Min. Eleanor Olszewski // Mikael Colville-Andersen

About this episode

The episode features interviews with Minister Eleanor Olszewski discussing major projects and Mikael Colville-Andersen sharing insights on urbanism.

Mikael Colville-Andersen has worked in more than 100 cities around the world, "putting the 'f*ck you' back into urbanism". The Fort McMurray-born Copenhagen resident explains the f-bomb and brings fascinating insights on city design in times of crisis in our feature interview presented by Mercedes-Benz Edmonton West (33:00). But first... 6:00 | Minister Eleanor Olszewski talks major projects and the Canada Strong Fund, and updates us on Jasper's rebuild. THIS EPISODE IS PRESENTED BY RapidEX FINANCIAL. THE CRYPTO WORLD MOVES FAST, BUT YOUR TRUST IN AN EXCHANGE SHOULDN'T BE A GAMBLE. RapidEX IS SECURE, FINTRAC-REGISTERED, AND NON-CUSTODIAL. SAVE 50% ON FEES ON ONLINE INTERAC E-TRANSFER TRADES WITH PROMO CODE RYAN50 AT https://rapidexfinancial.com/. TELL US WHAT YOU THINK: talk@ryanjespersen.com MBEW: https://www.mercedes-benz-edmontonwest.ca/ MIKAEL COLVILLE-ANDERSEN: https://www.colville-andersen.com/ ATTEND MIKAEL'S MAY 1 TALK in EDMONTON: https://www.michaeljanz.ca/cityhalltalk3 1:18:00 | Jespo and Johnny talk 15 minute cities and check in our our Live Chat powered by Park Power. SAVE on INTERNET, ELECTRICITY, and NATURAL GAS: https://parkpower.ca/realtalk/ 1:30:00 | Jim's gonna…

People in this episode

Host: Ryan Jespersen

Guests: Eleanor Olszewski, Mikael Colville-Andersen

Topics covered

• urbanism
• city design
• Canada Strong Fund
• Jasper's rebuild
• 15 minute cities
• Alberta separatism
• gerrymandering

Keywords

• urbanism
• Eleanor Olszewski
• Mikael Colville-Andersen
• Canada Strong Fund
• Jasper's rebuild
• 15 minute cities
• Alberta separatism

Sponsors

RapidEX FINANCIAL, Mercedes-Benz Edmonton West

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Park Power

Places: Copenhagen, Fort McMurray, Edmonton, Nova Scotia

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