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S1E17 Canada’s Quiet Advantage: Maturity Over Noise | Season 1 Reflection (Part 1)
Send a text to Canada Now! 💬After 16 conversations across housing, governance, technology, business, entrepreneurship, and media, a pattern began to emerge.Not just innovation. Not just…
S1E16 Community Is the Moat: Vancouver Tech, Canadian Media, and the Offline Reset — with William Johnson
Send a text to Canada Now! 💬In this episode of Canada Now, I’m joined by William Johnson — Vice President of Strategy & Operations at Overstory Media Group and founder of Vancouver Tech Journal —…
S1E15 Loyalty Beyond Points: Building Community-Led Brands — with Matias Marquez
Send a text to Canada Now! 💬In this episode of Canada Now, I’m joined by Matias Marquez, founder and CEO of ethos — a modern loyalty and membership platform helping brands move beyond transactional…
S1E14 Leading Without a Map: Governance, Risk & Decision-Making in Uncertain Times — with Darlene Hyde
Send a text to Canada Now! 💬We’re living through a moment of real uncertainty — geopolitically, economically, and technologically. The old playbooks are breaking down. The rules are shifting. And…
S1E13 Podcasting in 2026: What Still Works, What’s Changed, and Why ROI Matters — with Brayden Dyczkowski
Send a text to Canada Now! 💬Podcasting has changed — but it hasn’t lost its power.In this episode of Canada Now, I’m joined by Brayden Dyczkowski, founder of Podfather Creative and the producer…
S1E12 Building What Lasts: Climate Tech, Cash Flow, and a Canadian Model of Innovation | Arman Mottaghi
Send a text to Canada Now! 💬In this episode of Canada Now, host Ashley Smith sits down with Arman Mottaghi, founder and CEO of Properate, to explore what it really takes to build companies that last…
S1E11 AI Is Not a Bubble — It’s a Leadership Test | Karen Olsson
Send a text to Canada Now! 💬AI is everywhere — but leadership hasn’t always caught up.In this episode of Canada Now, host Ashley Smith is joined by Karen Olsson, tech entrepreneur, fractional CEO,…
S1E10 Why Trust — Not Perfection — Is the Future of Brand Building | Brady Dahmer
Send a text to Canada Now! 💬In a world flooded with AI-generated content, endless platforms, and “perfect” branding, what actually builds trust?In this episode of Canada Now, Ashley is joined by…
S1E9 How Tom Rossiter Took a Canadian Tech Company Public Pre-Product — and Scaled RESAAS to 160 Countries
Send a text to Canada Now! 💬How does a Canadian tech company go public before it has a finished product — and then scale to more than 160 countries?In this episode, Tom Rossiter, Co-Founder and CEO…
S1E8 Canada’s Cyber Wake-Up Call: What Every Leader Needs to Know in 2026 — with Dominic Vogel
Send a text to Canada Now! 💬Cyber attacks aren’t just rising — they’re transforming. And most Canadian companies aren’t even close to ready.In this eye-opening conversation, cybersecurity expert…
S1E7 The Future of Work, Leadership & Humanity: A Conversation with Jay Rosenzweig
Send a text to Canada Now! 💬The future of work is changing fast — and few people have a better vantage point on global leadership, talent, and purpose than Jay Rosenzweig.Jay Rosenzweig is a…
S1E6 Factory-Built Homes vs. the Cost of Chaos: Can Modular Be More Affordable, Convenient — and Beautiful? | Rohe Homes
Send a text to Canada Now! 💬Factory-built homes are back in the spotlight in Canada — but are today’s modular homes actually good enough to help fix the housing crisis and be places people truly want…
S1E5 Unlocking Underused Land: A Tech Founder’s Dynamic Journey to Democratize Real Estate — w/ Laura Fortey
Send a text to Canada Now! 💬What if a major housing unlock is hiding in plain sight?This week, Ashley sits down with Laura Fortey — co-founder & COO of Reitium — to unpack how churches,…
S1E4 Disrupt Yourself: How Canadians Win the Next Wave of Change — with Jeff King
Send a text to Canada Now! 💬When disruption hits your industry, will you adapt — or get left behind?Jeff King, CEO of Greater Vancouver REALTORS® and former COO of SOCAN (the Society of Composers,…
S1E3 Social Media Reimagined — The Canadian Way, Eh!? | Ft. Jess Glowacki
Send a text to Canada Now! 💬Can social media feel human again? 🇨🇦 After two decades of algorithms, outrage, and endless scroll, Jess Glowacki is rebuilding social — the Canadian way.As the founder of…
S1E2 From Deals to Stewardship: Reinventing Real Estate in Canada — with Ross McCredie
Send a text to Canada Now! 💬Real estate is having its travel-agent moment — but the higher calling is stewardship. Serial Entrepreneur, investor, and Sutton Group CEO, Ross McCredie explains how…
S1E1 Beyond Listings: Data, Digitization & Canada’s Housing Future — with Trevor Koot
Send a text to Canada Now! 💬What does a smarter, more resilient housing system look like in Canada? BCREA CEO Trevor Koot joins Ashley to zoom out: climate shocks, immigration, Indigenous title and…
S1E1 Canada Now - Trailer
Send a text to Canada Now! 💬Welcome to Canada Now where we highlight the voices, ideas, and bold moves shaping Canada's next chapter through an unapologetically Canadian lens. 🇨🇦 Canada’s story is…
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Canada Now has published 18 episodes since September 2025, covering topics in Business, Places & Travel.
Canada Now is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 51m.
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