Bree Taylor is a singer-songwriter based out of Streetsville, Mississauga. This is Episode #149 of the Welcome! podcast. Bree Taylor started singing at the age of 6 in a choir Bree attended the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music and then went to the Oakville Academy for the Arts Her first single was called “Broken Dreams” … Continue reading Bree Taylor
Mary Ormsby has been a fixture in Toronto’s media landscape for many years. I first heard her on Prime Time Sports with Bob McCown and then began reading her in the Toronto Star. This is Episode #148 of the Welcome! podcast. While growing up Mary Ormsby wanted to be a marine biologist like Jacques Cousteau! Mary … Continue reading Mary Ormsby
Christine Estima has been professionally writing since she was 18. Since then, Christine has continued to write articles, essays, novels and even plays. You can find her on Twitter @christineestima. This is Episode #147 of the Welcome! podcast. Christine Estima is half Portuguese and half Lebanese. Christine grew up near Montreal and currently calls Toronto home. Christine … Continue reading Christine Estima
Dan Speerin and Vince Kesavamoorthy joined Karim Kanji and Gregg Tilston in Girth Radio studios on October 23, 2018. The day after Toronto’s election that saw the voters return John Tory as the mayor of the largest city in Canada. This is Episode #146 of the Welcome! podcast. Special thanks to my co-host Gregg Tilston and … Continue reading Toronto Election 2018: Post Election Coverage
Now that we finally have the audio versions of last week’s Toronto Election Facebook Livestream we thought we’d create a page that includes the videos and audio in one place. This is Episode #145 of the Welcome! podcast. Special thanks to my co-host Gregg Tilston and to our Toronto Election in-studio guests Kelly Dyment, Bryn Feldmann, … Continue reading Toronto Election Coverage 2018
On Monday October 22, 2018, Toronto goes to the polls to elect new school Trustees, a Mayor and council. Sabrina Zuniga is a candidate for city council in Ward 10 which is the Spadina-Fort York neighbourhood. Here is my conversation with Sabrina Zuniga. This is episode #144 of the Welcome! podcast. Listen below: SPOTIFY Girth Radio … Continue reading Sabrina Zuniga
Sarah Midanik is the President and CEO of the Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack Fund. She is also a member of the Métis Nation of Alberta and current resident of Toronto. This is episode #143 of the Welcome! podcast. Here are some of the things I discussed with Sarah Midanik: The importance of not apologizing for taking … Continue reading Sarah Midanik: Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack Fund
Dai Williams is the Interim Co-chair and Communications Lead for Women Win Toronto. Women Win Toronto is a Toronto-based organization dedicated to train and prepare women from diverse backgrounds (including trans and gender non-conforming individuals) to run winning campaigns for the 2018 Toronto municipal election. Visit them at http://womenwinto.ca/ This is episode #142 of the Welcome! podcast. … Continue reading Dai Williams: Women Win Toronto
Rob Johnston is the Lead Audio Producer and head of Sound Design for CuriousCast. What is CuriousCast? It’s the new Corus podcast project. Rob has also been the Technical Producer for the Alan Cross show, Ongoing History of New Music, since forever. This is episode #141 of the Welcome! podcast. Here are some of the things … Continue reading Rob Johnston from #Curiouscast
Amira de Vera is a good friend of the Welcome! and has supported us over the past 2+ years. So much so that we decided to pull back the covers on this in-depth and revealing discussion with one of Canada’s top entertainment and lifestyle public relations professionals. This is episode #140 of the Welcome! podcast. Here … Continue reading Amira de Vera
