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MW Shares
The MW Shares podcast is devoted to sharing the stories of communities from coast to coast to coast. MW Shares takes listeners deeper into the civic issues that municipal governments must tackle, highlighting new and emerging next practices, and sharing stories intended to shape and elevate conversa...
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Using AI, technology to securely deliver services
Chandrashekar LSP, Zoho Canada’s managing director, joins us to discuss how municipalities will learn to manage digital transformation challenges and...
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Transdev’s handbook to support rural transit
Jason Keillor, vice president of transit operations at Voyago Transdev, joins us to discuss the organization’s Rural Transit handbook. Created in conj...
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Reflections on Municipal leadership
Brian Rosborough, who recently retired as AMO’s executive director, sat down with us to discuss the importance of the annual conference and the conten...
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Overcoming public resistance to automated speed cameras
Judy Dezell, director of AMO’s Enterprise Centre, Business Partnerships and Local Authority Services (LAS), and Innisfil Mayor Lynn Dollin, join us to...
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Importance of having more youth involved in the municipal space
Tammy Hwang, Hamilton city councillor, and Kerry Yang, one of AMO’s 2025 Youth Fellows, join us to discuss the value of the fellowship and how it crea...
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Revising the fiscal relationship between Ontario and municipalities, and the future of AMO
Lindsay Jones, recently appointed as AMO’s new executive director, sat down with us to discuss the importance of modernizing the municipal-provincial...
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Supporting more women and visible minorities in politics
Corrine Rahman, London city councillor, joins us to discuss the challenges of today’s political climate and how things have evolved since her time as...
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PJ Marshall awards and importance of recognizing innovation
Bill Rayburn, CEO, and Adam Bennett, director of paramedic service, at Middlesex-London Paramedic Service, join us to discuss the importance of recogn...
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The ecofactory approach: Turning wastewater into opportunity
Patrick Beauger, vice-president business development, strategy, and marketing at Veolia, joins us to discuss how Canadian municipalities can benefit f...
The Power of Partnership: Restoring Wetlands and Resilience in Ajax
Craig Berga, from Ducks Unlimited Canada, and John Stille, from the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority join us to explore how the Town of Ajax,...
Accountability for municipal leaders – Haley Bateman
Haley Bateman, a councillor with the Region of Niagara representing St. Catharines, Ontario, joins us to talk about Ontario’s proposed Municipal Accou...
FCM’s focus on prosperity – Rebecca Bligh
Rebecca Bligh, a councillor with the City of Vancouver and President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), joins us to talk about laying...
FCM’s call for a National Prosperity Project – Josh Morgan
Josh Morgan, Mayor of London, Ontario, an FCM board member, and Chair of FCM’s Big City Mayors’ Caucus, joins us to talk about the need for a National...
FCM’s new Municipal Growth Framework – Rowena Santos
Rowena Santos, a councillor at the City of Brampton, a member of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM)’s board, and chair of FCM’s Finance,...
Challenges faced by northern communities – Lauren Hanchar
Lauren Hanchar, Mayor of Watson Lake, Yukon, and President of the Association of Yukon Communities (AYC), joins us to talk about the challenges faced...
FCM’s focus on rural communities – Neal Comeau
Neal Comeau, a councillor in Sturgeon County, Alberta, and chair of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM)’s Rural Forum, joins us to talk ab...
Partnering for Safety: Municipalities and Operation Lifesaver Canada – Sandra Larose & Chris Day
Rail safety is everyone’s business, and this episode of MW Shares explores why. Sponsored by Operation Lifesaver Canada (OLC), this conversation featu...
No Fairy Godmothers in Government Part 2 – Ashleigh Weeden
In Part Two of the pilot episode of the No Fairy Godmothers in Government podcast, Dr. Ashleigh Weeden continues her examination of the fairy godmothe...
No Fairy Godmothers in Government Part 1 – Ashleigh Weeden
26.03.25 | In Part One of the pilot episode of the No Fairy Godmothers in Government podcast, Dr. Ashleigh Weeden examines the problems of expecting a...
Episode 5: Emotional Intelligence and your career | Becoming an Emotionally Strong Leader – Carolyn Stern
04.02.25 | Carolyn Stern, Emotional Intelligence expert and award-winning author of The Emotionally Strong Leader, joins us to talk about how a munici...
Episode 4: Emotions and leadership | Becoming an Emotionally Strong Leader – Carolyn Stern
04.02.25 | Carolyn Stern, Emotional Intelligence expert and award-winning author of The Emotionally Strong Leader, joins us to talk about how the trad...
Episode 3: Emotions are full of wisdom | Becoming an Emotionally Strong Leader – Carolyn Stern
04.02.25 | Carolyn Stern, Emotional Intelligence expert and award-winning author of The Emotionally Strong Leader, joins us to talk about how emotions...
Episode 2: Boosting your Emotional Intelligence | Becoming an Emotionally Strong Leader – Carolyn Stern
04.02.25 | Carolyn Stern, Emotional Intelligence expert and award-winning author of The Emotionally Strong Leader, joins us to talk about ways a munic...
Episode 1: Defining Emotional Intelligence | Becoming an Emotionally Strong Leader – Carolyn Stern
04.02.25 | Carolyn Stern, Emotional Intelligence expert and award-winning author of The Emotionally Strong Leader, joins us to talk about understandin...
Unlocking Opportunities: How to do business with Canada’s largest municipality – Sandra Lisi
03.05.25 | Sandra Lisi, vice-president supplier engagement at Kinetic GPO, joins us to discuss how organizations can navigate the process of doing bus...
Episode 5: Heritage bylaws | Today’s top issues in Municipal Law – Monica Ciriello
02.12.25 | Monica Ciriello, a municipal lawyer who writes Municipal World’s monthly Municipal Docket column, joins us to talk about heritage bylaws an...
Episode 4: Homelessness | Today’s top issues in Municipal Law – Monica Ciriello
02.12.25 | Monica Ciriello, a municipal lawyer who writes Municipal World’s monthly Municipal Docket column, joins us to talk about homelessness and,...
Episode 3: Pets and animal bylaws | Today’s top issues in Municipal Law – Monica Ciriello
02.12.25 | Monica Ciriello, a municipal lawyer who writes Municipal World’s monthly Municipal Docket column, joins us to talk about licensing pets and...
Episode 2: Nuisance parties | Today’s top issues in Municipal Law – Monica Ciriello
02.12.25 | Monica Ciriello, a municipal lawyer who writes Municipal World’s monthly Municipal Docket column, joins us to talk about nuisance party byl...
Episode 1: Bad faith evictions | Today’s top issues in Municipal Law – Monica Ciriello
02.12.25 | Monica Ciriello, a municipal lawyer who writes Municipal World’s monthly Municipal Docket column, joins us to talk about protecting tenants...
Navigating growth: The planner’s role in municipal development – Claire Basinski
01.06.25 | Claire Basinski, chair of the Ontario Professional Planners Institute, joins us to discuss why registered professional planners are critica...
Mayor Mike Trinacty, Town of Berwick
12.11.24 | Mayor Mike Trinacty discusses the town’s proactive involvement in the development of green energy, whether through wind turbines, the creat...
Mayor David Mitchell, Town of Bridgewater
12.11.24 | Mayor David Mitchell discusses his community’s partnership with the International Network of Michelin Cities (INMC), the town’s hosting of...
Mayor Nancy Dicks, Town of New Glasgow
12.11.24 | Mayor Nancy Dicks discusses the challenging situation of affordable housing in the community, how her council is addressing it, and what co...
Mayor Cecil Clarke, Cape Breton Regional Municipality
12.11.24 | Mayor Cecil Clarke discusses his 2024 return to the mayor’s seat after previously serving from 2012-2020, why he wanted to come back, and h...
Mayor Rod Gilroy, County of Cumberland
12.11.24 | Mayor Rod Gilroy discusses the municipality’s recently renewed fire protection services agreement with nearby Amherst and what this mutuall...
Mayor Jim Ryan, Town of Pictou
12.11.24 | Mayor Jim Ryan discusses his feelings behind serving a third term as mayor, as well as the impacts the Pictou Cultural Centre project, and...
Mayor Pam Mood, Town of Yarmouth
12.11.24 | Mayor Pam Mood discusses the reasoning behind the town’s recently expanded transit service, which is now not only free for riders to use bu...
Mayor Cathy Hinton, Town of Truro
12.11.24 | Mayor Cathy Hinton, the first woman to serve as mayor of Truro, discusses the impact of her historic election, what it has meant to her, an...
Warden James Fuller, District of St. Mary’s
12.11.24 | Warden James Fuller discusses the challenges of ensuring timely waste disposal in communities of all sizes, communication between rural and...