Ep. 13 - Elevating Canada's Creative Industries with Sean Speer and Jill Golick

08/10/18 • 47 min

In this episode, Sean Speer is joined by Jill Golick, one of Canada's leading thinkers on broadcasting and cultural policy. An award-winning screenwriter, former President of the Writers Guild of Canada, and current Director of Women in View, Ms. Golick is among the most experienced leaders and advocates for Canada's creative sector. This episode explores her extensive vision for taking Canadian media to new levels of commercial success and creative achievement. In light of the federal government's recent decision to review Canadian broadcasting, telecommunications, and radiocommunications policy, Speer and Golick drill down on the outdated aspects of current policy that must be overhauled to allow Canada's content creators to thrive in the digital media age.

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Ep. 12 – Confronting Cybersecurity Threats to Canada with Shuvaloy Majumdar and Dick Fadden

In this episode, Shuvaloy Majumdar is joined by Richard (Dick) Fadden, one of Canada's most decorated civil servants and foremost experts on issues related to national security. Most notably, Mr. Fadden has served as National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, Deputy Minister of National Defence, and as Director of CSIS. In this episode, his deep expertise is applied to questions surrounding the current state of cybersecurity in Canada. The conversation differentiates various forms of cyber threats while challenging Canadians to be more mindful of the lurking dangers posed by cyber warfare and cybercrime, as well as by online propaganda, misinformation, and politically-motivated "fake news."

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Ep. 14 - Pursuing Indigenous and Northern Prosperity with Ken Coates and Dr. Greg Finnegan

In this episode, Ken Coates is joined by Dr. Greg Finnegan to discuss his role as Chief Executive Officer at Na-cho Nyak Dun Development Corporation. Na-cho Nyak Dun is a vibrant and unique northern Yukon community with natural resource mining at its backbone. Coates and Finnegan elaborate its long history of Indigenous entrepreneurship as well as how Na-cho Nyak Dun has been successful in confronting several challenges along the way. A long-time Yukoner and economic geographer, Dr. Finnegan brings exceptional insight to the very timely issues of Indigenous reconciliation, natural resource development, and the continued prosperity and independence of northern communities.