ShiftED Podcast #83 In Conversation with Heather Riosa & Teah Sarrazin: Inside a Nature Immersion Preschool Program @WQSB
Two veteran kindergarten teachers from Quebec share how they built a nature immersion program from scratch — and what seven years in the woods taught them about language, math, safety, and joy. From w...
10 Feb 32min
ShiftED Podcast #82 In Conversation with Med Kharbach: AI, Literacy, and the Future of Learning
What if the real challenge isn’t new tools, but our literacy around them? Educator and researcher Med Kharbach reflects on how teaching has evolved from early digital classrooms to today’s shifting la...
4 Feb 24min
ShiftED Podcast #81 In Conversation with Steve Leckman Back to Basics: Learning with Nature
What happens when you trade screens for streams and let kids rediscover what’s just outside the door? We sit down with Steve Leckman, director and lead instructor at Coyote Programs, to explore how im...
27 Jan 25min
ShiftEd Podcast #80 In Conversation with Catherine Korah: What Children Really Need to Grow
What if the fastest way to help kids learn is to stop rushing their growth? In this episode, we sit down with Catherine Korah from the Centre of Excellence for Behaviour Management to unpack a decepti...
20 Jan 29min
ShiftED Podcast #79 In Conversation with Graham Carr: Building a Sustainable Future for Québec's Post-Secondary Education
Québec’s universities are at a tipping point. Funding changes, policy signals, AI, and global competition are reshaping what higher education can be. In this episode, Graham Carr of Concordia Universi...
14 Jan 29min
ShiftED Podcast #78 In Conversation with Chris Kennedy: What We Hold Sacred in Education: Leadership, Trust and Change
What does a basketball court have to do with leading a school district? In this episode, Chris Kennedy, West Vancouver Superintendent, shares how coaching shaped a leadership style rooted in trust, we...
5 Jan 25min
ShiftED Podcast #77 • In Conversation with Anne-Marie Cech: Building stronger, healthier communities together
The early years fly by, and they shape more than we often realize. In this episode, we talk about what actually makes a difference in the first five years of life—reading together every day, leaving r...
16 Des 202528min
ShiftED Podcast #76 Navigating the AI Shift in Education: A Conversation with Nelson CEO Steve Brown
What if a 110-year-old textbook company decided it wasn’t in the textbook business anymore? We sit down with Steve Brown, CEO of Nelson Education, to talk about how a legacy brand chose to blow itself...
2 Des 202527min
