Infrastructure challenges for rural communities
Joe Masi, FCM board member, Rural Forum vice-chair, and Portage la Prairie, Man. city councillor, joins to discuss the infrastructure challe...
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Listen to MW Shares, a Government & Organizations podcast by Municipal World. Stream 37 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
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20 of 37 episodesThe bail reform issue
Kathy Valentino, FCM board member and Thompson, Man. city councillor, joins us to discuss why bail reform has become such a pressing issue f...
Reimagining municipal work with AI
Katie Hayes, a member of MNP’s Digital Advisory Services team in Edmonton, joins us to discuss what is driving the municipal shift in reimag...
Can strong mayor powers help alleviate Canada’s housing crisis?
Rory Nisan, FCM board member, Ontario caucus chair, and Municipality of Halton, Ont. councillor, joins us to discuss the scope of the nation...
2026 FCM president’s vision for his term
Tim Tierney, 2026 FCM president and Ottawa city councillor, joins us to talk about his vision for helping lead the organization’s engagement...
Keys to good governance
George Cuff, municipal governance expert, author, and Municipal World columnist, joins to discuss his decades of working with municipalities...
Planning for the unplanned – Adapting municipal spaces in real time
Municipalities must learn how to adjust and maintain perimeter protection in real time as conditions shift – whether for routine event chang...
Turning Canada’s water deficit into opportunity
Nicolas Germond, the country director and CEO for Veolia in Canada, joins us to discuss how the integration of water, wastewater, and energy...
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 lik...
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 re...
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 harassmen...
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 Fou...
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 chall...
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...
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 Tow...
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 Munic...
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 ab...
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...
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...
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 challen...