Public Good

Feb 08 2024 26 ep. 62 mins 8

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Shannon D. Moore (University of Manitoba) and Stephen Hurley explore how we can protect the idea that public education is, in fact, a public good. Great guests, multiple perspectives and tools that will help us mobilize the conversation in our own communities.

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2.4 "Parental Rights" Special Series: Parental Rights As A Smokescreen for Privatization with Heather Ganshorn

Feb 08 2024 63 mins

Episode DescriptionIn the fourth and final episode of a four part mini series about "parental rights", Stephen and Shannon speak with Heather Ganshorn from SOS Alberta.Heather Ganshorn is the Research Director for Support Our Students Alberta, a volunteer organization that advocates for an equitable and accessible public education system. SOS believes that privatization threatens p

2.3 "Parental Rights" Special Series: Public Values in Public Schools with Dr. Wayne Journell

Feb 02 2024 55 mins

Episode DescriptionIn the third episode of a four part mini series about "parental rights", Stephen and Shannon speak to Dr. Wayne Journell. Dr. Journell is Professor of Social Studies Education and Associate Chair of the Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). A former high school social studies teacher, Dr. Jo

2.1 "Parental Rights" Special Series: "The status of the parent is almost like a moral alibi" with Dr. Jen Gilbert

Jan 09 2024 55 mins

Episode DescriptionIn this first episode in a four part mini series about "parental rights", Stephen and Shannon speak to Dr. Jen Gilbert.Dr. Gilbert is Professor and Chair of the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning (CTL). Dr. Gilbert’s scholarship and teaching explores the experiences of LGBTQ+ students, teachers, and families in schools and the history of controvers

2.2 "Parental Rights" Special Series: "Rights language is inherently divisive." with Dr. Lauren Bialystok

Dec 21 2023 86 mins

Episode DescriptionIn this second episode in a four part mini series about "parental rights", Stephen and Shannon speak to Dr. Lauren Bialystok.Professor Lauren Bialystok is an Associate Professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education in the Department of Social Justice Education. Her areas of expertise are ethics and education, identity, feminist philosophy, social and

Special Series E4- Public Conversations About Privatization-Resistance

Sep 28 2023 61 mins

Through this four episode special series of Public Good, Stephen and Shannon speak to presenters from a SSHRC funded symposium, Public Conversations About Privatization: Rejecting the Marketization of Public School Systems in Canada. The symposium, held on May 26 & 27th, 2023, at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), brought together academics, educators, activ

Special Series E2: Public Conversations About Privatization-Provincial Privatization

Sep 15 2023 59 mins

Through this four episode special series of Public Good, Stephen and Shannon speak to presenters from a SSHRC funded symposium, Public Conversations About Privatization: Rejecting the Marketization of Public School Systems in Canada. The symposium, held on May 26 & 27th, 2023, at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), brought together academics, educators, activ

Special Series E1: Public Conversations About Privatization-Ideological Motivations

Sep 08 2023 72 mins

Through this four episode special series of Public Good, Stephen and Shannon speak to presenters from a SSHRC funded symposium, Public Conversations About Privatization: Rejecting the Marketization of Public School Systems in Canada. The symposium, held on May 26 & 27th, 2023, at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), brought together academics, educators, activ

Special Series E3: Public Conversations About Privatization-Resistance

Sep 03 2023 72 mins

Through this four episode special series of Public Good, Stephen and Shannon speak to presenters from a SSHRC funded symposium, Public Conversations About Privatization: Rejecting the Marketization of Public School Systems in Canada. The symposium, held on May 26 & 27th, 2023, at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), brought together academics, educators, activ

1.18 "You only critique what you love" with Dr. Gillian Parekh

Jul 21 2023 68 mins

In our eighteenth episode, Stephen and Shannon are joined by Dr. Gillian Parekh. Dr. Parekh is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Disability Studies in Education (Tier 2) within the Faculty of Education at York. Gillian is cross-appointed with York's graduate program in Critical Disability studies. As a previous teacher in special education and research coordinator

1.17 "They get tired of trying to exist in a place that really wasn’t created for them to thrive" with Dr. Tiffany Prete

Jul 14 2023 74 mins

In our seventeenth episode, Stephen and Shannon are joined by Dr. Tiffany Prete. Dr. Apooyak’ii, Tiffany Prete (nee Hind Bull) is a member of the Kainai (Blood Tribe) of the Siksikasitapi (Blackfoot Confederacy), located in the Treaty 7 area. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Lethbridge. Her program of work is comprised of implement