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Episode 2: Building Community Through Inclusive Leadership: A candid chat with Mayor Amanda MacDougall

Bet On Me with Annette Verschuren

English - October 15, 2021 13:00 - 49 minutes - 56.1 MB
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Previous Episode: Episode 1: From Farm Girl to Global Changemaker: Getting to know Annette Verschuren
Next Episode: Episode 3: Fish Guts to Gold: Creating a sustainable future through bioengineering with Dr. Beth Mason, CEO of Verschuren Centre

In this episode, I speak with one of the most inspiring women I have had the pleasure of working with, Amanda McDougall. Amanda was elected Mayor of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality in October 2020, making history by becoming the first female Mayor of CBRM.

Mayor McDougall is a Cape Breton University graduate in Political Science and hails from Main-a-Dieu, a small fishing village of just about 200 people, on the beautiful island of Cape Breton, NS.

Shortly after taking office as Mayor, Amanda, her partner Kevin, and son Ronan welcomed a new addition to their family – a beautiful little boy named Emmett. Emmett now joins his mother in the office on a regular basis and serves as a constant reminder of how decisions at the Council table can impact the future.

Amanda is brazen, bold, progressive, and one of the most dynamic leaders in our country. Not only is she shattering glass ceilings, but she is doing it with progressive leadership, grace and collaboration.