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A high-energy, storytelling and connection event designed to help participants move from inspired → informed → connected. Focused on demystifying the first steps into municipal politics and showing that saying “yes” to leadership looks different for everyone.
Run Where You Are is a free virtual event on September 23, 2025 at 7 PM EDT designed to help women and gender-diverse people across Ontario explore the path to municipal leadership. Whether you’re curious about running for council or school board, preparing for a campaign, or looking to support others, this one-hour event connects you with campaign schools, elected leaders, and resources to take your next step.
Municipal election season is in full swing, and that means it's campaign time! Join PoliticsNOW as we dive into our upcoming webinar series.
Municipal election season is in full swing, and that means it's campaign time! Join PoliticsNOW as we dive into our upcoming webinar series.
Municipal election season is in full swing, and that means it's campaign time! Join PoliticsNOW as we dive into our upcoming webinar series.
We’re teaching you how to write excellent copy for your campaign website. Copywriting is an art, and we’ve recruited an expert to teach you how. For this hour, we’ll be joined by Maddy (@bymaddyaucoin), a fantastic copywriter and editor. She’ll be teaching us the basics of writing for your campaign website, giving us tips, tricks and resources to do it ourselves and then sticking around for the entirety of the hour to assist us and answer whatever questions we have.
Giving women running for municipal office a community to learn together and support each other as we take on one campaign task and get it done in one hour flat.
Giving women running for municipal office a community to learn together and support each other as we take on one campaign task and get it done in one hour flat.
PoliticsNOW will be hosting a virtual roundtable discussion with three phenomenal Northern Ontario politicians: Kristin Murray (Timmins municipal councillor), Viviane Lapointe (Member of Parliament for Sudbury) and Erika Lougheed (East Ferris municipal councillor and provincial NDP candidate for Nipissing).
PoliticsNOW has spent years hosting trainings, workshops, and roundtables that help women step into municipal leadership — and we’re just getting started.
With the October 2026 municipal election on the horizon, we’re in a planning and building season: strengthening partnerships, designing new trainings, and creating spaces that give women and gender-diverse leaders the tools, confidence, and community to run — and win.
We’re currently preparing our next round of events and programs, which will roll out in 2026 as we move into full election-year mode.
But you don’t have to wait to start building your campaign skills.
Start Learning Now
We’ve made a selection of past PoliticsNOW workshops available for free in our resource library.
These foundational sessions cover the essentials of running for municipal office and are especially helpful if you’re:
Exploring the idea of running
Looking for practical, beginner-friendly guidance
Building confidence before committing to a campaign plan
Download and learn at your own pace.
Originally delivered in earlier election cycles. Still practical. Still relevant.
Our past events show what’s possible — and what’s coming next:
At PoliticsNOW, we value inclusivity and diversity. We embrace an inclusive definition of 'woman' and welcome all women-identifying individuals, including cisgender women, transgender women, and non-binary individuals who identify as women. We aim to create a safe and supportive environment for everyone, regardless of gender identity or expression.
