Our guest on this episode is Dan Gibson. He represents Ward 1 in the Ontario municipality of Guelph as a city councillor. Dan has a BSc. from Trent University and a Masters in Environmental Science from the University of Toronto. He is also a Senior Environmental Scientist and has over 15 years of public and private experience.

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In this episode, our guest is Dr. Mathieu Vick, who is the President of the federal New Democratic Party. He has a PhD in Astrophysics from the University of Montreal and the University of Montpellier. 

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In this episode, our guest is Deepak Anand, who is the Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament for Mississauga Malton.  He is the special advisor to the Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade with Minister Fedeli with a focus on trade relations between India and Ontario. He has an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering and an MBA at the Schulich School of Business. 

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In this episode, our guest is Ryan Singh, who is a Senior Consultant at Temple Scott Associates where he provides government relations advice. Prior to this he worked at Queen’s Park in the office of the Chief Government Whip. He has served as the Secretary and Regional VP for the Ontario Liberal Party and managed a number of political campaigns including 3 provincial campaigns in 2011, 2014 and 2018.

We discuss a number of topics with respect to how to run for office in this episode, specific topics can be found at these timepoints:
Nominations - 7:26
Better engaging STEM with political parties - 17:28
Legislation - 24:50
Campaigning - 31:10

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In this episode, our guest is Dr. Kimberly Girling, who was the Interim Director of Evidence for Democracy -  an organization that advocates for the transparent use of evidence in government decision-making in Canada (https://evidencefordemocracy.ca/). She has a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of British Columbia and is currently a Senior Analyst at Public Health Agency of Canada.

*Note - this episode was recorded when Kimberly was the Interim Director of Evidence for Democracy.*

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Welcome to Periodically Political, a podcast by Elect STEM. In this episode we have the founders of Elect STEM, Darren Anderson, Monika Stolar and Chris Caputo discuss their vision for the organization and what listeners can expect from this podcast series. 

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