COMMUNITY & CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 

TRAINING & EMPLOYMENT PARTNERS

Footprints collaborates with Ethos, a career management group that deals heavily with Vocational Rehabilitation clients. They frequently forward candidates and students that are facing various barriers to employment – both physical and cognitive. Qmunity Works LGBTQ2S, is a division of Ethos that focuses on the LGBTQ2S community and is another social group Footprints works with to provide training and employment. Footprints has also partnered with the Immigrant Welcome Centre in Nanaimo to offer employment opportunities to new Canadians.

INDIGENOUS RELATIONSHIPS

Footprints is committed to strengthening the social bonds of the Island communities and build respectful relationships with Indigenous peoples on whose traditional lands we live and work. Footprints has been extremely active in collaborating with First Nations and organizations through training and employment activities, and includes partnerships with many local Nations. To further this commitment Footprints has an Indigenous Relations Policy for all employees outlining Footprints’ relationship with and commitment to our local Indigenous communities. The policy includes Footprints’ commitment to Indigenous training and employment, as well as reiterating Footprints’ commitment to community investment and engagement with respect to our local Indigenous communities on whose land we live and work.

Within the Footprints team is a dedicated Indigenous Relations Leader, Debbie Shea. With over two decades of experience in security, management, and administration, Debbie has dedicated her career to Indigenous relations in the workplace. She has successfully integrated Indigenous Engagement as a critical aspect of Footprints Corporate Business Plan.  Debbie spearheaded the Indigenous Relations programs, focusing on internal training, education, and external presentations on "Reconciliation Initiatives" to First Nations on Vancouver Island and across Canada. She successfully implemented the concept of working with Indigenous Communities, by providing training, employment and meaningful partnerships with the communities. Debbie embraces the opportunity to collaborate with and learn from Indigenous Peoples across Canada due to her passion for First Nations history and contemporary matters in Indigenous Affairs.  She strongly believes we need to understand our Country's past to fully understand and appreciate the present. 

SAFETY & INCLUSIVITY

Footprints Security is an equal-opportunity employer and promotes an inclusive environment. Our employees are trained in the Safe Harbour: Respect for All course, an award-winning AMSSA diversity and inclusion-training workshop for workplaces. Training is provided to understand the value of diversity and inclusion, address issues of discrimination in the workplace, and the benefits to attract and retain a diverse workforce and clientele.