In Conversation with Stephen Hurley

Louise Zimanyi is Professor of Early Childhood Education, School of Health Sciences, Humber College, Toronto Louise has extensive experience in global and regional programming, policy development and advocacy in early childhood development (including Sustainable Development Goals 4 target on ECD) . She is currently researching how young children develop wonder, wisdom and relationships in a forest...

John Pateman is the CEO and Chief Librarian at the Thunder Bay Public Library. His vision for a Needs-based approach to libraries can be found in his newest book, "Managing Cultural Change in Public Libraries: Marx, Maslow and Management". In this introductory conversation, John talks about his journey to Thunder Bay, the work towards a new vision for the library system in that city and what is in...

Raymond Steinmetz and Denis Sheeran are the hosts of the Instant Relevance podcast where they share their thoughts on how to #MakeItReal for your students, your colleagues, your school culture. We're excited to welcome Raymond and Denis to the voicEd Radio community and in this conversation, Stephen Hurley digs a little deeper into some of the ideas and perspectives that they bring to this space.

Rachelle Dene Poth is teaches a course called "STEAM: What’s nExT in Emerging Technology" at Riverview Junior Senior High School in Oakmont, PA. She is very active in the EdTech space, including roles as President of the ISTE Teacher Education Network and the Communications Chair for the ISTE Mobile Learning Network. Listen in as Rachelle talks about education technology, the signals of change tha...

Gavin Foster is a music teacher in Belleville Ontario. He has chosen a very interesting word to inspire, motivate and hold him accountable in 2019. Listen in as he explains why "forward" is his chosen word for the year.

Michael Fullan is the Global Leadership Director, New Pedagogies for Deep Learning. For over half a century, Michael has been thinking deeply about systems of education around the world and continues to advise, consult and write about the journey of change. In our very first conversation with Michael, we explore some of the broad ideas from his latest book, "Nuance: Why Some Leaders Succeed and Ot...

Diana Suskind, Ed. D and RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers) Associate, is an international Early Childhood consultant and artist. She is also the founder and developer of Stonework Play, an invitation extended to children and adults to create meaningful stories through contact with nature. In this conversation, Diana tells about the spirit and power of using stones as a "kinesthetic medium" for...

Reuben Loewy is the Director of LIVING ONLINE Lab , a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching youth about the digital world using a unique, online curriculum. In this conversation, we explore the genesis of the initiative and some of the rich resources available for educators and communities who want to take young people on a deeper dive into the important issues related to digital literacy....

Eva Pomeroy is the Social Innovator in Residence at Concordia University in Quebec. Her recent piece in The Conversation presents an idea for transforming the undergraduate experience by intentionally building cross-disciplinary cohorts of students. Read the article here: theconversation.com/why-universitie…omerooms-106299 Find out more about Eva and her work: www.concordia.ca/about/next -gener…io...

Robert Nelson is a Professor in the Monash Education Academy at Australia's Monash University. His article, "To be Creative, Education Must Become Bifocal" takes a critical look at the practice of Constructive Alignment in university course design, although many educators at the elementary and secondary levels of education will find that this conversation might just resonate with them as well. How...

Dr. James Skidmore is Associate Professor in the Department of Germanic & Slavic Studies At University of Waterloo. He is also Director, Waterloo Centre for German Studies. In this episode, we begin to explore the idea of a University in our 21st century. What purpose do they serve? How might students (and faculty) become more engaged in the tough work of knowledge acquisition and mobilization? Wh...

Maggie Fay is an ASD/DD Classroom Teacher in Ontario's Peel District School Board. She's here with a message about see all students through the eyes of empathy, caring and love.

Steve Brown is the President and CEO of Nelson, a leading Canadian educational publisher. In this episode, Steve joins Stephen Hurley to talk about the shifting landscape of content creation, access and use in the education space. Steve also speaks about Nelson's response that these shifts through Edwin, a new approach to content curation and distribution.

In this 100th episode of In Conversation, Stephen Hurley welcomes Jon Orr and Kyle Pearce, two passionate math educators from Southwestern Ontario who are out to change the way that we talk and think about engaging students in learning mathematics. Discover more about their current project at makemathmoments.com/lesson1 Both of our guests can be found on Twitter: Kyle Pearce @mathletepearce Jon Or...

Stephen Hurley is joined by Margaret Boersma and Carrie Rubel who, along with Marise Foster are inviting Toronto-area residents to an Urban Retreat. It's a way to Shift your Stress in today's busy world. The event is on November 3, 2018, but the power of this conversation can't be put on an calendar.

Gloria and Peter Van Donge are the creative minds behind a new series of books designed to develop self-awareness among children identified as gifted. The Cheetah series area first step toward enabling gifted children to feel good about themselves for exactly who they are. Find out more about The Cheetah Series by visiting www.giftedkidzone.com/

Reuben Loewy is the Director of LIVING ONLINE Lab , a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching youth about the digital world using a unique, online curriculum. In this conversation, we explore the genesis of the initiative and some of the rich resources available for educators and communities who want to take young people on a deeper dive into the important issues related to digital literacy....