The Life of a Servant

Season 2, Episode 7

Food prices are something all of us are intimately aware of these days. So we thought we’d reach into the vaults and pull out a radio interview from 24 years ago that shows you’re not alone in your concerns about food security and making ends meet...

Season 2, Episode 6

This episode features a conversation with Dennis Mills and John Oakley -- host of The John Oakley Show. Originally aired on AM640 (CFIQ) on July 31, 2023, and originally titled, "Remembering Sarsfest with Dennis Mills...

Season 2, Episode 5

This episode was recorded for the Brian Crombie Radio Hour, aired and streamed on NewsTalk Sauga 960 AM, on August 4, 2023.

In this episode, award-winning Host Brian Crombie interviews Dennis Mills about servant leadership. Dennis passionately explains that the 2003 event, Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto, was successful because leaders collaborated and cooperated selflessly...

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 4. On July 30, twenty years ago, more than 450,000 people joined the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Rush, and a stellar lineup of performers at Downsview Park in Toronto for an event that became known as Sarstock...

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 3, of The Life of a Servant.

In this episode, Member of Parliament for Parry Sound-Muskoka, Scott Aitchison, and Bala Legion President, Dennis Mills, talk about the need for affordable housing in Bala, Ontario. They describe a community-planned solution that would provide assisted living to people over the age of 55. The plans are in place. The community partners are totally supported...

As we celebrated Canada Day this year, my grandchildren and I and talked about the overwhelming smoke caused by the wildfires in 2023, smoke that had been polluting the air in countless communities across the continent. We talked about the environment and what people could do to make a positive difference. That conversation reminded me of something similar that my team and I put together in 1989: "Our World" – The People’s Summit on the Environment...

We start Season Two with this first episode, one that was originally recorded last December, and one that exemplifies how a successful leader is also an authentic servant.

On December 3, 2022, Borys Wrzesnewskyj, former Member of Parliament in Canada, and founder/owner of Future Bakery, served as the keynote speaker at a special charitable dinner hosted by the Royal Canadian Legion in Bala, Ontario...

Part 9: Social Cohesion and Moving the System Forward

This final episode of the series, Part 9 of 9, focuses on a discussion of social cohesion. The discussion culminates into the question of how to move the "system" forward, and is from a conference held more than 20 years ago in Toronto. Part 9 features John Duffy, Gordon Dryden, Paul Martin, Bruce Powe, Michael Kirby and Serge Joyal...

Part 8: Health Concerns and Moving the System Forward

This episode, Part 8 of 9, focuses on a discussion of healthcare and related health concerns, and culminates into the question of how to move the "system" forward, from a conference held more than 20 years ago in Toronto. Part 8 features Carolyn Bennett, Hugh Cameron, Jim Coutts, Michael Marzolini and Tom Kent...

Part 7: Social Justice and Aboriginal Issues

This episode, Part 7 of 9, focuses on a discussion of social justice issues, with a specific highlight of Aboriginal issues, from a conference held more than 20 years ago in Toronto. Part 7 features Mark Podlasly, Tom Axworthy, Carolyn Bennett, Desiree McGraw, Borys Wrzesnewskyj, John Roberts, Michael Kirby and Dennis Mills...