Wildfires, Floods, and Chaos Communications: Management of Issues, Crises and Disasters
How can we better manage crises and disasters? Join us as we talk to people in various roles about issues management, crisis communication and emergency information.
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QuickBits: Trust, Accessibility, Recovery and a Deep Dive into Canada's 2026 Wildfire Season
Meta’s Paywall Era Arrives – Links Now Cost Money: Quickbits Chaos Update
Meta just dropped a seismic shift across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp - and it’s going to hit creators, businesses, and community pages hard. In this Quickbits Chaos Update, Tim Conrad breaks down Meta One, the new subscription model that puts a price tag on something we’ve all taken for granted: posting links to your own audience.
From $2.99 individual plans to business tiers reaching $149 to $499 per month just to add links to posts and reels, this update signals a major chang…
Trust, Trauma and Transparency: Behind the Badge of Modern Policing | Police Association of Ontario
Managing police communications requires balancing public trust with officer mental health in a rapidly changing media landscape.
Tim Conrad sits down with Kiki Cloutier, Director of Communications and Public Affairs for the Police Association of Ontario, to examine the realities facing modern policing. This conversation provides an honest perspective on how police services navigate crisis communication during violent attacks, the emotional weight of regimental funerals, and the essen…
What I Wish I Knew Before the Fire: A Survivor’s Advice
In 2008, a Nova Scotia wildfire forced entire communities to flee. In this episode of Wildfires, Floods and Chaos Communications, host Tim Conrad sits down with Gary Stronach, an evacuee from the 2008 Porters Lake wildfire in Nova Scotia.
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We examine the dedication of the firefighters and rescue teams who stood their ground when the situation seemed impossible, and look at the endu…
Trust, Trauma and Transparency: Behind the Badge of Modern Policing | With Kiki Cloutier of the Police Association of Ontario
Send us Fan Mail Police services across Canada are navigating one of the most complex eras in modern history - rising targeted violence, shifting public trust, shrinking newsrooms, and a media landscape that moves faster than ever. In this episode, Tim Conrad welcomes Kiki Cloutier, Director of Communications and Public Affairs for the Police Association of Ontario, representing 33,000 officers across 46 member associations. Kiki brings a candid, inside look at how police communicators manag…
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