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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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Taking action on housing affordability: Homebuilders plan for Ottawa’s future
Jason Burggraaf, executive director of the Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association, joins us to discuss how Ottawa’s housing crisis has reached a br...
Civility in service: Building respect in municipal workplaces
Danielle Manton, the 2025-2026 AMCTO president, discusses new research from the organization on the serious and growing impacts of harassment and inci...
Building strong communities with sustainable, affordable housing
Emilie Hayes, the lead for sustainable affordable housing at the Green Municipal Fund, and Nancy Simmonds, the CEO for Heartland Housing Foundation, j...
Leading Change with Emotional Intelligence
Carolyn Stern, EI and leadership development expert as well as an author, joins us to talk about the emotional intelligence skills that are most neede...
The evolution of Western Cities HR Conference
Dawn McCoy, executive director of Western Cities HR Conference (WCRHC), joins us to talk about how this conference has grown and evolved, including th...
How Emotional Intelligence intersects with equity
Joanne Kinya Baker, a registered social worker, equity strategist, and founder of Shades of Humanity Consulting, joins us to talk about to talk about...
Workplace challenges and opportunities
Maureen Parker and Ian Howatt, partners in Elevate the Path consulting, join us to talk about the HR challenges that are most frequently confronting t...
Boosting workplace engagement
Pauline Perreault, a corporate culture and leadership strategist, founder of Jump Outta Bed Inc., and for the past four years the high-energy emcee of...
Emotional Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence
MacDonald Oguike, director of corporate training and workforce development at the University of Calgary, joins us to talk about emotional intelligence...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...