2025 Spring Convention – Winnipeg

TUESDAY, April 15

Municipality Registration Pick-up/Information: 9:00 am to 2:30 pm – Concourse, 2nd Floor North

AMM Trade Show: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm – Hall AB, 3rd Floor North

Municipal Mixer: 4:15 pm to 5:15 pm – Hall AB, 3rd Floor North

DRAFT AGENDA – Room 2H, 2nd Floor North

9:00 am – Opening Remarks

9:15 am – Keynote Speaker: Tyler Smith

10:30 am – Coffee Break in Trade Show 

11:15 am – Plenary Presentation: Manitoba Justice

12:15 pm – FCM Address

12:20 pm – Delegates’ Lunch, Hall C, 3rd Floor North

1:45 pm – Breakout Sessions 

3:15 pm – Breakout Sessions 

4:15 pm – Program adjourns for the day.

TUESDAY, April 15 | Breakout Sessions

Breakout Sessions – 1:45 pm to 2:45 pm

• Manitoba Health, Seniors & Long-Term Care: MFR
• Thompson Dorfman Sweatman: Safe Workplace
• FCM: Advocating for Municipal Interests

Breakout Sessions – 3:15 pm to 4:15 pm

• Ship & Rail Compensation Canada-Rail Fund
• Office of the Ombudsman
• Manitoba Water Services Board

WEDNESDAY, April 16

Municipality Registration Pick-up/Information: 9:00 am to 2:00 pm – Concourse, 2nd Floor North

AMM Trade Show: 8:00 am to 12:00 pm – Hall AB, 3rd Floor North

DRAFT AGENDA – Room 2H, 2nd Floor North

9:00 am – Keynote Speaker: Andrew Coyne

10:00 am –  Special Recognition Presentation from AMM

10:10 am – Coffee Break in Trade Show 

10:45 am – Breakout Session

11:45 am – Delegates’ Lunch – York Ballroom, 1st Floor South

1:15 pm – Breakout Sessions

2:30 pm – Plenary Presentation: Manitoba Municipal & Northern Relations

3:30 pm – Convention Adjournment

WEDNESDAY, April 16 | Breakout Sessions

Breakout Sessions – 10:45 am to 11:45 am

• MicroAge: Cybersecurity
• Canoe Procurement of Canada
• Manitoba Historical Society

Breakout Sessions – 1:15 pm to 2:15 pm

• MicroAge: Cybersecurity (encore presentation of 10:45 am)
• Manitoba Health, Seniors & Long-Term Care: HCRRO
• Manitoba Wildlife Federation

Tuesday, April 15 | TYLER SMITH

Tyler Smith, winner of The Amazing Race Canada Season 9, is a survivor of the 2018 Humboldt Broncos bus crash that claimed the lives of 16 teammates, staff, and coaches. He is the founder of Not Alone Co., a mental health awareness clothing line dedicated to facilitating conversations around trauma, PTSD, and mental health. Tyler co-hosts the podcast Speak Your Mind with NHL veteran Riley Sheahan, normalizing discussions about mental health with guests from sports, entertainment, and beyond. Through public speaking and advocacy, Tyler inspires individuals and communities to embrace vulnerability, build connections, and create safe spaces for healing and hope.

WEDNESDAY, April 16 | ANDREW COYNE

Andrew Coyne is a columnist for The Globe and Mail. Raised in Winnipeg, Mr. Coyne is a graduate of the University of Toronto and the London School of Economics‎. He has written previously for The National Post, Maclean’s and Southam News, contributing as well to a wide range of other publications in Canada and abroad, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, National Review, and The Walrus. He is also a weekly panellist on CBC’s The National.