The Northern Sentinels Podcast
By Chris Ayotte
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Episodes: 166
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The NSP is all about human stories that educate and inspire. More specifically, it's about the lives of those who have chosen to do something bigger than themselves and serve a cause, their community, or the country. Most of these people have dedicated their part of their lives to others is some way - serving in uniform, as a public servant, or leading in the community. These are fascinating, deeply personal stories about the unique journeys our fellow citizens have taken in their service to us. I hope you find them as wonderful as I do.
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Episode 58 - Natalka Cmoc
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Sep 09, 2026 |
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Episode 57 - Wendy Gilmour
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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Episode 56 - Gitane De Silva
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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Episode 55 - Darcy Molstad
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Episode 54 - Eliot Pence
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Episode 53 - Mel Crocker
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Episode 52 - Kevin Ford
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Episode 51 - Bruce Moncur
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Dragged Behind a CC-130 Hercules
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Send It - Canada's Snipers at War in Afghanistan
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Episode 50 - Billie Flynn
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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The Complexity of Dropping Bombs
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Just Don't Quit
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Episode 49 - Dan Gardner
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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The Tombstone Mentality
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Getting Big Canadian Things Done
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Episode 48 - Whitney Lackenbauer
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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The Gift of Intellectual Discomfort
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Building in Canada's North
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Episode 47 - Gary Forward
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Keep Calm and Carry On
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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The Rookie and The Right Thing
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Episode 46 - Mary Ann Barber
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May 28, 2025 |
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The costs of service to something bigger
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May 26, 2025 |
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Life in a combat emergency room
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May 23, 2025 |
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Episode 45 - Dr. John Whelan
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May 14, 2025 |
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PTSD Medicalization
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May 12, 2025 |
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The power of the shared experience
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May 09, 2025 |
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Paddle for Resilience
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May 05, 2025 |
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The Politics of National Defence
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Defence Policy for Dummies
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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The Navy as an Instrument of National Defence
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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The F35 Investment for National Defence
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Arctic Security as a Pillar of National Defence
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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New Forms of Investment for Improved National Defence
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Building Deterrence for National Defence
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Life in Rotations: an interview with the author, Farid Yaghini
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Episode 44 - Peter Devlin
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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The bureaucracy facing Canadian colleges
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Transition is tough, even for Army Commanders
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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Episode 43 - Rahul Goel
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Investing in Canada
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Building a Canadian Rocket Company
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Episode 42 - Brice Scheschuk
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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The Canadian Telecom Oligopoly
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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The Unicorn Myth
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Episode 41 - Wayne Goranson
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Serving Your Community
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Humanity Over Profit
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Episode 40 - Scott Moore
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Invictus Saves Lives
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Episode 39 - Mark Bluvshtein
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Blitz Chess and Growing the Audience
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Becoming a Grand Master
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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Episode 38 - J. Paul Haynes
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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The Real Impacts of a Cyber Attack
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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The Cyber Kill Chain
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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Episode 37 - Richard Fadden
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Understanding bureaucracy as a war fighting function
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Foreign interference is eroding the foundations of our democracy
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Episode 36 - Paul Maddison
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Stopping the slide to strategic irrelevance
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Why the Indo-Pacific matters to you
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Nov 30, 2024 |
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Episode 35 - Russ Vida
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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No Names, No Pack Drill: An Oral History of Canadians at War in Afghanistan
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Episode 34 - Christian Lillington
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Episode 33 - Cole Rosentreter
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Episode 32 - Bona Normandeau
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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The power of honest communications
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Is happiness a choice?
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Episode 31 - Mubin Shaikh
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Loyalties
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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De-radicalized by 9/11
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Episode 30 - Chris Taylor
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Illegal Firearms in Canada
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Growing up in Queens, New York
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Episode 29 - Tim Powers
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Talking about mental health
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Politics and the Lowest Common Denominator
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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Episode 28 - Kevin Newman
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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The Cost of War
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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The impact of money on Canadian politics
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Episode 27 - Melanie Nadeau
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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The Innovation Mindset
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Is work-life balance a real thing?
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Episode 26 - Perrin Beatty
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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How businesses help build communities
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Political Accountability
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Episode 25 - Mike Jeffery
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Does the military have an addicted culture?
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Canada's Defence Procurement Problems
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Episode 24 - Sheldon Fernandez
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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The Grind - getting to good and then great
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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Regulating AI
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Episode 23 - Alaina Mundy
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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The Graceful Leader
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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The Curious Leader
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Episode 22 - Tim Fleiszer
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May 29, 2024 |
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Advice to parents on concussions in youth sports
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May 27, 2024 |
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Becoming a Champion
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May 24, 2024 |
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When Canada had a seat at the table
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May 17, 2024 |
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Leaving a successful career to help others
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May 16, 2024 |
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A masterclass on the UN Security Council
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May 15, 2024 |
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We bought a boat?
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May 14, 2024 |
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Escape from Iran - smugglers, guns, and freedom
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May 13, 2024 |
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Episode 21 - Arjun Grewal
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May 08, 2024 |
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What the heck is a polyglot?
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May 06, 2024 |
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The Rewards of Service
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May 04, 2024 |
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How to lead with humility
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Episode 20 - Stephanie Shapiro
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Surviving the Holocaust
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Turkey for Vegetarians
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Episode 19 - Sarah Goldfeder
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Transition to emission free vehicles
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Your past does not define your future
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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The power of the Peace Corps
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Episode 18 - Randy Turner
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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The Evolution of Thinking
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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The Power of Perseverance
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Mar 23, 2024 |
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How the elite set goals
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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A Eulogy of Brian Mulroney
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Episode 17 - Karen McCrimmon
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Integrity and politics - an uncommon pairing
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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The Morning Routine - taking care of yourself to serve people better
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Mar 09, 2024 |
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Learning to Lead
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Looking to the past to secure the future
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Episode 16 - Calvin Chrustie
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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An orca and the art of negotiation
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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A summer job, a punch in the face, and lessons for life - NSP Shorts (Calvin Chrustie)
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Episode 15 - Peter Tilley
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Looking for life's purpose - NSP Shorts (Peter Tilley)
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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A Life's Journey; from addiction, to sobriety, to fulfillment
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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Who is guarding the Canadian way of life? Well...it's you!
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Surviving a helicopter crash...and a pitchfork
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Alone in a crowd
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Episode 14 - Jennie Carignan
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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To mentor or not to mentor, that is the question!
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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A chainsaw, a bridge, and a lesson in surviving failure
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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No one is good at everything; fail, recover, and excel
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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What to do when a bomb destroys your apartment; a user's guide
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Episode 13 - Peter MacKay
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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How getting fired might have launched this famous Canadian
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Jan 13, 2024 |
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Gratitude, anti-fragility, and prosperity for our children
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Episode 12 - Alastair Luft
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Getting out of your own way to improve happiness and resiliency
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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A first hand account of the realities of war
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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The tipping point; a journey to a balanced life
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Renting two airliners without permission and not getting fired
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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The moral compass in combat
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Joining the Army on a bet
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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A machine gun, a broken ankle, and a lesson on failure - NSP Shorts (Steve MacBeth)
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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NSP Shorts - Introduction
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Surviving extreme adversity - NSP Shorts (Walt Natynczyk)
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Episode 11 - Michel Maisonneuve
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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Episode 10 - Robyn Hulan
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Episode 9 - Steve MacBeth
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Episode 8 - Robert Fowler (Part 2 of 2)
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Episode 7 - Farid Yaghini
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Episode 6 - Walt Natynczyk
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Episode 5 - Colleen Forestier
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Episode 4 - Shoaib Rahim
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Episode 1 - Robert Fowler (Part 1 of 2)
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Episode 2 - Austin Douglas
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Episode 3 - Marie-Claude Arguin
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Why am I doing this?
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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What is the NSP all about?
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Sep 24, 2023 |