Kattie Laur is the Executive Producer of Pod the North, Canada's premier podcasting industry newsletter.. She has been working and creating in the Canadian podcasting ecosystem for over a decade. Over the course of her career she’s created award-winning podcasts as a freelance producer, worked as a podcast growth specialist with top names in the industry, and of course, found herself deep in the trenches as an independent podcaster. Her varied experience has led her down a path of advocacy for the Canadian podcasting ecosystem, and she has a keen interest in making the industry sustainable, equitable, well connected, and world-renowned.