On March 6th, 2020, from 0900-1300, CFB Borden invites you to celebrate International Women’s Day with them. The event will take place at the Base Borden Officers Mess at CFB Borden, where they will host presentations and exhibits from CFB Borden and our local community.

The event theme is “Make an Impact”, with a focus on achieving goals through work life balance. This event is an opportunity to reflect upon and celebrate the progress that women within the Department of National Defence, the Canadian Armed Forces, and Canadian society have made thus far, and to continue to celebrate women’s achievements, raise awareness against bias and encourage dialogue about what our institution can do to better support gender equality.

SPEAKERS

Katie Weatherston, Olympic Gold Medalist, Women's Hockey
Born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Weatherston played for Dartmouth College in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) from 2002 to 2007. She began playing international hockey for Canada at the 2004 Four Nations Cup. She played for Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics, held in Torino, Italy, where Canada took home the Gold! She played part of the 2007–08 season for the Ottawa Senators (CWHL) in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL), but finished the season skating for the Montréal Stars. 

Kimberley Greenwood, Barrie Chief of Police
Chief Kimberley Greenwood of the Barrie Police Service is in her 39th year of her policing career and on March 26, 2013 she was appointed the ninth Chief of the Barrie Police Service.  She began her career with the Toronto Police Service and served in numerous positions within Divisional Policing, H.R. Command and Professional Standards. She has completed the University of Toronto Rotman School of Management, Police Leadership Program and Schulich School of Business, York University, Masters Certificate in Municipal Management.  She is a graduate of the University of Guelph Humber with a Baccalaureate in Applied Arts (Justice Studies).

Chief Greenwood is the Vice President – Canadian of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, the Past President of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police, a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, and the Chair of the Canadian Police Knowledge Network. In addition to these memberships she has chaired many policing committees, working groups and community organizations. Some of her community endeavours include Village of 100, Collaborate Barrie, Telus Community Board, the Coalition of Children, Youth and Family and Redwood Park Community.
Chief Greenwood is the recipient of the Officer of Order of Merit for Police Forces, Police Officers Exemplary Service Medal, Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal.
 

Kristin Taylor, Deputy Managing Partner, Cassels Brock LLP
Kristin Taylor is a partner in the Employment & Labour Group at Cassels and serves as the firm’s Deputy Managing Partner. Kristin provides practical and strategic advice to employers on a wide range of employment matters including employee hiring, discipline and termination; severance packages; corporate restructuring; employment agreements and personnel policies; certification applications; privacy and AODA compliance; mergers & acquisitions and employment standards and human rights issues. Kristin regularly represents employers in court in wrongful dismissal actions, severance pay class actions, restrictive covenant disputes and injunctions; in grievance arbitrations, in collective bargaining and before various administrative tribunals, including the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, and labour relations boards. She also conducts supervisory development and harassment prevention training to proactively prevent workplace disputes.
 

Rose DiMarco, Deputy Commissioner Provincial Commander of Traffic Safety and Operational Support, OPP
Deputy Commissioner Rose DiMarco began her career with the Ontario Provincial Police in 1991. She was posted to the Port Credit Detachment and later went on to work within the Alcohol and Gaming Commission, followed by the Professional Standards Bureau. She also served as Commander of the Caledon Detachment, Director of Provincial Traffic Operations - Highway Safety Division, and as Director of Operations - Central Region. In 2016, she was promoted to Chief Superintendent and assigned as Commander of Central Region.  In 2019, she was promoted to Deputy Commissioner of the OPP and assigned Provincial Commander of Traffic Safety and Operational Support.  Rose is a graduate of Niagara College, Law and Security Program, and she holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice from Athabasca University. She is also a graduate of the Rotman School of Management Police Leadership Program as well as a graduate of the CACP Global Studies Program. Rose is a Member of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces.