Northern Echos Podcast

The AMP Sessions 6.0 Gil Moore Triumph

The Northern Echos Podcast had the pleasure of sitting down with Gil Moore, drummer and co-founder of the iconic, multi–JUNO Award–winning Canadian rock band Triumph, and one of the newest inductees into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame (2025). The conversation took place at the inaugural Awesome Music Project (AMP) Golf Tournament, where Gil reflected on Triumph’s enduring legacy — music that continues to resonate as songs of hope, happiness, optimism, and connection. He also shared his passion for music’s role in human health and well-being, and his ongoing quest to make music education as accessible as water and air through SoundsUnite — his groundbreaking, AI-driven freemium platform designed to empower youth, educators, and creative communities. It was an inspiring, uplifting, and unforgettable conversation about legacy, purpose, and the transformative power of music.

The AMP Sessions 5.0 Dr Rachael Finnerty PhD Registered Psychotherapist, Music Therapist.

Rachael is a believer that Development is key to #RaisingTheBarInHealthCare [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/raisingthebarinhealthcare]. She founded the Music Therapy Academy, providing professional development workshops, consulting, supervision, research, webinars and music therapy. She has extensive experience working in private practice with a diversity of age groups and diagnoses such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's Disease, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Acquired Brain Injury, Mental Health and Addictions and Developmental Differences. The Music Therapy Academy is the only academy in Canada providing music therapy as informed professional development. Check out their workshops @www.musictherapyacademy.com Rachel stopped by the Northern Echos Podcast activation at the Awesome Music Project (AMP) Golf Tournament to discuss the power of music in music therapy and it's relationship with overall human health with treatments. The Power of Music ! More on AMP here: www.theawesomemusicproject.com

The AMP Sessions 4.0 Steve Dubous

Stephen (Steve) Dabous is a positive force leader with over 35 years of experience in building and advising to creative high performance, growth businesses. As founder and managing partner of the DGroup Inc, he created the ISV Factory, an ecosystem of global partners (Microsoft, HP, Deloitte, and Covington Capital) forming one of the first collaborative investment and virtual acceleration models focused on Canadian early stage company’s. Stephen, now in his ‘next season’ and striving to leave the 'campsite better than how he found it' Steve stopped by the Northern Echos Podcast activation at the Awesome Music Project (AMP) Golf Tournament to discuss the power of music in his life journey and a heartfelt recollection and very moving story of the time music helped transition his parents from their time here on earth. The Power of Music!

The AMP Sessions 3.0: Gord Sinclair The Tragically Hip

There are successful musicians, and then there is Gord Sinclair, best-known as bassist with widely fêted Canuck rock icons The Tragically Hip and, since that band’s unfortunate and untimely end, as an electrifying singer-songwriter in his own right and one wholly committed to spreading the gospel of live performance far and wide.     Gord stopped by the Northern Echos Podcast activation at the Awesome Music Project (AMP) Golf Tournament to discuss the power of music as a support during challenging times as well as his reflection on his time with The Tragically Hip and their place in a shared Canadian Journey.

Tuesday Echos

Tuesday Johnson-MacDonald, CMP, CMM—President of TAP Resources, an Indigenous-owned event management, site selection, and consulting firm. Tuesday is a proud member of the Wolf Clan, Mohawk Nation, from Six Nations of the Grand River, grounded in the teachings of the Great Tree of Peace. With over a decade of leadership in the events industry, Tuesday and her team have worked alongside Indigenous organizations across Canada, delivering trusted planning, consultation and site selection services at local, regional, and national levels. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Destination Toronto, where she brings valuable Indigenous insight to the tourism and hospitality sectors. In our conversation, Tuesday shared meaningful ways the events industry can respectfully include Indigenous voices. She emphasized the importance of delivering Land Acknowledgements with true intention— researching and understanding their meaning, not just reciting them. These acknowledgements are more than formality; they are a connection to place, people, and story. She also discussed the significance of authentic Indigenous ceremonies to welcome guests to the land—bringing spirit, respect, and cultural grounding to events when led appropriately by knowledge keepers.