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Hosted by Municipal World · 🇺🇸 US · EN-CA · 37 episodes
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Municipal World introduces its new podcast, MW Shares, devoted to sharing the stories of communities from coast to coast to coast, and providing insights into the challenges and opportunities facing local governments today. This podcast will cover the stories that matter most to municipalities, municipal leaders, and their communities, covering topics like council-staff relations, place making, innovation, sustainability economic development, civic engagement, human resources, communications, managing change, and more. Hosted by Municipal World CEO Susan Gardner, MW Shares takes listeners deeper into the civic issues that municipal governments must tackle every day, highlighting new and emerging next practices, and sharing stories intended to shape and elevate conversations about community. These are the stories of local government – the celebrations of success, the sharing of lessons learned, the cautionary tales, and the keen insights into what lies ahead for municipalities as they t
Municipal World hosts MW Shares, a government show with 37 episodes published.
George Cuff, municipal governance expert, author, and Municipal World columnist, joins to discuss his decades of working with municipalities, particularly around the leadership dynamic between mayors and CAOS, as well as
Municipalities must learn how to adjust and maintain perimeter protection in real time as conditions shift – whether for routine event changes or full‑blown emergencies. Shawn Lowry, the vice president of sales and marke
Nicolas Germond, the country director and CEO for Veolia in Canada, joins us to discuss how the integration of water, wastewater, and energy planning can cut costs, boost resilience, and turn treatment plants into resour
Ria Dhillon, Deputy CEO at destinationone consulting, joins us to discuss current hiring trends and what the future of recruitment looks like – especially for municipalities. The post Strategic recruitment and the 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 housing attainability and the cost of living now to
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 level. This topic is especially relevant to munici
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 discuss how municipalities and housing providers are proving
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 AI and technology to deliver services.
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, and energy projects
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, through strong partnerships, is transforming urban land into resilien
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 intended to punish municipal councillors for v
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 groundwork for a National Prosperity Partnership in order to alig
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 Prosperity Partnership that would mean the coordination of all levels
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 and Transportation (FIT) committee, joins us to talk ab
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 communities, such as an affordable housing shortage, aging
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 rural report, The Future of Rural Canada, a comprehensive ro
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 Sandra LaRose, a rail safet
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 – reliance on other orders of government and the expectation that te
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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 action to constantly improve their Emotional
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