Jamie Stirling is a Trustee at Sovrin Foundation. Prior to that, they were with SAR-1 and the Ontario Provincial Police. As part of the Emergency Response Team section, they were responsible for the delivery of effective emergency response team taskings for search and rescue. This included coordinating the delivery of the search and rescue program of the emergency response team, being the OPP spokesperson at inquests, inquiries, and committees examining search and rescue, and liaising externally with representatives from civilian, volunteer and federal search and rescue organizations, and other police forces.