Reflective insights to help advance the outdoor profession towards gender inclusive leadership

![CDATA[The outdoor profession’s advancement towards gender inclusive leadership is moving far too slowly. While gender issues are being discussed and some people believe there may be progress towards gender equality, the rate of change seems glacial (Mitten & Gray, 2018). The experiences of women, men, gender fluid, and agender people in the profession attest to the need for a transformational shift within the industry. The intent of our theoretical/philosophical approach is to illuminate current efforts underway in outdoor programmes to redress gender inequities and promote institutional and cultural adjustments. Attempts to raise awareness, gather and identify resources, and promote effective entry points into the conversation will be detailed. Feminist scholars will describe the contemporary gendered landscape and pinpoint areas of future focus. Male viewpoints and stories on the state of inclusive outdoor gender leadership will be shared as further refinement and radical progress is needed. Together as a unified voice, we explore our diverse perspectives as reflexive practitioners. Some themes to be examined include: • Gender impacts of capitalism in OE (industry structure, practices, client expectations, clothing, advertising and/or media); • OE as a distinct community and/or subculture in education: influences on, and from, wider culture; • Hiring practices and organisational culture's relationships to industry structure and gender norms; • Class, race, age, and ableism intersections with gender regarding objectives, facilitators, and participants; and • Gendered perception of professional values, such as: sustainability, sense of place, caring practices. The workshop panel will conclude by envisioning tangible and inclusive pathways to help move this critical agenda forward into 2020 (and beyond).]]