The Educator Experience Podcast with Salli Carter

In this episode of The Educator Experience, we sit down with Dr. Treena Orchard—anthropologist, activist, and author of Sticky, Sexy, Sad—to explore why Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) must be more than a checkbox. A leader in creating transformative curricula at Western University’s School of Health Studies, Treena shares how educators can integrate EDI into their classrooms in meaningful,...

In this heartfelt premiere episode of The Educator Experience, Salli sits down with educator and facilitator Sarita Parmar to explore the transformative power of authenticity in the classroom. Together, they unpack how showing up fully—stories, struggles, resilience and all—can deepen connection and elevate learning far beyond the content. Sarita shares how weaving her personal journeys through lo...

Teaching can be incredible … and also incredibly lonely. That’s why we created The Educator Experience Podcast — a space where real educators share the pivotal, hilarious, humbling, and heartwarming moments that have shaped their journeys. Hosted by longtime post-secondary instructor and professional over-thinker Salli Carter (hi 👋), this podcast dives into the real, raw, and often unspoken exper...