AMO 2025 - Presentations

Thank you for joining us at AMO 2025. 

 

Sunday, August 17

1. Growing Wisely: Planning for Our Community’s Future

  • Jennifer Court, Executive Director, Asset Management Ontario
  • Dan Wilson, CAO, Township of Centre Wellington
  • Erin Orr, Program Advisor, CCBF
  • Suzanne Olimer, Commissioner of Finance and Corporate Services

2. AMO’s Civility and Anti-Harassment Strategy – MASS LBP

  • Peter MacLeod, Principal and Founder, MASS LBP
  • Kayte McNight, Consultant, MASS LBP
  • Jasmin Kay, Director, MASS LBP

3. Understanding Municipalities and Corporate Partnerships, sponsored by Partnership Group - Sponsorship Specialists

  • Brent Barootes, President and CEO, Partnership Group – Sponsorship Specialists

4. Activating provincial support for emergency preparedness and response, Ministry of Emergency Preparedness and Response

  • The Honourable Jill Dunlop, Minister, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Ministry of the Solicitor General

5. Building a Culture of Human Connection Where People and Business Thrive

  • Pete Bombaci, Founder/CEO, GenWell

 

Monday, August 18

 

Robin Jones, AMO President; Mayor, Village of Westport

 

The. Hon. Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario

 

Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition and NDP

 

Bonnie Crombie, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party

 

Mike Schreiner, Leader of the Green Party of Ontario

AGM

Concurrent Sessions:

1. Have Your Say: Health and Human Services

  • Aina DeViet, Chair, Deputy Warden of Middlesex County, Mayor of Middlesex County
  • Norm Gale, Facilitator, Former City Manager of the City of Thunder Bay

2. Arts and Culture in Local Economic Development:

  • Dane Nielsen, Chair, Deputy Mayor, Municipality of Grey Highlands
  • Miriam Kramer, Executive Director, Government & Community Relations, and Public Policy, OCAD University

3. AMO's Indigenous Reconciliation Action Plan

  • Wendy Landry, Chair, Mayor, Town of Shuniah
  • Sara Loft, Principal, Tawi:ne Consulting Inc.
  • Olga Semenovych, Associate Consultant, Tawi:ne Consulting Inc.
  • Cora McGuire-Cyrette, Executive Director of Ontario Native Women's Association
  • Emmanuel Dowuona, Director of Policy and Government Relations, Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres
  • Joanne Meyer, COO, Métis Nation of Ontario

4. Partnerships to Develop the Municipal Staff Talent Pipeline

  • Meighan Wark, Chair, CAO, County of Huron
  • Anne-Marie Fannon, Director, University of Waterloo Centre for Work-Integrated Learning
  • Victoria Colling, Manager of Training, Walkerton Clean Water Centre
  • Claire Basinski, Chair, Ontario Professional Planners Institute

5. Local Approaches to Unlocking New Housing

  • Dorothy McCabe, Chair, Mayor, City of Waterloo
  • April Nix – Manager, Planning Policy, Oxford County
  • Michelle Banfield – Executive Director of Development Services, City of Barrie
  • Ryan Pettipiere – Director, Housing Services, Waterloo Region

 

Tuesday, August 19

Concurrent Sessions:

1. Have Your Say: Housing and Land-Use Planning

  • Kieran McKenzie, Chair, Councillor, City of Windsor
  • Norm Gale, Facilitator, Former City Manager of the City of City of Thunder Bay - Principal, Norm Gale Strategies

2. Libraries for Community Impact and Childhood

  • Paul Ainslie, Chair, Deputy Mayor, City of Toronto
  • Angela Caputo, Councillor, City of Sault Ste. Marie
  • Jeanne Smitiuch, Senior Regional Director, The Dollywood Foundation of Canada
  • Dina Stevens, Executive Director, Federation of Ontario Public Libraries

3. Working with Indigenous Partners to Address Gender-Based Violence

  • Riley Brockington, Chair, Councillor, City of Ottawa
  • Cora McGuire-Cyrette, Moderator, Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Native Women’s Association
  • Mary Daoust, Executive Director of Minwaashin Lodge Indigenous Women’s Support Centre
  • Stephanie Mikki Adams, Executive Director of Inuuqatigiit Centre for Inuit Children, Youth
  • Anita Armstrong, Executive Director, Odawa Native Friendship Centre

4. Challenges and Opportunities of the Sharing Economy

  • Lynn Dollin, Chair, Mayor, Town of Innisfil
  • Robert Lamb, Chief Administrative Officer; Deputy Clerk, Township of Tiny
  • Andria Leigh, Director, Planning & Growth, Town of Innisfil
  • David Wachsmuth, Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in Urban Governance, McGill University

5. IMPACT+| Le Café franco-dynamique

  • Michelle Boileau, Animatrice, présidente de l'AFMO et maire de Timmins
  • Mélanie Chevrier et Jennifer Regnier,Modératrices, l'Équipe M

6. Have Your Say: Municipal Finance & Economic Development

  • Trevor Wilcox, Chair, General Manager, Corporate Performance, County of Simcoe
  • Norm Gale, Facilitator, Former City Manager of the City of Thunder Bay- Principal, Norm Gale Strategies

7. Investments in Architecture to Improve Public Spaces and Accessibility

  • Diane Ballantyne, Chair, Councillor, County of Wellington
  • Hayley Hodges, Client & Family Experience Lead, Five Counties Children’s Centre
  • Jen Angel, CEO, Evergreen
  • Shane Laptiste, Principal, Studio of Contemporary Architecture (SOCA)

8. MPAC's Vision for Data-Driven Municipal Success

  • Danny Whalen, Chair, Councillor, City of Temiskaming Shore
  • Alan Spacek, Chair of Municipal Property Assessment Corporation, Board of Directors
  • Nicole NcNeill, President and Chief Administrative Officer, Municipal Property Assessment Corporation

9. Integrating Housing and Health Supports

  • Bonnie Clark, Chair, Warden, County of Peterborough
  • Clara Freire, General Manager, Community and Social Services, City of Ottawa
  • Tyler Campbell, General Manager, Community Well-Being , City of Greater Sudbury
  • Kathy Peters, Executive Director, Burlington Ontario Health Team

10. First Nations Land Use Planning

  • Tammy Hwang, Chair, Councillor, City of Hamilton
  • Miptoon (Anthony Chegahno), Councillor, Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation
  • Chris Plain, Deputy Grand Chief, Anishinabek Nation
  • Brandy George, Archaeology Technical Advisor for Chiefs of Ontario
  • Tanya Hill-Montour, Archaeological Supervisor, Six Nations of the Grand River

11. Workforce Housing

  • Dan Chapman, Chair, Chief Administrative Officer, City of Kitchener
  • Leslie Woo, Chief Executive Officer, CivicAction
  • Jag Sharma, Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services, City of Toronto
  • Jasveen Rattan, Director of Policy and Government Relations, Ontario Restaurant, Hotel and Motel Association

 

The Hon. Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health

 

The Hon. Kinga Surma, Minister of Infrastructure

 

The Hon. Rob Flack, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing