Ottawa police looks to increase Indigenous applicants with first ever dedicated recruitment forum – CBC

Nov 06, 2025

OPS partners with 4 First Nations police services for 2-day event

Calls for more Indigenous police officers in the nation’s capital were a central focus of the first-ever Indigenous Recruitment Forum by the Ottawa Police Service this week.

The two-day forum, which wrapped up Wednesday evening, included keynote speakers from First Nations police services and former and aspiring police officers.

“When we look at the history of Canada and Indigenous peoples with policing, and specifically residential schools and the RCMP taking Indigenous children away to these schools, I believe these types of panels and events are extremely important to help show there is change happening,” said Bethany Stewart, a panelist who’s in the process to become an Ottawa police officer.

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