Kelly Donovan

Kelly Donovan

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Wasaga Beach, Ontario

Canadian Police Whistleblower and Author

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Kelly Donovan at One Woman International Fearless Women's Summit in St. John's Newfoundland

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Fit4Duty Founder Kelly Donovan's Story

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  • Business Ethics & Values
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Influence & Negotiation
  • Workplace Culture
  • Leadership Development
  • Psychological Safety

KELLY DONOVAN BIOGRAPHY

Kelly Donovan, while employed as a police officer, did what she thought was her obligation and made a disclosure to the board that there were unethical practices within the police force’s internal affairs division.  As a result, she faced retaliation.  Kelly Donovan resigned from policing and published her first book titled The Systemic Misfeasance in Ontario Policing and the Coordinated Suppression of Whistleblowers to expose the problems facing modern day policing.

Kelly Donovan advocated for better protections for police whistleblowers in Ontario and effectively influenced law changes so that officers can now anonymously report internal misconduct. Throughout Kelly’s journey she has been recovering from post-traumatic stress disorder and she educates audiences about moral injury and sanctuary trauma. Kelly has become an expert on all issues relating to whistleblowing and suppressive workplace cultures. Even after resigning from the profession, Kelly continued to face reprisal for crossing the “thin blue line.”

Kelly Donovan was the 2019 Ontario Civil Liberties Award recipient and succeeded before the Ontario Court of Appeal as a self-represented litigant. Kelly published her second book in 2020, Police Line: Do Not Cross, Silencing a Canadian Police Whistleblower. Kelly Donovan now provides workplaces with third-party whistleblower program administration to improve the ethical standard of workplaces across Canada.

Kelly Donovan holds a degree in statistics from the University of Western Ontario where Kelly Donovan was also a varsity rugby player.  Kelly’s story of staying true to one’s internal set of ethics and morals has inspired front-line workers to senior management on topics such as workplace courage, and the effects of trauma in the workplace.

Kelly Donovan Topic Presentations

Kelly Donovan Wasaga Beach, Ontario, Canada delivers keynote presentations, workshops, fireside chats, moderated Q&A, and other presentation formats on a wide variety of topics. Each presentation is unique, customized and tailored for audiences, industries, conferences and event formats.

"ethics Unlimited"

Leaving Our Comfort Zone of Status Quo

The Whistleblower’s Gift

Kelly Donovan Speaking Testimonials

Kelly is a captivating Speaker! She is confident and engaging! Fearless and Courageous! Her story is shocking and Sad. Kelly would have been a huge asset to any Service she worked for

Tammy Felts, Specialized Security Consultant

Congratulations and well done. You obviously know what you have ignited. If it’s anything less than a firestorm then I will be surprised. It never fails to astound me how insulated majorities can fool themselves and believe that they are fooling everybody else as well. What you are doing has needed doing for a very long time. Hang in there, it will get rough

Anonymous

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