Several firefighter helmets hang proudly behind the desk of Louise Hine-Schmidt at the Ottawa Fire Service headquarters.
Hine-Schmidt is one of the first female firefighters hired in Ottawa in 1999.
Nearly 25 years later she’s now deputy chief, but there is still a long way to go. She says just 5 per cent of full-time career firefighters in Canada are women. "There’s always and still are questions if women are capable of being firefighters… a lot stems from having not been many," she said. "Sometimes it’s a matter of showing people this is something they can do."
Changing the landscape in the CFL is Nadia Doucouré, recently added as the first woman on the Redblacks’ coaching staff.
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