Strategic recruitment and the future of municipal hiring
Ria Dhillon, Deputy CEO at destinationone consulting, joins us to discuss current hiring trends and what the future of recruitment looks like – especially for ...
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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 breaking point, with ...
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 incivility at the local ...
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, join us to ...
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 opportunities as they work with ...
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 from “ecofactories,” which integrate water, waste, ...
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 Accountability Act, which is ...
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 the ...
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 ...
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, Infrastructure ...
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 by northern ...
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 about FCM’s ...
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 features Chris Day, OLC executive director, and ...
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 godmother ...
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 ...
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 municipal leader can take ...
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 traditional notion of a ...
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 are full of wisdom ...
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 municipal leader can ...
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 understanding what Emotional Intelligence is and ...
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 business with Canada’s ...
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 and how designating ...
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, in particular, a ...
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 animal bylaws.
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 bylaws and what ...
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 from “bad faith ...
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 critical to the planning process ...