How can education be a way to create more belonging and contribution for young people? To frame this conversation, I want to go back to the 2021 / 2022 school year. Even though the initial blows of pandemic schooling had already been experienced, collectively we were all living in the aftershocks and reverberations of what […]
Listen to the Episode Here How might teachers respond when truth seems to be increasingly devalued in what young people read online? I am joined by Erin Oxland to discuss this question and many others along the way. Erin Oxland is the First Vice President, Lead Negotiator, and Grievance Officer for the Kawartha Pine Ridge […]
How can educators nurture a functional democracy when young people struggle to find reliable sources of information? To dig into this question, I am joined by Ken Boyd from CIVIX Canada. Ken Boyd is the Director of Education at CIVIX, a Canadian charity that develops experiential learning programs to help students develop skills and habits […]
How is digital literacy related to social justice? Today on the show I have the honour of sitting down with a leading thinker in education, Dr. Kristen Hawley Turner. Dr. Kristen Hawley Turner is a professor of education at Drew University and she is the director of the Drew Writing Project, which is a chapter […]
How can the microcosm of the classroom prepare us for the world at large? Today on the show I am joined by news entrepreneur Anita Li. My friends, you are in for a real treat today with this episode. If you have been listening to this podcast for any amount of time, you likely know […]