EP 170: CUPE education workers reflect on their victory
EP 170: CUPE education workers reflect on their victory May 25, 2023 11 minEP 169: Ford Government’s Latest Proposal to Restructure K-12 Education in Ontario May 9, 2023 37 minEP 168: Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Meet Amidst Negotiations in K-12 Education March 28, 2023 17 minEP 167: US educators organizing in spite of anti-union laws March 20, 2023 32 minEP166: OECTA and OSSTF Annual Meetings 2023 Edition March 10, 2023 8 minEP: 165: Youth Soccer in Canada February 22, 2023 30 minEP 164: Artificial Intelligence in Education February 14, 2023 34 minEpisode 163: Teaching visual arts today January 31, 2023 15 minEpisode 162: The importance of arts education January 18, 2023 8 minEpisode 161: Preparing for future pandemics January 10, 2023 40 minEpisode 160: Reflecting on 2022 with Ontario CUPE education worker president Laura Walton January 3, 2023 21 minEpisode 159: Status for all! Experiences of families without status in the education system December 19, 2022 28 minEpisode 158: Overview of ruling striking down Bill 124 in Ontario December 11, 2022 38 minEpisode 157: CUPE-OSBCU Announcing Vote Results on Tentative Agreement December 5, 2022 29 minEpisode 156: “We need more staff” – A supply educational assistant discusses wh... November 30, 2022 22 minEpisode 155: BC Teachers Vote on Tentative Agreement November 28, 2022 16 minEpisode 154: CUPE-OSBCU President’s Remarks Announcing Tentative Agreement November 20, 2022 18 minEpisode 153: Alberta educators put new Premier on notice November 14, 2022 17 minEpisode 152: Poetry for Remembrance November 9, 2022 18 minEpisode 151: Ontario education workers launch indefinite province-wide political protest to defy ... November 4, 2022 15 minEpisode 150: Cuba’s experience eliminating illiteracy October 24, 2022 26 minEpisode 149: Professional judgement threatened in Alberta October 20, 2022 23 minEpisode 148: Negotiations in Ontario – “We are not willing to let this government or the co... October 18, 2022 19 minEpisode 147: Teaching about climate change October 2, 2022 28 minEpisode 146: New science curriculum in Ontario – Part 3 Grades 1-8 September 15, 2022 16 minEpisode 145: An update from Alberta – “Teachers are more ready than ever to work thin... August 29, 2022 8 minEpisode 144: “We are critical to the classroom” – Ontario educational support s... August 16, 2022 36 minEpisode 143: The Engineering Design Process – New Ontario Science Curriculum – Part 2 August 11, 2022 28 minEpisode 142: New science curriculum in Ontario – Part 1 Grade 9 August 1, 2022 28 minEpisode 141: University and college students preparing for what lies ahead in Ontario July 10, 2022 18 minEpisode 140: What the election of a PC majority in Ontario means for K-12 education June 27, 2022 7 minEpisode 139 – Ontario education workers organizing to fight June 10, 2022 10 minEpisode 138: Ford government’s major education reforms in K-12 May 31, 2022 22 minEpisode 137: Ford government’s education reforms – Part 1 Post-secondary May 25, 2022 18 minEpisode 136: Ontario Election – Electing an education-friendly government May 18, 2022 9 minEpisode 135: Annual meetings of education unions in Ontario – OECTA April 22, 2022 19 min134: Annual meetings of Ontario education unions – OSSTF April 22, 2022 13 minEpisode 133: K-12 education in Alberta – where things stand March 27, 2022 22 minEpisode 132: “We are doing this for quality education and for students” – Ontar... March 17, 2022 36 minEpisode 131: Part 2 – Experiences upholding health and safety in our schools March 12, 2022 23 min130: Experiences upholding health and safety in our schools during the Omicron wave – Part 1 March 3, 2022 17 min129: Changes to academic streaming in Ontario February 22, 2022 10 minEpisode 128: A project to remember the freedom fighters who built the Underground Railroad February 15, 2022 23 minEpisode 127: The future of science and pandemic response is Open January 25, 2022 37 minEpisode 126: An update from Nova Scotia January 17, 2022 16 minEpisode 125: Discussing the situations in Ontario and Alberta January 13, 2022 22 min124: Educational support staff working in special education in Ontario speak out January 11, 2022 27 minEpisode 123: An update from educators in Manitoba January 3, 2022 33 minEpisode 122: Reviewing 2021 so we are prepared for whatever 2022 brings December 30, 2021 9 minEpisode 121: Cross Canada review of school re-opening and omicron’s spread December 27, 2021 7 minEpisode 120: COVID is airborne – so now what do we do? December 21, 2021 22 minEpisode 119: Update on the situation in Alberta Part 1 December 11, 2021 16 minEpisode 118: An update from a Canadian teacher in China November 28, 2021 18 minEpisode 117: Parents of Black children speaking out November 16, 2021 17 minEpisode 116: Remembering the war against Afghanistan November 10, 2021 11 minEpisode 115: Nelson CEO Steve Brown on hybrid education November 1, 2021 14 minEpisode 114: Educators organizing in Manitoba – Part 2 October 17, 2021 20 minEpisode 113: Student voice in education in Ontario October 12, 2021 15 minEpisode 112: Support teacher candidates’ court challenge to math proficiency test in Ontario October 4, 2021 32 minEpisode 111: The defeat of Bill 64 in Manitoba – Educators discuss their opposition September 21, 2021 22 minEpisode 110: Memorial projects for the children uncovered at residential “schools” September 15, 2021 38 minEpisode 109: Discussion on a Safe September September 5, 2021 27 minEpisode 108: Planning for the 2021-22 school year in the context of the fourth wave August 31, 2021 16 minEpisode 107: How the school year ended in Quebec August 16, 2021 7 minEpisode 106: Ontario wide consultations with education workers August 3, 2021 12 minEpisode 105: Destreaming High School Math in Ontario – Part 2 July 27, 2021 20 minEpisode 104: Ending the Academic Year in Nova Scotia July 20, 2021 17 minEpisode 103: Destreaming High School Math in Ontario – Part 1 July 14, 2021 19 minEpisode 102: Ending the academic year – Ontario July 8, 2021 20 minEpisode 101: Ending the academic year – Alberta July 2, 2021 19 minEpisode 100: Learning from experiences challenging institutional racism in Canadian educational i... June 11, 2021 16 minMourning the loss of the children found June 2, 2021 1 minEpisode 99: Exposing and challenging institutional racism in Canadian educational institutions May 25, 2021 15 minEpisode 98: Part 2 – Discussing Alberta’s draft curriculum May 18, 2021 18 minEpisode 97: Youth giving themselves a voice May 11, 2021 15 minEpisode 96: Ontario Autism Coalition – finding new ways to advocate May 4, 2021 16 minEpisode 95: Alberta’s draft curriculum – Retrogressive direction for social studies a... April 28, 2021 14 minEpisode 94: Teaching computational thinking April 20, 2021 16 minEpisode 93: Concerns about new Alberta draft elementary curriculum – Part 1 April 14, 2021 16 minEpisode 92: Annual meeting of Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association – What to expect April 8, 2021 12 minEpisode 91: Virtual provincial assembly of teachers and education workers in Ontario April 3, 2021 14 minEpisode 90: An update from British Columbia March 23, 2021 16 minEpisode 89: “We have a duty to stand up for what is right” – Leaders by example... March 16, 2021 21 minEpisode 88: Recognizing support staff on International Women’s Day March 7, 2021 9 minEpisode 87: Research on centralization and democracy in education March 1, 2021 17 minEpisode 86: Ramifications of changes to how teachers are hired in Ontario February 22, 2021 16 minEpisode 85: Drawing a line in the sand for health & safety February 16, 2021 18 minEpisode 84: Occasional teachers discuss their experiences as they keep the system afloat February 8, 2021 14 minEpisode 83: Slavery, Reparations and Education – African Nova Scotia, Canada and Beyond February 1, 2021 25 minEpisode 82: What’s in a name? Affirming the dignity and role of support staff in education January 27, 2021 14 minEpisode 81: Adult day school teachers affirm the right to education during the pandemic – P... January 20, 2021 16 minEpisode 80: We need to figure out how to put our solutions into practice – An update from Q... January 13, 2021 10 minEpisode 79: “Things can’t go on in this way” – Alberta and Ontario in the... January 11, 2021 21 minEpisode 78: Adult day school teachers speak up – Part 1 January 5, 2021 17 minEpisode 77: New year – big plans! December 31, 2020 3 minEpisode 76: Modern teaching methods in math and science December 30, 2020 16 minEpisode 75 – “Back-to-basics” – Aims of changes to math curricula –... December 21, 2020 29 minEpisode 74: Unions role in affirming the rights of educational support staff December 16, 2020 26 minEpisode 73: Why are governments allergic to public solutions to the pandemic? December 10, 2020 26 minEpisode 72: “We, teachers, have solutions” – An update from Quebec December 8, 2020 15 minEpisode 71 – “We are doing all we can to hold on right now” – Secretaries... December 1, 2020 25 minEpisode 70 – COVID19 spreading in our schools – upholding our social responsibility w... November 24, 2020 28 minEpisode 69: Social and emotional learning in Ontario’s new math curriculum November 17, 2020 29 minEpisode 68: Remembrance in Education November 9, 2020 12 minEpisode 67: “Protecting ourselves and our students” – Part 2 Educational suppor... November 2, 2020 18 minEpisode 66: “Our kids have been forgotten” – Educational Support Staff Speak Up October 27, 2020 25 minEpisode 65: Update from Nova Scotia and Quebec – Part 2 National Educators Roundtable October 20, 2020 26 minEpisode 64: Second National Educators Roundtable – Part 1 Alberta and Ontario October 12, 2020 22 minEpisode 63: Students speak about their first weeks of returning to school October 6, 2020 20 minEpisode 62: Honouring Residential School Survivors – Remember the past to create a better f... September 27, 2020 28 minEpisode 61: Cross Canada Roundtable on Re-opening of Schools – Part 2 BC and Ontario September 23, 2020 24 minEpisode 60: Cross Canada Roundtable on Re-opening of Schools – Part 1 Quebec, Alberta and N... September 19, 2020 25 minEpisode 59: Discussing fundamentals of Ontario’s new math curriculum – Part 2 of 4 September 14, 2020 27 minEpisode 58: Ontario’s new math curriculum – Part 1 of 4 September 4, 2020 28 minEpisode 57: Outdoor Education: Ideas for Learning Outside – A Union School Podcast September 1, 2020 18 minEpisode 56: Alberta and Ontario – Growing demands for a safe re-opening of schools August 25, 2020 29 minEpisode 55: Reflecting on remote learning to look ahead to re-opening August 18, 2020 minEpisode 54: Students speak for themselves about the re-opening of schools August 6, 2020 minEpisode 53: Science literacy and claims about transmission of sars-covi-2 in children August 4, 2020 minEpisode 52: Health and safety and the re-opening of schools July 29, 2020 minEpisode 51: Surveying the global and provincial landscape for re-opening schools July 17, 2020 minEpisode 50: Experiences teaching in China when schools re-opened July 10, 2020 minEpisode 49: Organizing in Ontario for a safe re-opening of schools June 29, 2020 minEpisode 48: Educational interpreters discuss remote learning and re-opening June 23, 2020 minEpisode 47: British Columbia’s re-opening of schools – Sharing experiences June 17, 2020 minEpisode 46: Teacher candidates in Ontario sum up their achievements June 3, 2020 minEpisode 45: Public inquiry into human rights issues affecting students with reading disabilities ... May 26, 2020 minEpisode 44: What re-opening schools actually looks like – Establishing our own “new n... May 19, 2020 minEpisode 43: Thinking About Re-Opening Schools – Affirming our rights in a state of emergency May 10, 2020 minEpisode 42: Engineering a Canadian treatment for Covid19 – The value created by public rese... May 5, 2020 minEpisode 41: Special education and what this pandemic is revealing April 27, 2020 minEpisode 40: E-learning forum Part 3 – The audience speaks out April 21, 2020 minEpisode 39: Teaching in China during the COVID19 pandemic April 7, 2020 minEpisode 38: Tentative Agreements in K-12 Education in Ontario March 31, 2020 minEpisode 37: E-learning Forum Part 2 – Perspectives from those in the field March 26, 2020 minEpisode 36: E-learning in response to the COVID19 pandemic March 20, 2020 minEpisode 35: Affirming workers’ rights in education in the context of COVID19 March 17, 2020 minEpisode 34: Slowing COVID-19’s spread – Measures being taken in education across Canada March 16, 2020 minEpisode 33: Education unions’ annual meetings in Ontario March 11, 2020 minEpisode 32: Forum on e-learning in Ontario – Why everyone should be concerned March 3, 2020 43 minEpisode 31: Student teachers challenge new math test in Ontario February 25, 2020 23 minEpisode 30: Teaching Black and African history to meet the needs of all students all of the time February 20, 2020 26 minEpisode 29: “Relentless” advocacy of the autism community February 14, 2020 23 minEpisode 28: Black history is Canadian history – Part 2 Black History Month 2020 February 8, 2020 23 minEpisode 27: Black History Month 2020 – “Looking at the past in terms of the present... February 1, 2020 27 minEpisode 26: Part 1 “They can’t run the schools without us” Child and Youth work... January 28, 2020 35 minEpisode 25: Alberta arbitration ruling imposes wage freeze onto teachers January 25, 2020 30 minEpisode 24: Contemporary First Nations, Métis and Inuit Voices in one English classroom January 17, 2020 25 minEpisode 23: Challenging Bill 124 in Ontario January 10, 2020 29 minEpisode 22: Students’ court victory over Ontario government January 2, 2020 31 minEpisode 21: Big plans for 2020 and our Farm Team’s debut December 22, 2019 6 minEpisode 20: Skilled tradespersons’ working and learning conditions degraded in Ontario December 16, 2019 15 minEpisode 19: Educational support staff speak for themselves December 2, 2019 17 minEpisode 18: Boom, bust and resistance – Alberta and Ontario educators continue to exchange ... December 1, 2019 31 minEpisode 17: We are neither robots nor police – Standing up for teachers’ professional... November 23, 2019 25 minEpisode 16: The battle “as, of and for” education in Ontario – Part 1 November 19, 2019 36 minEpisode 15: Alberta educators speak for themselves November 16, 2019 20 minEpisode 14: Parents in Ontario organizing to make their voices heard November 10, 2019 14 minEpisode 13: University students discuss why they are walking-out November 6 November 2, 2019 21 minEpisode 12: Striking Chicago teachers speaking for themselves October 22, 2019 21 minEpisode 11: The 2019 federal election and the right to education October 16, 2019 17 minEpisode 10: Education workers right to negotiate – Recent developments in Ontario October 10, 2019 28 minEpisode 9: Education workers unite! October 5, 2019 17 minEpisode 8: Custodial and maintenance staff’s vital role in the education system September 28, 2019 16 minEpisode 7: Children on the autism spectrum and the right to special education September 21, 2019 26 minEpisode 6 – Elementary teachers prepare for a new school year September 14, 2019 minEpisode 5: Preparing for E-learning courses and occasional teaching September 7, 2019 17 minEpisode 4 – Report back from provincial meetings of education federations in Ontario August 31, 2019 24 minEpisode 3 – Preparing for the new elementary health and physical education curriculum August 24, 2019 16 minEpisode 2 – Significant legislation in Ontario August 16, 2019 23 minEpisode 1 August 9, 2019 14 min