-stress environments.
This workshop will be presented virtually, live from jona's home in New Mexico. This powerful session will encourage women to examine the harmful impact of a lifetime of sexist messages that can cause competent women to doubt their own judgment, competence and leadership capacity as well as that of other women. Self-confidence is a requirement for success in fire/emergency service. Most female responders have overcome many of the sexist comments, behaviours and policies that challenged them in reaching their current positions, but their own internalized sexism may still be holding them back from reaching their full potential. Participants will confront the internal doubts that undermine performance and their support of other female firefighters, while exploring practical strategies to overcome those doubts and build unshakeable confidence. This session offers a safe space to address the unique challenges women face in our industry and develop tools to silence that inner critic once and for all.
NOTE: This session is open to women only.
June 24, 2026. 7pm-9pm EST