Episode 115: Nelson CEO Steve Brown on hybrid education
In this episode we interview Nelson CEO Steve Brown. Nelson’s public relations firm Talk Shop Media reached out to us to suggest an..
Episode 109: Discussion on a Safe September
This episode is the plenary discussion session from Education is a Right’s virtual conference: Affirming the Right to Education in the 21st Century...
Episode 67: “Protecting ourselves and our students” – Part 2 Educational support staff speak up
This is part 2 of a roundtable with Educational Support Staff from Ontario speaking about their experiences and concerns during the re-opening of..
Episode 55: Reflecting on remote learning to look ahead to re-opening
In this episode we speak with e-learning researcher and teacher Dr. Beyhan Farhadi about her own experiences during remote learning last year, her..
Episode 40: E-learning forum Part 3 – The audience speaks out
In this episode we cap off our 3-part series from the Community Forum on Mandatory E-learning held in Windsor, Ontario on February 29,..
Episode 39: Teaching in China during the COVID19 pandemic
In this episode we interview Peter Miller, a Canadian teaching in Chongqing, China about his experiences during the COVID19 pandemic.
Episode 38: Tentative Agreements in K-12 Education in Ontario
In this episode our hosts discuss some things to consider when reviewing the tentative agreements recently signed between the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’..
Episode 37: E-learning Forum Part 2 – Perspectives from those in the field
In this episode we are providing the panel discussion from the forum on e-learning held on February 29, 2020 in Windsor, Ontario hosted..
Episode 36: E-learning in response to the COVID19 pandemic
In this episode we discuss with Dr. Beyhan Farhadi, an e-learning teacher and researcher, about what is salient as e-learning is used as..
Episode 32: Forum on e-learning in Ontario – Why everyone should be concerned
See powerpoint slides here: https://beyhanfarhadi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Forum-on-ELearning_opt.pdf In this episode we are publishing the introduction and keynote address with slides (images below) from the Community..
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- Episode 141: University and college students preparing for what lies ahead in OntarioJuly 10, 202218 min
- Episode 140: What the election of a PC majority in Ontario means for K-12 educationJune 27, 20227 min
- Episode 139 – Ontario education workers organizing to fightJune 10, 202210 min
- Episode 138: Ford government’s major education reforms in K-12May 31, 202222 min
- Episode 137: Ford government’s education reforms – Part 1 Post-secondaryMay 25, 202218 min
- Episode 136: Ontario Election – Electing an education-friendly governmentMay 18, 20229 min
- Episode 135: Annual meetings of education unions in Ontario – OECTAApril 22, 202219 min
- 134: Annual meetings of Ontario education unions – OSSTFApril 22, 202213 min
- Episode 133: K-12 education in Alberta – where things standMarch 27, 202222 min
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- Episode 131: Part 2 – Experiences upholding health and safety in our schoolsMarch 12, 202223 min
- 130: Experiences upholding health and safety in our schools during the Omicron wave – Part 1March 3, 202217 min
- 129: Changes to academic streaming in OntarioFebruary 22, 202210 min
- Episode 128: A project to remember the freedom fighters who built the Underground RailroadFebruary 15, 202223 min
- Episode 127: The future of science and pandemic response is OpenJanuary 25, 202237 min
- Episode 126: An update from Nova ScotiaJanuary 17, 202216 min
- Episode 125: Discussing the situations in Ontario and AlbertaJanuary 13, 202222 min
- 124: Educational support staff working in special education in Ontario speak outJanuary 11, 202227 min
- Episode 123: An update from educators in ManitobaJanuary 3, 202233 min
- Episode 122: Reviewing 2021 so we are prepared for whatever 2022 bringsDecember 30, 20219 min
- Episode 121: Cross Canada review of school re-opening and omicron’s spreadDecember 27, 20217 min
- Episode 120: COVID is airborne – so now what do we do?December 21, 202122 min
- Episode 119: Update on the situation in Alberta Part 1December 11, 202116 min
- Episode 118: An update from a Canadian teacher in ChinaNovember 28, 202118 min
- Episode 117: Parents of Black children speaking outNovember 16, 202117 min
- Episode 116: Remembering the war against AfghanistanNovember 10, 202111 min
- Episode 115: Nelson CEO Steve Brown on hybrid educationNovember 1, 202114 min
- Episode 114: Educators organizing in Manitoba – Part 2October 17, 202120 min
- Episode 113: Student voice in education in OntarioOctober 12, 202115 min
- Episode 112: Support teacher candidates’ court challenge to math proficiency test in OntarioOctober 4, 202132 min
- Episode 111: The defeat of Bill 64 in Manitoba – Educators discuss their oppositionSeptember 21, 202122 min
- Episode 110: Memorial projects for the children uncovered at residential “schools”September 15, 202138 min
- Episode 109: Discussion on a Safe SeptemberSeptember 5, 202127 min
- Episode 108: Planning for the 2021-22 school year in the context of the fourth waveAugust 31, 202116 min
- Episode 107: How the school year ended in QuebecAugust 16, 20217 min
- Episode 106: Ontario wide consultations with education workersAugust 3, 202112 min
- Episode 105: Destreaming High School Math in Ontario – Part 2July 27, 202120 min
- Episode 104: Ending the Academic Year in Nova ScotiaJuly 20, 202117 min
- Episode 103: Destreaming High School Math in Ontario – Part 1July 14, 202119 min
- Episode 102: Ending the academic year – OntarioJuly 8, 202120 min
- Episode 101: Ending the academic year – AlbertaJuly 2, 202119 min
- Episode 100: Learning from experiences challenging institutional racism in Canadian educational i...June 11, 202116 min
- Mourning the loss of the children foundJune 2, 20211 min
- Episode 99: Exposing and challenging institutional racism in Canadian educational institutionsMay 25, 202115 min
- Episode 98: Part 2 – Discussing Alberta’s draft curriculumMay 18, 202118 min
- Episode 97: Youth giving themselves a voiceMay 11, 202115 min
- Episode 96: Ontario Autism Coalition – finding new ways to advocateMay 4, 202116 min
- Episode 95: Alberta’s draft curriculum – Retrogressive direction for social studies a...April 28, 202114 min
- Episode 94: Teaching computational thinkingApril 20, 202116 min
- Episode 93: Concerns about new Alberta draft elementary curriculum – Part 1April 14, 202116 min
- Episode 92: Annual meeting of Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association – What to expectApril 8, 202112 min
- Episode 91: Virtual provincial assembly of teachers and education workers in OntarioApril 3, 202114 min
- Episode 90: An update from British ColumbiaMarch 23, 202116 min
- Episode 89: “We have a duty to stand up for what is right” – Leaders by example...March 16, 202121 min
- Episode 88: Recognizing support staff on International Women’s DayMarch 7, 20219 min
- Episode 87: Research on centralization and democracy in educationMarch 1, 202117 min
- Episode 86: Ramifications of changes to how teachers are hired in OntarioFebruary 22, 202116 min
- Episode 85: Drawing a line in the sand for health & safetyFebruary 16, 202118 min
- Episode 84: Occasional teachers discuss their experiences as they keep the system afloatFebruary 8, 202114 min
- Episode 83: Slavery, Reparations and Education – African Nova Scotia, Canada and BeyondFebruary 1, 202125 min
- Episode 82: What’s in a name? Affirming the dignity and role of support staff in educationJanuary 27, 202114 min
- Episode 81: Adult day school teachers affirm the right to education during the pandemic – P...January 20, 202116 min
- Episode 80: We need to figure out how to put our solutions into practice – An update from Q...January 13, 202110 min
- Episode 79: “Things can’t go on in this way” – Alberta and Ontario in the...January 11, 202121 min
- Episode 78: Adult day school teachers speak up – Part 1January 5, 202117 min
- Episode 77: New year – big plans!December 31, 20203 min
- Episode 76: Modern teaching methods in math and scienceDecember 30, 202016 min
- Episode 75 – “Back-to-basics” – Aims of changes to math curricula –...December 21, 202029 min
- Episode 74: Unions role in affirming the rights of educational support staffDecember 16, 202026 min
- Episode 73: Why are governments allergic to public solutions to the pandemic?December 10, 202026 min
- Episode 72: “We, teachers, have solutions” – An update from QuebecDecember 8, 202015 min
- Episode 71 – “We are doing all we can to hold on right now” – Secretaries...December 1, 202025 min
- Episode 70 – COVID19 spreading in our schools – upholding our social responsibility w...November 24, 202028 min
- Episode 69: Social and emotional learning in Ontario’s new math curriculumNovember 17, 202029 min
- Episode 68: Remembrance in EducationNovember 9, 202012 min
- Episode 67: “Protecting ourselves and our students” – Part 2 Educational suppor...November 2, 202018 min
- Episode 66: “Our kids have been forgotten” – Educational Support Staff Speak UpOctober 27, 202025 min
- Episode 65: Update from Nova Scotia and Quebec – Part 2 National Educators RoundtableOctober 20, 202026 min
- Episode 64: Second National Educators Roundtable – Part 1 Alberta and OntarioOctober 12, 202022 min
- Episode 63: Students speak about their first weeks of returning to schoolOctober 6, 202020 min
- Episode 62: Honouring Residential School Survivors – Remember the past to create a better f...September 27, 202028 min
- Episode 61: Cross Canada Roundtable on Re-opening of Schools – Part 2 BC and OntarioSeptember 23, 202024 min
- Episode 60: Cross Canada Roundtable on Re-opening of Schools – Part 1 Quebec, Alberta and N...September 19, 202025 min
- Episode 59: Discussing fundamentals of Ontario’s new math curriculum – Part 2 of 4September 14, 202027 min
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- Episode 57: Outdoor Education: Ideas for Learning Outside – A Union School PodcastSeptember 1, 202018 min
- Episode 56: Alberta and Ontario – Growing demands for a safe re-opening of schoolsAugust 25, 202029 min
- Episode 55: Reflecting on remote learning to look ahead to re-openingAugust 18, 2020 min
- Episode 54: Students speak for themselves about the re-opening of schoolsAugust 6, 2020 min
- Episode 53: Science literacy and claims about transmission of sars-covi-2 in childrenAugust 4, 2020 min
- Episode 52: Health and safety and the re-opening of schoolsJuly 29, 2020 min
- Episode 51: Surveying the global and provincial landscape for re-opening schoolsJuly 17, 2020 min
- Episode 50: Experiences teaching in China when schools re-openedJuly 10, 2020 min
- Episode 49: Organizing in Ontario for a safe re-opening of schoolsJune 29, 2020 min
- Episode 48: Educational interpreters discuss remote learning and re-openingJune 23, 2020 min
- Episode 47: British Columbia’s re-opening of schools – Sharing experiencesJune 17, 2020 min
- Episode 46: Teacher candidates in Ontario sum up their achievementsJune 3, 2020 min
- Episode 45: Public inquiry into human rights issues affecting students with reading disabilities ...May 26, 2020 min
- Episode 44: What re-opening schools actually looks like – Establishing our own “new n...May 19, 2020 min
- Episode 43: Thinking About Re-Opening Schools – Affirming our rights in a state of emergencyMay 10, 2020 min
- Episode 42: Engineering a Canadian treatment for Covid19 – The value created by public rese...May 5, 2020 min
- Episode 41: Special education and what this pandemic is revealingApril 27, 2020 min
- Episode 40: E-learning forum Part 3 – The audience speaks outApril 21, 2020 min
- Episode 39: Teaching in China during the COVID19 pandemicApril 7, 2020 min
- Episode 38: Tentative Agreements in K-12 Education in OntarioMarch 31, 2020 min
- Episode 37: E-learning Forum Part 2 – Perspectives from those in the fieldMarch 26, 2020 min
- Episode 36: E-learning in response to the COVID19 pandemicMarch 20, 2020 min
- Episode 35: Affirming workers’ rights in education in the context of COVID19March 17, 2020 min
- Episode 34: Slowing COVID-19’s spread – Measures being taken in education across CanadaMarch 16, 2020 min
- Episode 33: Education unions’ annual meetings in OntarioMarch 11, 2020 min
- Episode 32: Forum on e-learning in Ontario – Why everyone should be concernedMarch 3, 202043 min
- Episode 31: Student teachers challenge new math test in OntarioFebruary 25, 202023 min
- Episode 30: Teaching Black and African history to meet the needs of all students all of the timeFebruary 20, 202026 min
- Episode 29: “Relentless” advocacy of the autism communityFebruary 14, 202023 min
- Episode 28: Black history is Canadian history – Part 2 Black History Month 2020February 8, 202023 min
- Episode 27: Black History Month 2020 – “Looking at the past in terms of the present&#...February 1, 202027 min
- Episode 26: Part 1 “They can’t run the schools without us” Child and Youth work...January 28, 202035 min
- Episode 25: Alberta arbitration ruling imposes wage freeze onto teachersJanuary 25, 202030 min
- Episode 24: Contemporary First Nations, Métis and Inuit Voices in one English classroomJanuary 17, 202025 min
- Episode 23: Challenging Bill 124 in OntarioJanuary 10, 202029 min
- Episode 22: Students’ court victory over Ontario governmentJanuary 2, 202031 min
- Episode 21: Big plans for 2020 and our Farm Team’s debutDecember 22, 20196 min
- Episode 20: Skilled tradespersons’ working and learning conditions degraded in OntarioDecember 16, 201915 min
- Episode 19: Educational support staff speak for themselvesDecember 2, 201917 min
- Episode 18: Boom, bust and resistance – Alberta and Ontario educators continue to exchange ...December 1, 201931 min
- Episode 17: We are neither robots nor police – Standing up for teachers’ professional...November 23, 201925 min
- Episode 16: The battle “as, of and for” education in Ontario – Part 1November 19, 201936 min
- Episode 15: Alberta educators speak for themselvesNovember 16, 201920 min
- Episode 14: Parents in Ontario organizing to make their voices heardNovember 10, 201914 min
- Episode 13: University students discuss why they are walking-out November 6November 2, 201921 min
- Episode 12: Striking Chicago teachers speaking for themselvesOctober 22, 201921 min
- Episode 11: The 2019 federal election and the right to educationOctober 16, 201917 min
- Episode 10: Education workers right to negotiate – Recent developments in OntarioOctober 10, 201928 min
- Episode 9: Education workers unite!October 5, 201917 min
- Episode 8: Custodial and maintenance staff’s vital role in the education systemSeptember 28, 201916 min
- Episode 7: Children on the autism spectrum and the right to special educationSeptember 21, 201926 min
- Episode 6 – Elementary teachers prepare for a new school yearSeptember 14, 2019 min
- Episode 5: Preparing for E-learning courses and occasional teachingSeptember 7, 201917 min
- Episode 4 – Report back from provincial meetings of education federations in OntarioAugust 31, 201924 min
- Episode 3 – Preparing for the new elementary health and physical education curriculumAugust 24, 201916 min
- Episode 2 – Significant legislation in OntarioAugust 16, 201923 min
- Episode 1August 9, 201914 min