Lisa Williams

Case workers at the Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies (OACAS) hope to have improved information sharing with the rollout of an integrated child welfare IT system.

A municipal 311 program and a mobile learning project for post-secondary students both claimed silver awards of excellence at the 2006 Canadian Information Productivity Awards (CIPA).

A pandemic flu occurring is not a matter of if, it's a matter of when.

In hopes of reaching a younger audience the three leading candidates in Toronto's race to be mayor are posting campaign videos on YouTube.

Glen Murray is passionate about his vision for urban planning, specifically culturally dynamic urban centres, an issue he addressed in his keynote address to the Lac Carling Congress this year. The former mayor of Winnipeg, spoke with Lisa Williams, senior writer with InterGovWorld.com, on why we need to make changes in our urban planning now, the ups and downs of being mayor and the striking parallels between global warming and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Excerpts from their conversation follow:

In the premiere of InterGovWorld's Spotlight series, Director General Dr. Arlene King of the Pandemic Preparedness Secretariat at the Public Health Agency of Canada speaks with InterGovWorld senior writer Lisa Williams about her previous work, as well as lessons learned from SARS.

Glen Murray is passionate about his vision for urban planning, specifically culturally dynamic urban centres, an issue he addressed in his keynote address to the Lac Carling Congress this year. The former mayor of Winnipeg, spoke with Lisa Williams, senior writer with InterGovWorld.com, on why we need to make changes in our urban planning now, the ups and downs of being mayor and the striking parallels between global warming and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Excerpts from their conversation follow:

Seven out of ten voters in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) would prefer to vote online as opposed to at the polling stations, according to a recent survey conducted by Delvinia Interactive.