The Briefing Note Podcast

Episode 31 features Amanda Kingsley Malo, the founder of PoliticsNOW, an organization she founded that's dedicated to electing women to municipal councils across Northern Ontario. Sarah and Amanda talk about how Amanda got involved in politics, how and why she started PoliticsNOW, why they both want to see Canada's next female prime minister and so much more. More about Amanda Kinsley Ma...

In Episode 30 of Ellected, host Sarah Elder-Chamanara talks with Ontario Liberal political candidate Katie Gibbs about a series of tweets she sent out during the June election sharing the most commonly asked question she received on the doors - "how old are you?" Katie and Sarah talk about the questions women in politics are asked and why, along with more about Katie's experience of...

More about Leela Aheer: Leela Aheer was first elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the constituency of Chestermere-Rocky View on May 5, 2015. She was re-elected on April 16, 2019, as the MLA for the newly formed riding of Chestermere-Strathmore. Born in Edmonton and raised in Chestermere, where she is raising her family, Aheer is a proud wife and mother of two boys. Pri...

The second episode in this weeks series of conversations with some of the UCP leadership candidates is here with a conversation with Rajan Sawhney. Rajan and Sarah talk about her bid to be the next leader of Alberta's United Conservative party and the next premier of Alberta. Rajan shares what differentiates her in a very frank conversation with some very straightforward answers on issues lik...

In a special feature for Ellected, this weeks episodes feature back-to-back conversations with UCP leadership candidates, one of whom will be the next premier of Alberta, Rebecca Schulz, Rajan Sawhney and Leela Aheer. Episodes are being released in the order in which they were recorded. The first conversation with Rebecca Schulz hits on the UCPs spending, the proposed school curriculum, nomination...

CONTENT WARNING - Please be aware that this episode discusses personal accounts of abortion, miscarriage and pregnancy loss. In Episode 26 of Ellected Sarah talks with Kathryn Marshall, partner at the Toronto law firm Levitt Sheikh about her work as the lawyer representing Ariella Kimmel who is suing Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's office for wrongful dismissal after alleging she was subjected...

In episode 25 of Ellected host Sarah Elder-Chamanara talks with politician, political scientist, activist, author and mother Dr. Kate Graham about her election loss, the election, they get into discussing if and how electoral reform might increase voter turnout in future elections with two different takes on the topic, the metrics that matter during a campaign, conversations with girls at the door...

More about Senator Kim Pate: Kim Pate was appointed to the Senate of Canada on November 10, 2016. First and foremost, the mother of Michael and Madison, she is also a nationally renowned advocate who has spent nearly 40 years working in and around the legal and penal systems of Canada, with and on behalf of some of the most marginalized, victimized, criminalized and institutionalized — particularl...

In episode 23 of Ellected host Sarah Elder-Chamanara talks with multi-multi-hyphenate lawyer, feminist, advocate, mentor, political candidate Naomi Sayers. Naomi and Sarah talk about the process of political parties vetting candidates and how it doesn't work, how it could change so that more women and people actually run, how she ultimately ended up running as an independent (spoiler that isn...

In Episode 22 of Ellected, host Sarah Elder-Chamanara talks with Alberta's Minister of Children's Services Rebecca Schulz about the $3.8 billion child care deal she signed with Ottawa in November 2021 that will see Albertans paying an average of $10 per day for child care by 2026. Rebecca Schulz was elected to Alberta's Legislative Assembly on April 16, 2019, as the MLA for Calgary-...