Established in 2017, the Public Safety Steering Committee (PSSC) is a standing committee whose members represent federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal public safety organizations. The primary function of the PSSC is to engage in collaboration with CIPSRT, Public Safety Canada (PSC), and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) on matters related to the mental health and well-being of current and former Canadian Public Safety Personnel (PSP), their leaders, and their families.
The PSSC includes leadership representatives from each of the following organizations: the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs, the Canadian Association for Police Governance, Canadian Border Security Agency, the Canadian Police Association, the Correctional Service of Canada, the International Association of Firefighters, the Paramedic Association of Canada, the Paramedic Chiefs of Canada, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the Union of Safety and Justice Employees.
Tania Battisti Canada Border Services Agency; Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association Read Bio
James Bloomfield Union of Canadian Correctional Officers Read Bio
Dave Deines Paramedic Association of Canada Read Bio
Gord Ditchburn IAFF Senior Executive for Western Canada Read Bio
Gabriela Freyenmuth Correctional Service of Canada Read Bio
Sandy Hamamoto International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Read Bio
Greg Krätzig Royal Canadian Mounted Police Read Bio
Dominic Lachapelle Canadian Border Services Agency Read Bio
Ken McMullen Chief of Emergency Services, Red Deer Emergency Services Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs (CAFC) Read Bio
