About the Session

This session will discuss the value of working with security, safer spaces, and harm reduction through the same lens. Often these teams are separated on a festival site, cross training and combining offers better service in this area as well as a safer and more secure environment.

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Nicole Anderson

Logistics Coordinator, Winnipeg Folk Festival

Nicole’s background is in social services and justice. She now brings this experience and history to her work with festivals and concerts. She is passionate about expanding harm reduction and safer spaces strategies at events. She is a skilled training facilitator and leads intensive training programs for the Winnipeg Folk Festival and other community-based events. The festival’s “Security Folk Program” is a model recognized locally as a gold standard for security training that goes beyond enforcement and is all about supporting safer community spaces.