Ashleigh Weeden, who recently completed her PhD in Rural Studies in SEDRD, has been named Municipal World's 2022 Members' Choice Columnist of the Year for her bi-monthly column "Connecting the Dots." Ashleigh has been writing the column for Municipal World since 2015. Her writing addresses timely and critical issues facing local government leaders as they manage their current realities and plan for the future. 

Municipal World is Canada's most respected local government platform, connecting municipalities with the information, products, services, and people they need most since 1891. The platform is devoted to promoting effective local government. The flagship monthly magazine has been continuously published since 1891 - longer than any other municipal magazine in the world and is distributed to government and insured leaders worldwide. 

Image:  Ashleigh Weeden

Ashleigh's column, along with the rest of Municipal World's content, can be accessed from the Municipal Word [1] website.