Rachael is a believer that Development is key to #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

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!

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.