We welcome Alu McCabe from Trusted Time Inc and Thalia Semplonius from the Niagara Workforce Planning Board to discuss the Employee Engagement and Retention Survey;

They provide their insights and advice on how you can keep your employees and how to mitigate issues before they become long-term ones.

Want to know what employees told them in the survey? Listen now!

We're back Niagara!

We're bringing you more Niagara perpectives. More Niagara voices. And, of course, more Niagara conversations.

New episodes will be uploaded Wednesdays.

In our final episode of season one, we welcomed Kelly Jones from Employment Solutions, Deanna D’Elia from the YMCA, and Vivian Kinnaird from the Niagara Workforce Training Board. We’ll gain some insight into the local labour market. What it means for job seekers and what it means for businesses.

We welcome back Dr. Karim Ali, Director, Division of Infectious Diseases & Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Pandemic Preparedness Lead, and Natalie Ferraro, RN - Kidney Care Clinical Manager, Hemodialysis Unit (currently at the NH Vaccination Clinic). We also welcome Linda Boich, who is the Executive Vice President, Quality, and Mental Health and Addictions, Executive Lead, Integrated Care and Executive Lead, Niagara COVID-19 Vaccination Task Force. We will get an update from the team and talk about some of the lessons we have learned.

This week we will be welcoming Michelle Bisk Up, Director of Operations for the Niagara River Lions, Joey Burke, General Manager of the Niagara Ice Dogs, and Ryan Harrison, CEO for the Welland Jackfish. Three great local teams representing 3 beloved sports. We’ll learn about their challenges this past year and what they have planned for the fans this coming season!

This week we will be welcoming Scott Luey, CAO for the City of Port Colborne, and David Cribbs, CAO for the Town of Pelham. We’re going to discuss the challenges that they’ve experienced in managing a municipality. How they’ve been able to continue to provide core services with reduced resources and somehow maintain a community spirit!

This week we will be welcoming Blake Landry, Manager, Economic Research & Analysis, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Len Stolk, President, Stolk Construction, and Don Cyr, Chair of the Niagara Industrial Association. We’ll be discussing the results of the most recent Economic Rapid Recovery Team survey as well as gaining insight into our Construction and Manufacturing sectors in Niagara.

This week we will be welcoming some of our local Chamber of Commerce friends to the conversation. Joining us will be John D'Amico, Chair of the Niagara Centre Board of Trade and Commerce, Eduardo Lafforgue, CEO of the Niagara On The Lake Chamber, and Denise Potter, Executive Director of the West Lincoln Chamber. These are the folks that are always on the frontline for business. They have been actively responding to local business needs, providing information, resources, programming and a compassionate ear for the past year. Join us as they bring a level of insight that we have not yet heard on the podcast.

This week’s live South Niagara Conversations will focus on how the pandemic has impacted young people as they prepare to join the workforce. We will be talking about what the past year has been like for postsecondary students, what’s been their biggest challenge, how their learning has changed, and what their hopes for the future are. Joining us for the conversation will be Angela Walsh, Niagara College, Business Program, Samantha Jemison, Niagara College, Mechanical Engineering, Valerie Pagnotta, Brock University, Medical Sciences, and Darby Patterson, Brock University, Masters of Business Administration.

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This week our conversation will focus on the impact of the pandemic on Niagara Falls and the tourism industry as well as what tourism will look like post-pandemic. With an estimated 30 million visitors to this world-renown location, this past year has been beyond challenging. Joining us for the conversation will be Richard Taylor, President Niagara Casinos, and Joel Noden, Director of Marketing, HOCO Entertainment, and Resorts.