The CanadianED Leadership Show

Jameel Aziz, CEO/Superintendent of Yellowknife School District discusses leadership in the north, the role of the land in Indigenous education, growing up as a person of colour in rural Manitoba and the lessons he's learned throughout his career. A fascinating ride with an equally fascinating leader.

Domenic Scuglia has served as leader in Saskatchewan and Ontario. He shares his journey and provides insights on how Superintendents/CEO/Directors work with ministries of education as well as neighbouring districts and boards. We also explore the impact of Generative AI in education and how he models this within his board. He also talks about the value of "Twitter Breaks". Bonus: His background in...

Dr. Lisa Walsh Director of Education for Avon Maitland District School Board talks about their simple to recall "I AM" vision as well as her reasoning to shake up her senior team's portfolio.

Superintendent Randy MacLEAN shares insights about the Humboldt Broncos crash to his time launching Canada's first 1 to 1 initiative and his current role leading one of the fastest growing communities, Anglophone East in Moncton, New Brunswick.

Superintendent of St. James-Assiniboia School Division in Winnipeg talks about the importance of reflection and modeling as a leader.

Dr. Bryan Szumlas shares his thoughts on the challenges of moving a large district forward and aligning district goals at all levels.

Dr. John Malloy has the unique perspective of serving as CEO/Superintendent in districts in both Canada and the United States. John shares some excellent insights on those differences and similiarities as well as his changing role between a very large urban district and a smaller suburban district.

CEO/Superintendent Lisa Boles of Pembina Trails School Division in Winnipeg talks about here life long experience as a educator in the division and her transition to the top leadership position. In addition she shares her pride about the work the division has done around Truth and Reconciliation.

Tom D'Amico is the Director/CEO of Ottawa Catholic School Board in Ottawa Ontario. Tom shares about his leadership style and role and how he balances the administrative with the visionary roles of his position.

Jennifer Casa-Todd explores the ways social media can be used to help students become more thoughtful and make an impact. In this conversation we explore the challenges and complexities that technology and social media bring and how she has worked to leverage these tools for good.

Reuniting the oldest running educational podcast, the edtech posse gathers to talk about the early days of podcasting, the impact of ai and more.

Former Director General of Lester B. School Board in Montreal, Michael Chechile explores the question of why School Boards matter along with the differences between Quebec education and the rest of Canada. Overall we talk about the changing nature of leadership.

Dr. Bonnie Stewart reflects on her journey using social media and discusses the new challenges and some pathways moving forward to help educators find networks and communities.

A conversation with the Founder and President of Advanced Learning Partnerships on the similarities and differences between Canadian and American education and lessons learned after 15 years of serving both communities. We also discuss the challenges of professional learing in schools and the need to understand technologies but focus on what it means to be human.

Superintendent, Kevin Kaardal of Central Okanagan School District in Kelowna, BC talks about the value of participating in outside organizations and the way it supports his own district as well as the opportunity to pay it forward.

Brenda Sherry, Education Consultant for ALP and Connected North shares the ways in which she works and supports learners in northern Canada.

Dr. Chris Kennedy, Superintendent of West Vancouver Schools talks about his recent disseration on how Superintendents spend their time.

Lisa Floyd, one of Canada's best K-12 Coding instructors and leaders shares about her experiences teaching and learning coding.

Staff Executive Officer of the Alberta Teachers' Association, Danny Maas shares some thoughts on professional learning, ai and more.

Andy Mead, Principal of the Manitoba Remote Learning Support Centre talks about how they've worked to make the best possible environment for remote learners and how been a positive experience for Manitoba students.

Katina Papulkas talks about Girls Who Game, Soar with Mentor and other innovations happening across the country.

Dr. Alec Couros and I discuss the challenges and opportunities with Ai and specifically Chat GPT.

Ulead conference chair Corey Haley provides a preview of this leadership event in Banff Alberta in April 2023

Melissa Burns the founder of Esports Canada shares her journey into becoming a national leader in esports as well as shares the power and value of this emerging business.

Robert Martellacci of MindShare Learning shares the work of innovation across Canada.