Chaos & Courage

- Season 1

(2014)

The Muskwachees First Nation at Hobbema, Alberta is notorious for gangs, arson and violence. But for these three women, it's home. Meet an RCMP officer, a paramedic and a fire fighter who serve the community they love, despite the risks.

The courageous women firefighters of the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario and the Okanagan First Nation in British Columbia battle blazes while serving their communities.

In July 2006, Aboriginal RCMP officer Robin Cameron and her partner, Marc Bourdages, were shot down outside of Spiritwood, Saskatchewan, devastating their families and community. Their legacies remain an inspiration for those left behind.

Women who serve in Canada's Dakota-Ojibway and Blood Tribe police forces face the unique challenges associated with serving and protecting their own Aboriginal communities, sometimes in life-or-death situations with people they know.

Meet the Aboriginal women at Edmonton's Hope Mission and Boyle McCauley Health Centre, who serve the city's most vulnerable residents, providing basics like meals as well as medical, rehabilitative and spiritual services to the most needy.

The EMTs at Northern Saskatchewan's LaRonge Emergency Services face the perils of remote rescue, doing whatever it takes to get to their patients and transport them to safety - whether by ambulance, snowmobile, on foot or by plane.