Public Good

In our tenth episode of Public Good, Shannon and Stephen are joined by Samantha Becotte. Samantha Becotte is the president of the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation. She has bachelor’s degrees in education and science and a Master of Mathematics for Teachers. Prior to taking on the role of president of the STF, she taught mathematics and financial literacy. Samantha actively participates in the com...

In our ninth episode of Public Good, Shannon and Stephen are joined by Bárbara Silva. Bárbara Silva is a public education advocate, organizer and activist, with degrees in both Chemical Engineering and Education. She is most passionate about building support for an equitable and accessible public education system and creating awareness about the proliferation of privatization across Canada. In 201...

In our eighth episode of Public Good, Shannon and Stephen are joined by Dr. Wing Li. Dr. Wing Li (pronouns she/her) is the Communications Director at Support Our Students, or SOS Alberta. SOS Alberta is a non-partisan public education advocacy group fighting for the rights of all children to an equitable and accessible public education system. SOS Alberta is a political action-oriented collective...

In our seventh episode of Public Good, Shannon and Stephen are joined by Dr. Jon Young. Dr. Jon Young is currently the Acting Department Head of the Department of Educational Administration, Foundations & Psychology in the Faculty of Education, at the University of Manitoba. His research interests include: school boards in Canada, internationalization of education, education funding, and fundr...

In our sixth episode of Public Good, Shannon and Stephen are joined by Dr. Sue Winton. Dr. Sue Winton (@Swintoncpa ) is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at York University. Dr. Winton’s critical policy research examines how education policies and policy processes support and/or undermine critical democratic commitments to equity, diversity, social justice, and public participatio...

In our fifth episode of Public Good, Shannon and Stephen are joined by Dr. Henry Giroux. Dr. Henry A. Giroux (@ HenryGiroux ) currently holds the McMaster University Chair for Scholarship in the Public Interest in the English and Cultural Studies Department and is the Paulo Freire Distinguished Scholar in Critical Pedagogy. He has published more than 65 books on critical pedagogy, cultural critici...

In our fourth episode of Public Good, Shannon and Stephen are joined by Dr. Joel Westheimer. Dr. Joel Westheimer is University Research Chair in Democracy and Education at the University of Ottawa. He publishes widely in newspapers, magazines and scholarly journals, and is the co-author of the widely read book, What Kind of Citizen: Educating Our Children for the Common Good. Dr. Westheimer’s voic...

In our third episode of Public Good, Shannon and Stephen are joined by Dr. Wendy Hughes. Dr. Wendy Hughes recently completed her EdD at OISE, U of T. Prior to this, Wendy was a school principal. In November, Hughes published an article in Conversation Canada, 'Why attending publicly funded schools may help students become more culturally sensitive'. In this episode, Dr. Hughes shares the findings...

In our second episode of Public Good, Shannon and Stephen are joined by two guests, Dr. Gerald Fallon and Dr. Wendy Poole. Gerald and Wendy are co-authors of many articles about the impacts of neoliberalism on K-12 education, specifically as it relates to education funding in BC. In 2021 they released their co-authored book, Neoliberalism and Public Education Finance Policy in Canada and Its Impac...

In our very first episode of Public Good, Shannon and Stephen are joined by education historian, Dr. Jack Schneider. Jack is co-author of Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door: The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School. He and his co-author, Jennifer Berkshire, are the creators and hosts of the extremely popular education podcast, Have You Heard. In this episode, we explore the idea of p...