The Just Drew Podcast

Amy is a community activist turned elected official and the current Mayor of Norfolk County. Previous to this she was Ward 6 councillor for Port Dover and the first female and youngest elected councillor in Ward 6. Elected with 50.8% of the vote and the largest voter turn out county wide. Amy is focused on representing the public and the interests of the municipality at large. Drafting sound policy to address long-term strategic needs.

Graeme is character driven documentary style film maker with a long history in the industry starting as young as 15 years old. He went to Niagara college for broadcasting, had worked in news with CHCH, camera operating and editing for over a decade. Graeme is now a fully independent film maker, Director and Producer working under his own production by the name of Windecker Road Films.

Dan Eynon is a young Entrepreneur. Owner and Operator of Forkin Perogy and The Barnyard Patio and Pub. He was born and raised in Norfolk County and grew up in an entrepreneurial environment helping run his parents family business at a young age.

Aaron Ettinger specializes in International Relations and US foreign policy. His research focuses on US foreign policy in the post-Cold War era and its implications for world order. His current SSHRC IDG funded project explores Canada-US relations during the Trump presidency. Recent published work covers a range of issues including US and Canadian foreign policy, sports and politics, and International Relations pedagogy. His research appears in International Studies Review, International Studies Perspectives, Survival, Security Dialogue, Millennium, International Journal, Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, Politics, Comparative Strategy, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, and International Journal of Sports Policy and Politics.In the classroom, his teaching programme embraces the “Global IR” agenda and its push for greater disciplinary inclusiveness and intellectual diversity. He teaches classes on a wide range of topics in world politics, including a popular first-year course on “world order in an age of crisis.” He is the recipient of many teaching awards including the 2021 the Canadian Political Science Association Prize for Teaching Excellence and the 2024 Carleton Faculty of Public Affairs Teaching Excellence prize.Before joining the Department of Political Science at Carleton, he taught at the University of Waterloo, Dalhousie University, and Queen’s University.