In Conversation with Stephen Hurley

Heather MacTaggart is the Executive Director of Classroom Connections, an organization that, for the last 15 years, has been developing classroom-based resources as well as working extensively to deliver innovative employability skills training to multi-barriered youth in First Nations communities. Heather joined me this morning to talk about a new self-directed learning initiative aimed at creati...

Dr. Ted Christou is Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research at Queen's University, Ontario. Widely known for his passion and expertise in the area of the history of education, Dr. Christou's recent article in The Conversation, "Welcome to the latest wave of ‘modernizing,’ ‘progressive’ school reforms in Ontario" sheds a new (!) light on what is currently happening in that province and othe...

Tim Carson is Chief Instructor in the Piping Trades Department at the British Columbia Institute for Technology. His podcast, The Guild, can be heard and found among other places at voicEd Radio. In this conversation, we explore some of the attitudes that the public still holds around trades education, but it's importance in the economy of the country, as well as the power it holds for our human f...

Dr. Louis Volante is a Professor in the Faculty of Education at Ontario's Brock University. He was the lead author on a recent article in The Conversation, "Testing literacy today requires more than a pencil and paper". In this conversation we explore the changing literacy landscape around the world and how the assessments that we use to gauge both student success and school effectiveness might be...

Dr. Steve Sider is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education, Wilfred Laurier University. Steve's recent article in The Conversation explores the pillars of school leadership that help us reaffirm our commitment to every child in every school——everyday! Here's a link to Dr. Sider's piece in The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/every-child-matters-what-principals-need-to-effectively-...

Stephen Murgatroyd is a broadcaster, writer and consultant working with government, for-profit and not-for-profit organizations across Canada and around the world. He has a specialized knowledge about the way ideas move across the planet and is able to use that knowledge to help us step back and see how, what may seem like local challenges and opportunities, are really part of a much bigger pictur...

Mario Eleftheros is Technology Integration Leader for Halifax Regional Centre for Education in Nova Scotia. In this conversation, we talk about the progress we've made towards effective technology integration, new trends in edtech and the conditions that allow us to make more powerful use of technology in our schools.

Grant McConnell is a Saskatchewan based artist and arts-educator currently teaching at the University of Saskatchewan. Grant is an arts advocate and in addition to his work on a number of arts-related boards, he is past chair of the Canadian Artists Representation (CARFAC). In this conversation, we talk about Grant's work, the importance of supporting artists in a modern world and how art can prov...

Nebojsa Karadzic holds a B. Sc. Degree in Electrical Engineering and has more than 15 years of experience as a Software Developer in energy, biotechnology, and financial industries. Deep reflection on his work has enabled him to develop unique thinking method named Premise Based Implicative Truth Synthesis. We're hoping that this conversation with Nebojsa will draw you into the approach, compel yo...

Harvey Bischof is the President of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation, an organization that represents nearly 70 000 high school educators as well as support staff from across Ontario's education space. In this conversation, we talk about the challenges currently facing Ontario's public education system, how OSSTF is responding and how this critical period in history might help us ge...

Author, speaker and broadcaster, Ann Douglas joins Stephen Hurley to talk about her new book, Happy Parents, Happy Kids. In this half hour, Ann and Stephen talk about the pressures of parenting in today's world, the need for self-care, community and giving yourself permission to "not be perfect". Find out more about Ann Douglas and her new book at www.anndouglas.net/

John Doran is an educator, Author of Ways to Wellbeing, a self-identified Possibilitarian, Board Member Make-A-Wish Foundation and a TEDx Speaker. In this episode, Stephen Hurley catches up with John to talk about his approach to well-being, positive education and the need for every student to feel like they are "enough".

Dr. Sharon Mitchell is an autism consultant, university instructor (University of Regina & University of Saskatchewan), a much sought-after speaker and advocate for those on the autism spectrum, their families and their teachers. Sharon is also the author of the acclaimed book series, "School Daze" which embeds much of what we have learned about Autism in compelling story of challenge and growth.

Elena Merenda is Assistant Program Head of Early Childhood Studies at University of Guelph-Humber. Her recent article in The Conversation, "‘Momo challenge hoax’ prompts parents to help children deal with scary media" has prompted some deeper conversations about the images and stories that young children encounter in their online lives. How do parents and educators monitor not only the content, bu...

Carl Honoré is a broadcaster, speaker and author. His 2004 Best-seller, "In Praise of Slow" prompted the Huffington Post to identify him as "the unofficial godfather of a growing cultural shift toward slowing down." His latest book, "Bolder: Making the Most of our Longer Lives" is a lively and inspiring look at how our attitudes towards and ideas about ageing need to change and what might happen o...

Scott Hebert is a Science teacher at St. John Paul II Secondary School in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. But his classroom doesn't look like most science classrooms! Listen in as Scott talks about how he uses gamification to engage, deepen understanding and connect students to their learning in unique ways.

Dr. Robert Suskind is a pediatrician, a medical educator and the former Dean of four different medical schools in the United States. In this conversation, Dr. Suskind joins Stephen Hurley to talk about childhood nutrition, malnourishment, undernourishment, our cultural habits around food and even the future of medical education.

Kerry McCuaig is Fellow in Early Childhood Policy, Atkinson Centre, OISE, University of Toronto. Kerry was on the original team that consulted and reported on a vision for early childhood learning that ultimately led to the establishment of what we now know as FDK. In this conversation we dig a little deeper into the success of the Ontario FDK program and why it is important for our children, our...