ShiftED Podcast #95 In Conversation with Morgan Gagnon The $1.5 Billion Question: Quebec's English-French Employment Gap
What if everything you thought you knew about English-speaking Quebec was wrong? In this episode, LEARN sits down with Morgan Gagnon of the Provincial Employment Roundtable (PERT) to unpack a staggeri...
26 Maj 24min
ShiftED Podcast #94 In Conversation with Timothy Shanahan: The Science of Reading, Reconsidered
On this episode of the ShiftED Podcast, Timothy Shanahan joins the conversation to unpack the evolving debate around literacy, reading instruction, multilingual classrooms, and the “science of reading...
14 Maj 30min
ShiftED Podcast #93 Beyond the Hype: AI, Creativity, and Critical Thinking with Nicole Muñoz-Guzman
In this episode of ShiftED, Nicole Muñoz-Guzman brings a grounded perspective to artificial intelligence in Québec’s vocational and adult education settings. Drawing from her work as a pedagogical adv...
5 Maj 35min
ShiftED Podcast #92 Change Is the Only Constant : Leading a School Board with Cindy Finn
Change is the only constant—and Cindy Finn would know. The Director General of Lester B. Pearson School Board joins Chris Colley to talk leading through chaos, the real story behind the cell phone ban...
28 Apr 38min
ShiftED Podcast #91 In Conversation with Amanda Bickerstaff : The Pandora's Box Problem - Why AI Literacy Can't Be Optional
AI is flooding into classrooms faster than educators can keep up — but are we actually building AI literacy, or just assuming it'll happen on its own? In this episode, Chris sits down with Amanda Bick...
14 Apr 25min
ShiftED Podcast #90 In Conversation with Mariana Brussoni: Safe as Necessary, Not as Possible
What if keeping kids too safe is actually holding them back? In this episode, Chris sits down with UBC developmental psychologist Mariana Brussoni to unpack the science behind risky outdoor play — and...
7 Apr 28min
ShiftED Podcast #89 In Conversation with Tessa Forshaw Creativity in the Age of AI: The Skill We Forgot We Had
What if the most powerful tool for navigating the AI era isn't artificial at all? Cognitive scientist Dr. Tessa Forshaw — Harvard researcher, Stanford educator, and co-author of Innovation-ish — joins...
30 Mars 23min
ShiftED Podcast #88 In Conversation with Lauren MacLean "10 Minutes a Day: Why Kids Need More Time Outdoors"
Just 10 minutes. That's how much time the average child spends outside each day — and it's not enough. In this episode, outdoor education advocate and author Lauren McLean joins us to explore why gett...
24 Mars 28min
