Episode 102: Ending the academic year – Ontario
In this episode we discuss how the academic year ended in Ontario and what to look out for in the coming year.
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Episode 91: Virtual provincial assembly of teachers and education workers in Ontario
In this episode we get a report back from the provincial assembly of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation. Close to 700 elected..
Episode 88: Recognizing support staff on International Women’s Day
We send our greetings to all those women who are in the front ranks of the fight for the right to education and..
- Episode 146: New science curriculum in Ontario – Part 3 Grades 1-8
September 15, 2022
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- Episode 144: “We are critical to the classroom” – Ontario educational support s...August 16, 202236 min
- Episode 143: The Engineering Design Process – New Ontario Science Curriculum – Part 2August 11, 202228 min
- Episode 142: New science curriculum in Ontario – Part 1 Grade 9August 1, 202228 min
- 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
- Episode 132: “We are doing this for quality education and for students” – Ontar...March 17, 202236 min
- 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
- Episode 58: Ontario’s new math curriculum – Part 1 of 4September 4, 202028 min
- 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