How can educators practice having brave conversations to positively affect change? I am so excited to share with you today the conversation I had with Talking Together for Change. I had never met the three founders of Talking Together for Change before this interview and can I just say that it felt like I was […]
How might spoken word poetry ignite a passion for writing, language, and performance in young people? Today on the show I speak with spoken word poet, Britta B. Britta Badour is a spoken word poet, performer, emcee, voice actor, mentor, and teaching artist. She is also an MFA candidate at the University of Guelph. I […]
How might schools better serve and support students, especially during this time of great destabilization? Dr. Simon is an associate professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at The University of Toronto in the department of Curriculum Teaching and Learning. I asked Rob on the show to speak about the Addressing Injustices project: […]
How might we learn from the recent human rights annual report published by the TDSB? Today on the show I speak with education activist and parent advocate Alexis Dawson. When the recent TDSB Human Rights Report revealed that “race or race related grounds is the most frequent ground of complaint received by the Human Rights […]
How might teachers ensure that stories of oppressed and marginalized people get taught in their classrooms. Today on the show I speak with 2020 Prime Minister’s Teaching Award recipient, Rachel Luke. Rachel Luke is the kind of teacher that we all wish we had when we were in high school. She is dynamic, kind, compassionate, […]
What are your superpowers and how can you use those for other people in the teaching profession? Today on the show I get to talk to my friend, colleague, and Middle School French teacher Erin Imrie. I invited Erin on the show to talk about her mental health journey and how she shares this with […]
How might hopeful school leaders become the leader they want to be? Today I talk to elementary school principal Diane Brown about leadership in times of crisis. If you have been listening to the show for some time, you will recognize Diane from episode 31: Should I send my child to JK? Diane is my […]
How might teachers use mindfulness as a tool for developing resilience? Today on the show I am joined by sisters Christi-an and Natalie Slomka speaking about the school resources developed by Calm. Let’s be real: this has been the most difficult year in our profession. In Ontario, we have just been told that the rest […]
When was the last time you learned something new and how long did it take you to understand that thing? Today on the show we are talking competency based learning with Sara Tahir. I found Sara and her writing about competency based learning, or CBL, after I did a course this summer with Global Online […]
How might teachers use their powers of professional judgement as tools for change? Today I am joined by Dr Beyhan Farhadi speaking about the challenges with online learning. Well before the pandemic, Dr. Farhadi was studying the Ontario government’s mandated online learning for secondary students and the systemic inequities that this mode of learning deepens. […]