{"id":2521,"date":"2019-02-03T09:08:06","date_gmt":"2019-02-03T14:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/?page_id=2521"},"modified":"2026-02-11T09:46:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:46:03","slug":"sponsoring","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/?page_id=2521","title":{"rendered":"Sponsoring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Mentoring and sponsorship are essential activities in the professional development of both men and women. These forms of relationships often form between individuals who have common interests, or when the junior member reminds the more senior member of themselves. In paramedicine, the number of men in leadership positions usually means that other men are the ones who end up mentored and sponsored. It can be the case that junior women find it difficult to find similar levels of personal and career support since there are fewer women in leadership positions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I proudly sponsor four women in paramedicine: Paige Mason<\/strong> and Chelsea Lanos<\/strong>, both paramedics in Ontario, Jennifer Bolster, <\/strong>a paramedic in Tasmania, and Tyne Markides<\/strong> (Lunn), a paramedic in BC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paige<\/strong> is a Special Operations Advanced Care Paramedic, who holds a Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary studies, with a focus on paramedic well being through a strengths based approach, which I advised on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chelsea<\/strong> is an Advanced Care and Community Paramedic. She holds a Master of Science in Critical Care with a focus on end-of-life care and organ donation which I supervised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jennifer<\/strong> is an Advanced Care Paramedic. She holds a Bachelor of Paramedicine (Hons.) with a focus on the paramedic role in substance use which I supervised, and is now undertaking a PhD under my supervision focused on the intersection between policy and practice for paramedic care of people who use drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tyne<\/strong> is an Advanced Care and Community Paramedic, who is interested in public health, palliative care, equity and justice, and a variety of other practice issues. She holds a Bachelor of Paramedicine (Hons.) with a focus on community health and social needs which I supervised.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I also mentor several other women and men in their career development and success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I personally believe in an equal playing field for men and women where success and advancement are truly based on merit rather than politics. Until that occurs however, we need to accept that women have less opportunity to advance than men – they are over-mentored, and under-sponsored. We’ve published and presented on this over the past number of years:<\/p>\n\n\n\n