ShiftED Podcast
ShiftED Podcast
Global voices. Québec perspectives.
ShiftED brings educators, researchers, authors, and thinkers from Québec and around the world into conversation about what’s shifting in education—from John Hattie to Peter Gray and beyond.
Each conversation asks: What does this mean for education in Québec?
Rooted in LEARN’s mission, ShiftED connects big ideas to the realities of Québec’s English-language education community.
Real conversations. Shifting perspectives.
ShiftED Podcast
Latest Episodes
ShiftED Podcast #103 In Conversation with Amy Reyes-Hauff • Stop Treating Play Like a Break From Learning
In this episode of ShiftED, Chris Colley sits down with Amy Reyes-Hauff to rethink what young children really need to learn, grow, and thrive. They explore why play shouldn’t be treated as a break from learning, how movement and outdoor ...
ShiftED Podcast #102 In Conversation with Stephanie Lord-Darby • Play Isn't the Break From Learning, It's the Learning
Movement is the foundation for learning, not the reward for finishing it. On this episode of the ShiftED Podcast, we speak with Stephanie Lord-Darby, an early childhood educator and program coordinator at GymbaROO-KindyROO in Australia, ...
ShiftED Podcast #101 • What Does Technology Actually Change About Learning? Dr. Adam Dubé on AI, Children and the Future of EdTech
As Québec classrooms head back to school, we kick off a new season of ShiftED with Dr.Adam Dubé of McGill’s Technology, Learning & Cognition Lab. We talk about what technology actually changes about learning, how children experience ...
ShiftED Podcast #100 Every Language Belongs: Erin Quirk on Plurilingual Kids and Quebec Classrooms
What if the languages your students speak at home are actually your most powerful teaching tool? Erin Quirk, linguist and researcher at the Université de Sherbrooke, joins Chris to unpack what the research tells us about plurilingual chi...
ShiftED Podcast #99 • In Conversation with Lisa Green: Outsmarting Distraction in the Age of AI
In this episode of ShiftED, we sit down with Lisa Green, Canadian author of Outsmarted: The Changing Face of Learning in the Era of Smartphones and Technology. Together, we explore how smartphones, AI, and the attention economy are resha...
