LEARN Podcasts
LEARN Podcasts is a show that highlights the work of innovative educators with their students as well as the services that LEARN offers to support learning in the English milieu. The show is a part of our core mission of supporting the English education community in Quebec.
LEARN Podcasts
Latest Episodes
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, and why stress in the staffroom sho...
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 Bickerstaff, founder of AI for Educati...
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 why scraped knees might be ...
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 us to challenge everything you thi...
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 getting kids into nature isn't just a nice-to-ha...
